Director, Point of View International Retreat and Research Center
Contact Information
Building: Point of View
Biography
Sheherazade Jafari, PhD, is director of the 听, where she works with students, faculty, alumni, and听partners across the international peacebuilding community to support and sustain听conflict resolution and reconciliation processes, provide trainings and other learning opportunities for diverse groups and communities, and advance research that develops innovative theory and practice in the field.听Sheherazade also serves as Co-Chair of the Carter School鈥檚 .
A scholar and practitioner, Sheherazade鈥檚 research and applied background and interests include gender, religion, and human rights in conflict and peacebuilding, as well as fostering a more inclusive and equitable approach to conflict resolution research, practice, and pedagogy.听 Her recent research听centers the work of women鈥檚 rights advocates in Muslim-majority societies and other religious communities, examining how they engagetheir faith and work across religious-secular divides in response to rising politicized religion and conflict.听听She is also currently writing an action guide with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Salam Institute for Peace and Justice on听Gender Inclusive Religious Peacemaking.
Sheherazade has worked in the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia with both large and small civil society organizations, and听is an educator and experienced facilitator of group dialogues, workshops, and trainings. Previous experiences include overseeing an international interfaith youth summit and dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and USIP, and leading the Religion and Conflict Resolution Program at the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding,听where she worked with religious peacemakers from armed conflict zones around the world.听听She serves on the board of Feminist.com, as Vice Chair of One Common Unity, as Student Awards Chair of the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA), and on the advisory board of the Carter School鈥檚 .
Degrees
- PhD, International Relations, American University
- MA, International Development and Conflict Resolution, The George Washington University
- BA, Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison