Educator and diversity expert to speak at Thiel College on Martin Luther King Day

Posted January 11, 2023 Print

GREENVILLE, Pa.-- Assistant Professor at George Mason University’s Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School For Peace and Conflict Resolution Arthur Romano, Ph.D. will speak to students, faculty and staff about “Martin Luther King's Radical Vision For Saving The Planet” to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 4 p.m. Monday, January 16 in the Stamm Lecture Hall of the James Pedas Communication Center.

Romano is a scholar-practitioner at the Washington, D.C.-based institution and his research and applied interests include global educational movements, the use of transformative and experiential education in communities affected by violence and nonviolence education. Romano teaches courses on identity and conflict resolution, peace education and group, community and organization conflict analysis and resolution. Romano’s doctoral research utilized complexity theory to examine pedagogical innovation in the field of international peace education.

Arthur has designed and implemented experiential educational programs in Asia, Africa, and Central America on peace and conflict resolution related themes. He co-developed the Diversity Matters Now workshop series, which explores issues related to identity and peace-building in colleges and universities across the US.

Arthur is also committed to the ‘co-production of knowledge’ and has worked with various community actors to generate and disseminate information about conflict resolution and peace education. In 2011, he wrote Education for Peace: A Resource Guide for Educators and the Community, and in 2005, he worked with a coalition of community groups to produce Teaching Peace in Scotland. Both publications were generated in dialogue with community educators and were offered free of charge through a coalition of allied organizations. He has a doctorate and a master’s degree in conflict resolution from the University of Bradford in Bradford, England and studied philosophy and political science as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.