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Psychology of Peace and Violence Program, Faculty, and Students in the NEWS.

Katya Migacheva, a graduate of the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program was selected as the 2012 James Marshall Public Policy Fellow from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

SPSSI

To read more about this fellowship go to:
http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=1754&nodeID=1

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Dr. Linda Tropp was awarded a grant with her fellow co-PIs at the Russell Sage Foundation for a multi-university, multi-discplinary project entitled "Immigrant-Native Relations in 21st Century America: Intergroup Contact, Trust and Civic Engagement."Russell Sage FoundationTo read more about this fellowship go to:
http://www.russellsage.org/awarded-project/immigrant-native-relations-21st-century-america-intergroup-contact-trust-and-civic-e

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Dr. Linda Tropp was featured in an NPR article: '"Race-Baiter": Media Feeds On Fear And Prejudice.'
Tropp NPR

To read this article go to:
http://www.npr.org/2012/11/01/164115452/race-baiter-media-feeds-on-fear-and-prejudice

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Dr. Linda Tropp, Dr Ervin Staub, and Dr. Johanna Ray Vollhardt (Peace Program Ph.D.) were featured in an UMass Amherst magazine's article: 'A Tale of Two Peace Offerings: Philanthropists encourage the pursuit of peace'

Alumni Article

To read this article go to:
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269#/1e2fc269/32l

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Dr. Linda Tropp is in July/August 2012 Monitor on Psychology, 'Training tomorrow's peace psychologists':

Monitor on Psych Tropp

To read this article go to:
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/07-08/training-peace.aspx

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Dr. Ervin Staub is in July/August 2012 Monitor on Psychology, 'Radio messages for peace'.

Monitor on Psych Staub

To read this article go to:
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/07-08/radio-messages.aspx

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Dr. Linda Tropp is quoted in The Tampa Bay Times article, April 01, 2012, 'Trayvon Martin case highlights need to talk about race issues before someone gets killed'.

Tampa Bay Article

To read this article go to:
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/content/trayvon-martin-case-highlights-need-talk-about-race-issues-someone-gets-killed

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Dr. Ervin Staub delivered Tufts' Commemoration lecture which was reviewed in the Armenian Weekly, March 19, 2012.

Armenian Weekly

To read this article go to:
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2012/03/19/ervin-staub-to-deliver-lecture-at-tufts-commemoration/

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Dr. Ervin Staub had an article in Psychology Today, November 12, 2011, 'In the Garden of Good and Evil, From altruism to violent conflict.'.

Psychology Today

To read this article go to:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in-the-garden-good-and-evil/201111/vision-occupy-wall-street

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Dr. Linda Tropp is mentioned in The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, September 9, 2011, 'Students attend 9/11 panel discussion'.

911 Panel

To read this article go to: http://dailycollegian.com/2011/09/09/students-attend-911-panel-discussion/

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Dr. Linda Tropp is quoted in an AP Article picked up by Yahoo News, Thurs, Jul 28, 2011, 'Psychology of debt talks is all in game of chicken '.

Chicken Game

To read this article go to: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Psychology-of-debt-talks-is-apf-2363706056.html

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Dr. Ervin Staub is quoted in and on MSNBC.com article: ' What makes sports fans -- like Canucks fans -- riot, eh?'. MSNBC Riots

To read this article go to: hhttp://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/16/6875431-what-makes-sports-fans-like-canucks-fans-riot-eh-.

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Dr. Ervin Staub wins 7th Annual Morton Deutsch Award.

Staub

On April 14th Ervin Staub will accept the 7th Annual Morton Deutsch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Social Justice.

Ervin is the Founding Director of Psychology of Peace and Violence Doctoral Program here at UMASS Amherst.

His latest book is Overcoming Evil: Genocide, Violent Conflict and Terrorism (2011). Ervin is scheduled to attend a book party for Overcoming Evil at Amherst Books on April 1st.

Overcoming

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Dr. Ervin Staub was quoted in an The Massachusetts Daily Collegian article, February 2011: 'Students advocate for concealed weapons'.
MDC1
MDC_2

To read this article go to: http://dailycollegian.com/2011/02/06/students-advocate-for-concealed-weapons-rights/.

