Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Terrorism and Peace (CISTP)

Contact Information

Frances Flannery, Ph.D.

Contact Details

flannefl@jmu.edu

Description

CISTP is academia engaged with the wider world in order to make a significant impact on the problem of terrorism and related challenges to sustainable peace around the globe. CISTP brings diverse parties into conversation with one another to rethink complex problems stemming from a wide variety of challenges, including the threat of terrorism, identity conflicts, refugees, and human and animal trafficking. The CISTP Faculty Fellows at JMU provide non-partisan subject matter expertise from the humanities, social sciences, education, natural sciences, arts, and intelligence analysis, focusing on long-term, systemic thinking about how to achieve sustainable peace.

Web Presence

http://www.jmu.edu/cistp/index.shtml

Involvement

Involves Faculty, Involves Staff, Involves Students, Involves Participants External to JMU

Scope

National Scope, International Scope

Date

Ongoing

Frequency

Ongoing (Currently in existence, year round)

Areas of Engagement

Civic Engagement, Community Engagement, Engaged Learning

Format

Department or Center