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Why Study Peace Studies at Goucher?
Based on an understanding that differences enrich our lives and that conflicts provide opportunities for growth, peace studies is an interdisciplinary program that proposes ways of being in the world that incorporate the skills of listening and dialogue, mediation and negotiation, ideas of rights balanced with responsibilities, questions 正义和非暴力哲学.
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和平思想是研究暴力冲突的替代方法. 在这个跨学科的领域 program, students explore those alternatives through the study of conflict, violence, and nonviolence in the lives of individuals, communities, and the shared world. Students consider peace and conflict theories as they apply to historical and contemporary 世界各地的冲突. 此外，他们练习反思和批判性思维 and render service to communities as engaged citizens in the practice of peace. Learn More
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你会怎么做??
The degree in peace studies prepares students for a variety of professions. Since the field of peace studies is interdisciplinary, graduates can find careers in areas such as community activism, educators, advocacy, community and non-government organizations, business and private sector, mediators, dispute resolution, researchers, government and federal jobs, international organizations, diplomacy, human rights, labor unions, foreign policy, health, public policy, non-violence, journalism and media, economic 发展、法律和环境部门.
Faculty
Major & 辅修课程联系人
Ailish Hopper系主任
全职教师
Jennifer Bess, Ph.D., Associate Professor: Native American Studies, especially foodways and self-determination
Seble Dawit, L.L.M., Associate Professor, Chair, Peace Studies Program: human rights and humanitarian law; gender and rights; non-profit organizations; futuring
Ailish Hopper, M.F.A., Associate Professor: Poetry writing and poetics; new narrative practices; critical race theory; cultural rewriting; liberation and critical pedagogy; futures 和非暴力
Richard Pringle, Professor Emeritus: relational psychology; qualitative research methods; community arts; literature; writing; listening to and telling stories in community; agitating for care and social justice; growth fostering pedagogies and communities; feminist and anti-racist psychology and education; the psychology of narrative and meaning
附属学院
Emily Billo, James Dator, Ann Duncan, Irline François, Martin Shuster
Study Abroad
Peace studies requires a semester abroad or in the United States in a community significantly 从学生自己的. 这个要求可以在夏天完成(不少于) 不超过12周)，通过课程或实习. 云顶集团提供了两个以和平为重点的项目 Studies for students seeking a complete semester abroad experience:
Other 国际学习的选择 几乎无穷无尽. Visit the 全球教育办公室 or talk to your advisor to explore how other programs might complement your degree. Students who visited Thailand, Uganda and Rwanda, the Dominican Republic, and France discuss here how their study abroad experiences furthered their degrees in peace studies 让他们看到了新的视角.
Opportunities & Internships
奖项及奖学金
Peace studies students have successfully secured academic excellence and leadership prizes, research grants to conduct field work, national and international internships, 以及社区服务. These awards include the prestigious Julia Rogers Library Research Award and the Social Justice Research Award, and scholarly articles published in Verge journal.
The Joe Morton Award for Outstanding Achievement in Peace Studies
This award is given to students who actualize their values as demonstrated by academic excellence, by commitment to and partnership within the college and the Baltimore 社区，并以诚信的个人行为.
Fund for Independent Research/Fund for Social Justice Research
Established with contributions from the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, the Student Government Association, and the Peace Studies Program, these special funds allow the college to award grants each semester for independent student research, including senior projects, with additional funds available for social justice research. Grants will generally be awarded up to $1,000 (up to $1,500 for research projects that require international travel), and funds must be used for expenses related 直接到项目.
朱莉娅·罗杰斯研究奖
The Goucher College Library and the Friends of the Goucher College Library sponsor an annual research prize competition for outstanding research by Goucher students 使用图书馆资源. 为了纪念茱莉亚，该奖项于2004年首次颁发，奖金为250美元 罗杰斯150岁生日. 如果你的作品让你特别自豪， 请考虑参加. There are various categories for First-year/Sophomore, Junior/Senior, and Graduate.
Verge Journal
教师提名和教师学生建议 Verge journal collects the best of both academic, research-based writing and more creative nonfiction work. The journal’s interdisciplinary approach is intended to emphasize the links between different disciplines, as well as the links between the curiosities, inquiries, and achievements of individuals who might not otherwise know about each other’s work. 和平研究学生出版物样本 Verge:
Structural Violence in The Baltimore Sun’s Coverage of 1910 McCulloh Street
Sex and The State: The Impact of State Policy on Sexual Expression in China
Review of the Obama Administration’s 2010-2015 National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Broken Fragments of Immortality: Why People Will Always Love Peter Pan
Utopia within Dystopia: Stand on Zanzibar as Speculative Postcolonial Literature
HIV/AIDS and Income Generation: The Use of Microfinance Initiatives as a Prevention 撒哈拉以南非洲难民营战略
Re-Orienting Neo-liberal Development and Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
Holding Private Military Contractors Accountable for Human Rights Violations: The 《云顶集团》和寻求规范
Chant Down Babylon: the Rastafarian Movement and Its Theodicy for the Suffering
Industrial Agribusiness: Economic Solution or Environmental Disaster?
