Jay Rothman, Ph.D., President
The ARIA Group, Inc.
1050 President Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387
(937) 319-4002

EDUCATION

Ph.D., International Relations with focus on Intergroup Conflict Resolution, The University of Maryland (dissertation: “Analyses and Strategies for Peace – A Methodology for International Conflict Management Training and Evaluation”).1987

M.A., Political Science, The University of Maryland (also studied small group dynamics at the Graduate Student Professional Development Program at the National Training Labs (NTL). 1985

Graduate Studies in Conflict Resolution, George Mason University. 1982-1983

B.A. In Social History, Antioch College, 1980 (with internships at The Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1978, and The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change, 1977, The World Without War Council, 1976).

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

President, The ARIA Group, Inc. a conflict resolution, action research, training and consulting firm. 1998-Present

Appointed Special Master and Mediator to serve under a US Federal Court Judge in Cincinnati, Ohio, 2001-2002

Director, The Peace and Conflict Studies Program at Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, 1991-1997

Director, The Project on Pre-Negotiation and The Project on Managing Political Disputes and the Jerusalem Peace Initiative, The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1998-1993

Coordinator, The Raoul Wallenberg Graduate Studies Program in Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989-1990

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Fulbright Lecturer/Research Fellowship, Distinguished Visiting College Professor and Senior Associate, The Action Research Center, at The Jezreel Valley College, Israel - 2006-2007

Founder and Director – The Action Evaluation Research Institute, 2000-2004

Scholar-in-Residence and Associate Professor – The McGregor School of Antioch University (in conflict resolution and management programs), 1998-2001

Assistant Professor of Political Science – Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, 1992-1998

SELECTED GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS (Principal Investigator)

Action Evaluation Research Institute: Defining, Monitoring and Fostering Success in Community Reconciliation (The Andrus Family Fund) – 2000-2005

Research and Development of Evaluation Methodology for Conflict Resolution Research and Practice (The Hewlett Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts), 1996-2000

Program on Managing Political Disputes (The Adenauer Foundation), 1992-1996

Project on Pre-negotiation, (The MacArthur Foundation), 1990-1992

Jerusalem Peace Initiative (US Institute for Peace), 1988-1990

Fulbright-Hays Group Study Project to Sri Lanka, 1983

Keynote Presentations

2006 – “The Power of Why: Engaging Conflict and Envisioning new Futures” (at German Mediation Association Annual Conference, University of Hamburg, Germany).
2005 - “Self, Other and Relationship: Constructing Identity through Evaluation” (at the annual conference of the Israel Evaluation Association, Jezreel Valley College, Israel).
2003 – “Conflict Resolution and Police-Community Relations” (at The Annual Conference of the Association of Conflict Resolution).
2002: “From Conflict to Creativity.” (at the annual conference of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes, Oconomowoc, WI.).
2002: “Resolving Identity-Based Conflicts in our Communities,” (at the annual convention of the Unitarian Ministers, Quebec, Canada).
2002: “The Opportunity of Conflict: Improving Police-Community Relation In Cincinnati.” (at the Annual Conference on Community Oriented Justice, sponsored by The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, Richmond, Va.).
2002: “What we did in Cincinnati, Why and How.” (at the annual meeting of the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio).
2001: “ Conflict Resolution and Diplomacy” (at the Annual meeting of Federation International Corps of Consular Associations, Cancun, Mexico).
2000: "The Role of Action Evaluation in Conflict Transformation" (sponsored by The Program in Citizen Peacebuilding, University of Irvine, Ca.).
1998: “The ARIA Process and the `Vernacular’ of Conflict.” (Sponsored by the Wayne State University Program on Mediating Theory and Democratic Systems at their conference “Mediation Theory and Identity Disputes”).

Publications

books:

With Marc Ross (eds.) Theory and Practice in Ethnic Conflict Resolution: Conceptualizing Success and Failure, London: Macmillan Press, (2000).

Resolving Identity-Based Conflicts in Nations, Organizations and Communities, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.

From Confrontation to Cooperation: Resolving Ethnic and Regional Conflict, Newbury Park, Ca.: Sage Publications, 1992.

