Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient

On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Tawakkol Karman spent a day at UMass, culminated by a talk in the Bernie Dallas Room to a large crowd on the topic of
Nonviolence as a Means of Struggle, Change and Success

Tawakkol Karman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 in recognition of her work in non-violent struggle for the expression rights, safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work in Yemen.

While here on campus, she met with undergraduate and graduate students before giving her talk.

Linda Tropp Selected as Recipient of the 2018 Scientific Impact Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology

Linda Tropp has been selected as a recipient of the 2018 Scientific Impact Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP), which "honors the author(s) of a specific article or chapter offering a theoretical, empirical, and/or methodological contribution that has proven highly influential over the last 25 years."

Ervin Staub's training was described in article : "NOPD trains other departments on peer-intervention program for cops"

Ervin Staub quoted in article : "NOPD trains other departments on peer-intervention program for cops"

Ervin Staub's training was described in an article entitled "NOPD trains other departments on peer-intervention program for cops" in the New Orleans Advocate on April 22, 2018.

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Linda Tropp's paper was cited in a N.Y. Times article: "Trump Wants America to Revert to the Queens of His Childhood"

Linda Tropp's paper with Eric Knowles entitled “The Racial and Economic Context of Trump Support,” was cited in a N.Y. Times article: "Trump Wants America to Revert to the Queens of His Childhoo" on April 12, 2018.

Seminar on Nonviolence as a Means of Struggle, Change and Success with Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient, was reviewed in the Daily Collegian

Here is a review of our Interdisciplinary Seminar by Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient on Nonviolence as a Means of Struggle, Change and Success in The Massachusetts Daily Collegian April 5, 2018

Linda Tropp's article was published in The Guardian titled "Why a US government agency deleted the words 'nation of immigrants", co-written with Dina G. Okamoto

Linda Tropp's article was published in The Guardian titled "Why a US government agency deleted the words 'nation of immigrants'" on March 2, 2018, co-written with Dina G. Okamoto.

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Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient

Tawakkol Karman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 in recognition of her work in non-violent struggle for the expression rights, safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work in Yemen.

While here on campus, she met with undergraduate and graduate students before giving her talk.

Sponsored by UMass Amherst Psychology of Peace and Violence Program and the UMass Lowell Greeley Scholars for Peace Studies Award

Statement of Solidarity with Academics for Peace

The Psychology of Peace and Violence Program stands in solidarity with the signatories of the January 2016 Peace Petition, who are now facing a fresh round of criminal indictments.
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Linda Tropp Selected as Recipient of the 2018 Scientific Impact Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology

Ervin Staub's training was described in article : "NOPD trains other departments on peer-intervention program for cops"

Linda Tropp's paper was cited in a N.Y. Times article: "Trump Wants America to Revert to the Queens of His Childhood"

Seminar on Nonviolence as a Means of Struggle, Change and Success with Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient, was reviewed in the Daily Collegian

Linda Tropp's article was published in The Guardian titled "Why a US government agency deleted the words 'nation of immigrants", co-written with Dina G. Okamoto

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Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient

Tawakkol Karman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 in recognition of her work in non-violent struggle for the expression rights, safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work in Yemen.

While here on campus, she met with undergraduate and graduate students before giving her talk.

Sponsored by UMass Amherst Psychology of Peace and Violence Program and the UMass Lowell Greeley Scholars for Peace Studies Award

Statement of Solidarity with Academics for Peace

The Psychology of Peace and Violence Program stands in solidarity with the signatories of the January 2016 Peace Petition, who are now facing a fresh round of criminal indictments.Read our full statement

Our Faculty, Students and Graduates in the News

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The Psychology of Peace and Violence Program stands in solidarity with the signatories of the January 2016 Peace Petition, who are now facing a fresh round of criminal indictments.
Read our full statement