Faculty

Peter T. Coleman

Peter T. Coleman is director of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR), Teacher's College, Columbia University. He is currently associate professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, and teaches courses in conflict resolution, social psychology, and social science research. He has conducted research on social entitivity processes (ingroup/outgroup formation), the mediation of inter-ethnic conflict, intractable conflict, complexity, and on the conditions and processes that foster the constructive use of social power. In 2003, he became the first recipient of the Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association, Division 48: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence. Dr. Coleman co-edited The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice (2000; 2nd edition in press), and has also authored over forty journal articles and chapters. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in social/organizational psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a B.A. in communications from the University of Iowa.