Maria J. Stephan

Dr. Maria J. Stephan received her PhD from The Fletcher School in 2005 specializing in International Security Studies, International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, and International Human Rights. Her dissertation focused on the role of civilian-based resistance (nonviolent conflict) in the Palestinian, East Timorese, and Kosovo Albanian self-determination movements. She received both Harry S. Truman and William J. Fulbright fellowships and was selected to participate in the 2004 Academy of Achievement Summit.
Dr. Stephan worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for European/NATO policy at the U.S. Department of Defense and with the international staff at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. She has also worked with civil society organizations in Sri Lanka, Russia, and Israel-Palestine. Maria was a fellow in the International Security Program and Program on Intra-State Conflict at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University from 2003-2005.
Upon completing her PhD, Maria joined the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) as Manager of Educational Initiatives. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, where she is teaching a graduate seminar on nonviolent conflict. Stephan has recently published articles in the Journal of Public and International Affairs, International Peacekeeping, the Fletcher Forum on World Affairs and in the Journal of Military and Strategic Studies.

Affiliations

• ICNC