The National Peace Academy describes the instructors and faculty of its programs as “edu-learners.” Edu-learner is a concept developed by Betty Reardon. She defines an “edu-learner (as) a practitioner/theorist whose primary activity is learning while trying to help other people learn. The most fundamental aspect of the edu-learning process is the role of the teacher as learner and the view of learning as a lifelong process of experience reflected upon and integrated into new learning in an organic, cyclical mode, a mode that is conscious of the relations between the inner experience and the outer realities.
Certificate Program Faculty
- Dr. Kathleen Barry
- Guy and Heidi Burgess, University of Colorado Conflict Information Consortium
- Stan Deetz, University of Colorado at Boulder – Center for the Study of Conflict, Collaboration & Creative Governance and the Peace and Conflict Studies Program
- Kerri Drumm
- Ellen Feig, Teachers Without Borders
- Laura Finley, No More Tears & Barry University
- Paula Guarnaccia, BePeace Teacher and HeartMath Educator
- Tony Jenkins, National Peace Academy
- Dian Killian, Ph.D., Center for Collaborative Communication
- Stephanie Knox Cubbon, Teachers Without Borders
- Elspeth Macdonald, Teachers Without Borders
- Nick Martin, TechChange
- Mary Lee Morrison, Pax Educare and National Peace Academy
- Michael Nagler, Metta Center for Nonviolence
- Betty A. Reardon, International Institute on Peace Education
- Hannah Renglich, PeaceMeal Project
- Michael Shank, Institute for Economics and Peace
- Barbara Thorngren, M.Ed., Nashua Community College
- Stephanie Van Hook, Metta Center for Nonviolence
- Frans C. Verhagen, M.Div., M.I.A., Ph.D., Earth and Peace Education International
- Dr. Elaine Yarbrough, Yarbrough Group
PPI Faculty: Plenary Presenters | Workshop Leaders
- Kristin Famula Director of Programs, National Peace Academy
- Paula Guarnaccia
- Sam Guarnaccia Freelance Composer, Guitarist, Scholar, SGM
- Tony Jenkins Vice President for Academic Affairs, National Peace Academy
- Bill McKibben author, educator, and environmentalist; 350.org
- Patricia Mische Co-Founder, Global Education Associates; former Lloyd Professor of Peace Studies & World Law, Antioch College
- Mary Lee Morrison President and Founding Director, Pax Educare, Inc. The CT Center for Peace Education
- John Reuwer MD – emergency physician and 30 year peace activist with extensive experience in nonviolent actions in eight countries and Washington DC.
- Arthur Romano Certified nonviolence trainier and accomplished international educator
- Amy Seidl Author and Lecturer, Environmental Studies Program, University of Vermont
- Dale Snauwaert Associate Professor, Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership, The University of Toledo
PPI Edulearners: Peacelearning & Reflection Group Facilitators
- Mike Abkin Board of Directors and Secretary-Treasurer, National Peace Academy
- Dawn Alber Director, Meadowsweet Farm Environmental Education Center and Program Coordinator, Portage Park District.
- Liz Alexander Reverend, Presbyterian Church (USA)
- Patti Bailie Education Director, The Biosophical Institute
- Dhairya Dalal
- Lou Ensel Board Chair, National Peace Academy; and Executive Director, Biosophical Institute
- Martha Gallahue Ethical Culture Clergy Leader, Main Representative at the UN for the National Ethical Service
- Lisa Worth Huber Academic Director, The Graduate Institute’s MA program in Conflict Transformation
- Tiffany Jenkins Learning Manager at Queens Paideia School
- Barb Mallin
- Dot Maver President, National Peace Academy
- Mary Lee Morrison President and Founding Director, Pax Educare, Inc. The CT Center for Peace Education
- Mary O’Brien Registered Nurse
- Dave Ragland
- Deborah Schein Education Consultant
- Jeffrey Weisberg Director of Programs and Outreach, River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding
