Office:           Clark Hall 201
Office Hours: 2-5 Monday, 5-6 Wednesday, or By Appointment
Phone:          (202) 885-1547
E-mail:          rfisher@american.edu

Ph.D., University of Michigan
B.A., M.A., University of Saskatchewan

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Biography
In addition to being Professor of International Relations, Dr. Ron Fisher is the Director of the Division of International Peace and Conflict Resolution in the School of International Service at American University. He was the Founding Coordinator of the Applied Social Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and has taught at a number of universities in Canada, the United States, and Europe in peace studies and conflict resolution. Dr. Fisher's primary interest focuses on interactive conflict resolution, which involves informal, third party interventions in protracted and violent ethno-political conflict. He has worked on the longstanding dispute in Cyprus and similar conflicts in other parts of the world.

Recent Courses Taught

• Peacemaking In Intractable Conflict
  
• Applied Conflict Resolution
  
• Conflict Analysis and Resolution
• Peace Paradigms
  
• International Mediation & Problem Solving
  

Teaching Interests

• Approaches to Peace
• Conflict Analysis and Resolution
• Interactive Conflict Resolution
• Third Party Intervention                    
• Social Psychology of International Relations
• Peace and Conflict Studies

Publications (Selected)

BOOKS 

• Paving the Way: Contributions of Interactive Conflict Resolution to Peacemaking (Lexington Books, 2005)
• Interactive Conflict Resolution (Syracuse University Press, 1997)
• The Social Psychology of Intergroup and International Conflict Resolution (Springer-Verlag, 1990) 

JOURNALS

In addition to numerous chapters in edited collections, Dr. Fisher has published in many of the leading interdisciplinary journals in the IPCR field, including Peace and Change, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Negotiation Journal, Journal of Social Issues, International Negotiation, International Journal of Conflict Management, and Political Psychology.

• R.J. Fisher, 2001. "Cyprus: The Failure of Mediation and the Escalation of an Identity-Based Conflict to an Adversarial Impasse" Journal of Peace Research, 307-326
  
• R.J. Fisher and L. Keashly, 1991.  "The Potential Complimentary of Mediation and Consultation within a Contingency Model of Third Party Intervention" Journal of Peace Research, pp. 28-42.
• R.J. Fisher, 2007. "Assessing the Contingency Model of Third Party Intervention: Successful Cases of Prenegotiation," Journal of Peace Research 44(3), pp. 311-329.
  

WORKSHOP PAPERS

• Fisher, Ronald. "Resolving Interpersonal Conflict" (c. 1977, Rev. 1985, 2000).Fisher, Ronald. "Sources of Conflict and Methods of Resolution"  (c. 1977, Rev. 1985, 2000).
• Fisher, Ronald. "Third Party Consultation" (c 1978 Rev. 1992, 2004)

Professional Practice (Selected)

As a practitioner, Dr. Fisher has thirty years experience as a trainer and consultant in the areas of conflict analysis and management, communication skills, small group processes and team building, providing services to a wide range of public and human service organizations. At the international level, Dr. Fisher has provided workshop design and training expertise in conflict resolution to several international institutes which organize workshops for diplomats, NGO staff, military personnel and citizen peacebuilders from a wide range of countries.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION TRAINING

• Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Stadtschlaining.
• Center for Global Peace, American University, Washington, DC.
• Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.
• Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Washington, DC.
• United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Geneva.

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENTS

• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC.
• Beyond IntractibilityAlliance for Peacebuilding

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Psychological Association
  
• Canadian Psychological Association
  
• Psychologists for Social Responsibility
  
• International Studies Association
  
• International Association for Conflict Management
  
• International Society of Political Psychology
  

EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY BOARDS

• Canadian Institute of International Peace and Security, 1988-92
• Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1988-90
• Editorial Board, Journal of Social Psychology, 1981‑2000
• Editorial Board, Peace and Conflict Studies, 2001-

Awards (Selected)

• Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, 2006
• Fellow of the American Psychological Association, 2004
• Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award, American
• Psychological Association, Peace Psychology Division, 2003
• Outstanding Contribution Award, American Psychological
• Association, Peace Psychology Division, 2001
• Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, 2001