Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle -

Confirmed Participants



For a full list of panelist bios, click here.


Sanam Anderlini
Gender, Peace, and Security Specialist; MIT Research Affiliate


Louis Aucoin
Institute for Human Security Associate Research Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy - Tufts University


Eileen Babbitt
Professor of International Conflict Management Practice, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy - Tufts University


Jessica Berns
Program Manager - Coexistence International at Brandeis University


Steven Burg
Professor of International Politics & Chair, Politics Department - Brandeis University


Maja Catic
Member - Board of Directors, Community of Bosnia


Diana Chigas
Project Co-Director, Reflecting on Peace Practice - Collaborative for Development Action, Inc.


Cynthia Cohen
Executive Director - Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence, Brandeis University


Mari Fitzduff
Director, Master's Program in Coexistence and Conflict - Brandeis University


Senator Mobina Jaffer
Parliament of Canada


Theodore Johnson
Assistant Professor, Master's Program in Coexistence and Conflict - Brandeis University


Allen Kassof
President Emeritus and Senior Advisor, Project on Ethnic Relations


Abdul Wahab Musah
Program Officer, Ghana Center for Democractic Development


Barbara Nelson
Dean, School of Public Affairs - UCLA


Hon. Amongi Betty Ongom
Member of Parliament, Uganda


Madhawa Palihapitiya
MA Student - Coexistence and Conflict, Brandeis University


Tim Phillips
Co-Founder, Project on Justice in Times of Transition - Tufts University


Kelley Ready
Associate Director of Academics - Sustainable International Development Program, Brandeis University


Robert Ricigliano
Director, Institute of World Affairs & Peace Studies Program - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee


Gay Rosenblum-Kumar
Senior Public Administration Officer, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs


Romain Rurangirwa
MA Student, Coexistence and Conflict - Brandeis University


Ashad Sentongo
MA Student, Coexistence and Conflict - Brandeis University


Martha Thompson
Program Manager - Rights in Humanitarian Crises, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee


Roberto Varea
Assistant Professor, Performing Arts & Social Justice - University of San Francisco