“Upsilamba!”: the Joy and Sanctuary of Fiction in Reading Lolita in Tehran
From the Ivory Tower to the Days of Sulha: Parallel Concepts of Reconciliation in 犹太教，伊斯兰教和轶事表现
为什么我们感到无能为力? 收入、教育和种族如何影响政治异化 在美国境内
他们的眼睛在看女人吗?黑人妇女在哈莱姆区的待遇 文艺复兴时期的文学
unexamen de L ' identitest«非洲»
Redefining Justice: Rwanda's development of Inkiko Gacaca -- a village-based community justice
以社区为基础的学习
Community-based learning, or service learning, is a way for students to actively connect 他们的学术工作与社区的直接经验. 结合实际操作 work in the community with the academic framework provided by course work across the 在课程设置上，学生获得了丰富的社会问题经验. 学生将学习 the workings of community, encounter differences related to race, class and privilege, gain a deeper understanding about social justice, and are able to do work that is 对他人有益. 他们也对自己有了更好的了解. The 社区学习办事处 emphasizes academic rigor, reflection, and developing ongoing community partnerships. Community-based learning can be part of any discipline and any academic division: 人文、社会科学、科学和艺术.
At Goucher, community-based learning is part of a growing number of academic courses, 这里列出了其中的许多. 我们的许多节目都与中央电视台有联系 Baltimore, the historic home of Goucher College, and new partnerships are being created 在巴尔的摩县.
社区学习课程
CBL 115:服务的网关(2)
This course will introduce students to the philosophy, theory, and best practices
基于学术的社区服务工作. 与教师和概念合作
a wide range of academic disciplines, students will gain knowledge about community
action 以及社区服务, while developing firsthand practical skills and applications
在巴尔的摩市的有效工作. 要学习的主题和技能包括社区
building, effective mentoring, developing community partnerships, perspectives on
学习发展等. 一个小时的讲座和两个小时的社区服务
每周要求. 教练:迈克尔·库里
Peace House
The Peace House allows student activists and peace thinkers an opportunity to live in and to cultivate an environment of self-awareness and mutual support for the promotion 社会公正. 每学期，和平之家的成员都会把这学期奉献给 an issue or project to promote and engage in social justice and activism.
Peace House members function as an affinity group, making most decisions through consensus. They agree to meet at least once a week, for a minimum of 90 minutes, in addition 到非正式的每周参与. 和平之家的成员承诺生活在一个有意识的 community that demands a dedication to group work and conflict resolution.
Peace House is currently not offered by the 住宿生活处, though interested 学生们可能会复兴这个社区. 欲了解更多信息，请联系 住宿生活处.
Internships
Internships help students explore possibilities, apply classroom learning, and gain experience. Explore 实习和学分选择.
学生就业
学生就业 为学生提供校内和校外的机会. 职业教育办事处 provides resources and support to students with or without Federal Work Study to find jobs, submit applications, and learn more about the job search process. Students have access to Handshake — a website for job postings, events, resumes/cover letters, and career management.
Major & 生涯探索
Exploring career options, choosing a major, and making career decisions is a multi-step process in which all students are encouraged to engage early and often. Goucher students 有各种各样的资源可以通过 专业和职业页面 在这个过程中帮助他们.
Job Search
A Goucher education prepares students for today’s job market and beyond. Students can explore job opportunities and access job search resources through the CEO职位搜索页面.
Graduate & 专业学校
Students access resources for searching and applying to graduate and professional 学校通过 首席执行官研究生和专业学校页面, through faculty and staff members, or utilizing their own resources, network and tools.
约翰霍普金斯大学凯里商学院4+1学士/硕士课程
Goucher College and Johns Hopkins Carey Business School are offering Goucher students 学士学位和硕士学位相结合的课程. This 4+1 program combines a bachelor’s degree from Goucher with a master of science degree from Johns Hopkins in business analytics and risk management, information systems, health care 管理、财务或市场营销. 学生可以在大三的时候申请. GRE or GMAT tests have been waived but applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25 or better and have passed some quantitative reasoning courses with a grade of B or better.
来自司法地理中心的新闻
- June 3, 2022
Irline François has received a Fulbright Distinguished Professor Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 在富布赖特项目中享有盛誉的奖项.
- 2021年11月23日
和平研究副教授, Jennifer Bess, 出版新书, Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing: The Akimel O'odham and Cycles of Agricultural Transformation in the Phoenix Basin (University of Press of Colorado, 2021).