Welcome
readers! With this issue I'm pleased to introduce our
new Associate Editor Paul Saba. Paul is a graduate student
in the Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution program
at Wayne State University. Paul will soon also be a
law student at Wayne State as he has just received his
acceptance letter from the Law School. Congratulations
Paul! We hope you enjoy the MADR/JD joint degree program.
In
this issue, in addition to our news, tool reviews,
and new items from the periodicals, we feature a piece
on teaching using Circles,
a piece on the importance of peace and conflict studies
programs at the community
college level, information on opportunities
for campus programs at the National Association
for Community Mediation, and summary
article examing some differing points of view
on the role email plays in conflict escalation or
descalation.
Also
in this issue we're pleased to present the second
in our series of Campus
Conflict Resolution Briefing Papers, examining
the question of liability for campus mediation programs
and practitioners.
Thanks
once again for your continued interest in constructive
approaches to working with and learning from conflict
in higher education. Together I know we can improve
the quality of life on campus.
Best
regards,
Bill Warters
Editor
