Archive for January, 2007

Community Mediation Maryland AmeriCorps Coordinator Position

January 28th, 2007

It seems like short notice, but I just received this job announcement:
Community Mediation Maryland AmeriCorps Coordinator
Full-time Contractual Position
(This is a grant funded position, with funds remaining for 8 months, with good possibility of renewal.)
Job Duties:
v Recruit and hire AmeriCorps members for sites throughout Maryland
v Coordinate training for AmeriCorps members
v [...]

New update for Atlas.ti just released

January 26th, 2007

A new update for Atlas.ti, a popular program for qualitative data analysis, was just released. Details on the update are available here.
It’s been a few years since I’ve used Atlas.ti in much depth, as lately I’ve been using QSR’s NVivo for my qualitative data analysis work. That said, what really sets [...]

ICONS Program Assistant Position

January 26th, 2007

The ICONS Project at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland has an opening for an entry-level program assistant. The full job announcement is here.
The ICONS Project (www.icons.umd.edu) specializes in developing web-based, role-play simulations for use in both educational and training contexts. The program assistant would support ICONS educational and training [...]

Spring Texts

January 25th, 2007

The start of the Spring semester is looming, and in case you’re interested in following along, I’m posting the texts I’m assigning. These are all graduate courses in an MS conflict resolution program. As with most graduate classes, a significant amount of the assigned course reading is in separate course packets (done as [...]

Call for Proposals for ACR’s Annual Conference

January 25th, 2007

The deadline for proposing workshops for the 2007 Association for Conflict Resolution conference is rapidly approaching. So hurry up and get writing!
The Call for Proposals for ACR’s Annual Conference is now open!
ACR is now accepting proposals for the Seventh Annual Conference that will be held October 24 – 27, 2007 in [...]

Ready, Set, Go

January 25th, 2007

It looks like the new blog is ready to go! For background on the blog and myself, please visit the “About the Blog” and “About the Blogger” sections.
If you notice any technical hiccups or problems with the site, please let me know. I’d like to build up my listing of other [...]

Pardon the dust

January 24th, 2007

Hello. I’ve just installed this new WordPress script, and I’m in the midst of configuring and troubleshooting it before launching into writing material. In the meantime, please pardon the rough edges, and don’t hesitate to comment and say hello.