Larry Dunn, member of the faculty of the School of Humanities, Religion and Social Science, Director of Undergraduate Programs for the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies.
I have worked for more than 20 years as a mediator, trainer, consultant and educator in the field of conflict resolution. I am currently professor in the School of Humanities, Religion and Social Sciences and a member of the faculty at the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies at Fresno Pacific University. I hold a Masters degree in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and a PhD in Social Science from Syracuse University, where he was affiliated with the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts. From 1997-99 I served with the Mennonite Central Committee in Labrador (Canada) as a cross-cultural conflict consultant working with Aboriginal communities and First Nations on community justice, self-government and land rights issues. I have mediated and consulted on a wide variety of cases involving neighbors, families, schools, churches, businesses, communities and government agencies. I have also published articles and chapters on topics ranging from church disputes to international mediation and ethnic conflict in the Balkans. My present research and writing interests include identity-based and cross-cultural conflict, historical peacemakers (Gandhi, King, Tolstoy, et al), and difficult conflict issues in the church, such as homosexuality. I am married and have three boys, ages sixteen, thirteen, and eleven.
"Untitled," in College Faith: 150 Christian Leaders and Educators Share Faith Stories from Their Student Days, Vol. IV, Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press. (Submitted).
"The church as 'group'," Leader. Scottdale, PA. Vol. 4, No. 3:6-8, Spring 2007.
"What King might say about Iraq," Mennonite Weekly Review. Newton, KS. Vol. 85, No. 4: 4 (and online edition as "King’s dream kept alive by his values, vision," at http://www.mennoweekly.org/ JAN/01-22-07/DUNN01-22.html), January 11, 2007.
"Original Mother's Day Message was Peace," Mennonite Weekly Review. Newton, KS. Vol. 84, No. 19: 8. 2006
"Use Mother’s Day as a Call for World Peace," Valley Voices Op-ed, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA. P. B9, Saturday, May 13, 2006.
"Rethinking Conflict: What the Bible says about Conflict can Transform our Thinking," The Christian Leader. Hillsboro, KS. Vol. 67, No. 1:8-10. 2004.
Book Review: Chase, Kenneth R. And A. Jacobs. 2003. Must Christianity Be Violent? Reflections on History, Practice, and Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos. In Direction, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Vol. 33, No. 2: 212-3. 2004.
"Mediating Intermediaries: Expanding Roles of Transnational Organizations," (with Louis Kriesberg), in Studies in International Mediation: Essays in Honour of Jeffrey Z. Rubin, edited by Jacob Bercovitch. Pp. 194-212. Houndmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. 2002.
"Understanding Conflict," in Transforming Conflict in Your Church: A Practical Guide, Marlin Thomas, ed. Pp. 17-28. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press. 2002.
Selected Presentations
"Identities at the Table: Risks of 'Collaborative' Dispute Resolution Processes," Interaction 2006 conference (Winnipeg, CAN), 2006.
"Negotiating Identities in Conflict: A Labrador Case Study," accepted for Indigenous Resistance in the North session, International Arctic Social Sciences Association, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2004.
"Transforming Conflict Across the Gender Divide," with Elaine Enns, National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 2001.
"Conflict Transforming Research: A Pracademic Perspective," National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, Phoenix, Arizona, 1999.
"Identity-based Conflicts: The Case of Labrador," National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, Phoenix, Arizona, 1999.
"Rethinking Culture, Identity and Conflict: A Labrador Case Study," Eighth Symposium on Conflict Resolution, The Mediation Centre & The Graduate Certificate Program in Conflict Resolution, Carleton University and the Common Law Section, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, 1999.
"The Influence of Third World Theologies on North American Mennonite Peace Theologies," Anabaptists in Conversation: Mennonite and Brethren Interactions with Twentieth-Century Theologies conference, The Young Center for the Study of Anabaptist and Pietist Groups, Elizabethtown College, 1997.