Guest Editor, Special Issue on Pre-Negotiation, The Jerusalem Journal of International Relations, Vol. 13, #1, 1991.

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Articles:

"Identity and Conflict: Collaboratively Addressing Police-Community Conflict in Cincinnati, Ohio." Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution Vol. 22:1 2006

With Friedman, Victor and Withers, Bill, “The Power of Why: Engaging the Goal Paradox in Program Evaluation” American Journal of Evaluation, 1-18 Vol. 27 No. 2, June 2006.

With Eck, John, “Police Community Conflict and Crime Prevention in Cincinnati, Ohio: The Collaborative Agreement.” In Bailey, John (ed.). Public Security and Police Reform in the Americas, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006.

With Randi Land. “Cincinnati Police-Community Relations Collaborative.” Criminal Justice. 35-42. Vol. 18 No. 4, Winter 2004.

“Action Evaluation.” in Austin A., Fischer, M. and Wils O, (eds.). Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment Critical Views on Theory and Practice Berghof Dialogue Series, 2003.

“Improving Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati: A Collaborative Approach.” ACResolution. 25-27. Vol. 3 No. 1, Fall 2003.

With Victor Friedman, “Action Evaluation for Conflict Management Organizations and Projects.” In Davies, J. and Kaufman, E., Second Track/Citizen’s Diplomacy: Concepts and Techniques for Conflict Transformation, New York: Rowman and Littlefield Pub., 2002.

With Chris Soderquist, “From Riots to Resolution: Engaging Conflict for Reconciliation,” The Systems Thinker, Pegasus Communications, 2002.

With Victor Friedman, “Action Evaluation for Knowledge Creation in Social Education Programs.” In Sankaran, S. (et. al.) Effective Change Management Using Action Learning and Action Research. Southern Cross University Press. 2001.

With Marie Olson, “From Interests to Identities: Towards a New Emphasis in Interactive Conflict Resolution.” Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 38, #3, May 2001.

With Victor Friedman, "Resolving Identity-Based Conflict in Organizations: A Strategy for Organizational Learning,” in Dierkes, M. (ed.) Handbook of Organizational Learning, Oxford University Press, 2001.

“The ARIA Approach To Conflict Engagement” In The Systems Thinker, Pegasus Communications, Vol. 11, No. 10, 2000.

With Randi Land and Mary Hope Schwoebel, “Creative Marginality: Exploring the Links between Conflict Resolution and Social Work,” Peace and Conflict Studies Journal, 8:1, May 2001.

"Conflict Management Training: Opening the Window to New Ideas," Strategic Management Group Business Review, Vol. 6, Fall, 1999.
“Organizational Learning Through Conflict Engagement” Leverage, Pegasus Communications, 31: July 1999.

“Dialogue in Conflict: Past and Future,” in Weiner, E. (ed.) The Handbook of Interethnic Coexistence, New York: Continuum Press, 1998.
“Action Evaluation and Conflict Resolution in Theory and Practice”, Mediation Quarterly, 15: 2, Winter, 1997.

"Action Evaluation and Conflict Resolution Training: Theory, Method and Case Study, International Negotiation," 2:451-470, 1997.

“Reflexive Dialogue as Transformation.” Mediation Quarterly, 13, #4, 1996.
“Pre-Negotiation in Water Disputes Where Culture is Core.” In Cultural Survival Quarterly. Issue 19.3, October, 1995.

With Miriam Lowi, “Arabs and Israelis: The Jordan River.” In Faure, G., and Rubin, J. (eds). Culture and Negotiation, Newbury Park, Ca.: Sage Publications, 1993

With Gary Klein, “The Role of Pre-Negotiation in Addressing ‘Intransigent Conflicts,’” The International Journal of Group Tensions, 23:3, 1993.

"The Human Dimension in Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations," The Jerusalem Journal of International Relations, Vol. 14, #3, Sept. 1992.

"Negotiation as Consolidation: Prenegotiation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." The Jerusalem Journal of International Relations, Vol. 13, #1, March, 1991.

“The Jerusalem Peace Initiative,” Project on Managing Political Disputes, The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1994.

“Practicing Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies,” Policy Studies, #46, The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1992.