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Dr. Linda Tropp was quoted in an article on ABC.com, February 2011: 'Halle Berry Cites 'One-Drop' Rule in Battle Over Whether Her Daughter Is Black or White: Custody Battle Ignites War Over Racial Identity in Biracial Children'.


ABC Article

To read more of this article go to: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/halle-berry-cites-drop-rule-daughter-black-white/story?id=12869789&page=3.

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Dr. Linda Tropp was featured in an The Massachusetts Daily Collegian article: UMass professor publishes book on race relations' & "UMass professor publishes book on race relations', January 2011

Daily Collegian

To read more of this interview go to: http://dailycollegian.com/2011/01/23/umass-professor-publishes-book-on-race-relations-2/.

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Dr. Linda Tropp was interviewed by WAMC NorthEast Public Radio, January 2011: 'Strategies Suggested For Closing Racial, Ethnic Divides'WAMC

To listen to the interview go to: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/0/2706/1750252/WAMC.News/ Strategies.Suggested.For.Closing.Racial.Ethnic.Divides.

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Dr. Ervin Staub is quoted in an article: 'The Terrorist Mind: An Update', New York Times: Week in Review, January 2010.

Staub - NYT 1-10

To Read the article go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/weekinreview/10kershaw.html

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Dr. Brian Lickel appears in an article: Executive Education in Saudi Arabia, Columbia Business School Public Offering Page, June 2009.

Lickel in Saudi Arabia
To Read the article go to:
www4.gsb.columbia.edu/publicoffering/post/731226

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Dr. Linda Tropp quoted in an article, 'Tolerance over race can spread, studies find', The New York Times, October 2008.

Tropp Tolerance NYT

To Read the article go to: www.www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/world/americas/07iht-07race.17611744.html 

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Dr. Linda Tropp quoted in an CNN.com and OPRAH article 'Let's Not Fight!', May 2008.

Tropp CNN & OPRAH

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Dr. Linda Tropp mentioned in an Press Release from UCSC, 'Racism expert Thomas F. Pettigrew top UC honor for emeriti faculty'.

Tropp Pettigrew Honors
To Read the article go to
: http://press.ucsc.edu/text.asp?pid=2868 

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Dr. Linda Tropp accompanies Dr. Wagner and Dr. Pettigrew in an article in Oberhessische Presse, Marburg, Germany, August 2008.

Tropp Oberhessische Presse Aug 08

[Translation] Honorary Doctorate for Research on Ethnic Exclusion Distinguished Work of Thomas F. Pettigrew from Department of Psychology. Marburg, The Department of Psychology awarded on Thursday evening, the American Professor Thomas F. Pettigrew, an Honorary Doctorate.

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The Psychology of Peace and Violence Program's event Landscapes of Violence: Conflict and
Trauma through Time, in The Recorder, Greenfield, Massachusetts, April 2008.

Violence Conference Article RECORDER

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Dr. Linda Tropp in a DISCOVER Magazine article, October 2007: 'How Not to Be Racist'.DISCOVER Article.To Read the article go to:
http://discovermagazine.com/discover/2007/oct/how-not-to-be-racist

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Dr. Linda Tropp in an article in Oberhessische Presse, Marburg, Germany, Feburary 2007. Tropp Oberhessische Presse Feb 07

[Translation] International Conference in Marburg Brings New Ideas for Peace. Conference of the Conflict Research ended on Indonesian Province of Aceh. Marburg, The Conference of the Center for Conflict Research at the University of Marburg ended Friday. Three days was talk about the Indonesian Province of Aceh.

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Tropp AERA Workshop

Dr Ervin Staub contributed an article, 'The route to prisoner abuse in Iraq'. Monitor on Psychology, A
Publication of the American Psychological Association, July/August 2004.

Staub IRAQ Prisioner Abuse

To Read the article go to: http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/sp.html  

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Conflict, Violence, and Peace Announcement List (cvp-l)

Conflict, Violence, and Peace Announcement List (cvp-l)

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