Carolyn Stephenson

Background

I received a BA from Mount Holyoke College and a PhD from Ohio State (1980). Before coming to UH in 1985, I was Director of Peace Studies at Colgate University, and a Scholar-in-Residence at Radcliffe. I direct the Hawai'i Model United Nations, and I participate in the UH’s Conflict Resolution program.

Education

• PhD, International Politics/Comparative Politics, Ohio State University, 1980
• MA, Ohio State University, 1974
• BA, Political Science, Mount Holyoke College, 1966

Courses

• POLS 201: Problems of War and Peace
• POLS 319: International Organization
• POLS 323: Model United Nations
• POLS 324: Global Environmental Politics
• POLS 396: Nonviolent Political Alternatives
• POLS 633: International Conflict Resolution
• POLS 635 (Alpha): Topics in International Relations

Research

My research is in three areas: 1) alternative international security systems, including mediation, sanctions, nonviolent action, and peacekeeping, 2) non-governmental organizations, and United Nations conference diplomacy in the areas of environment, women, and disarmament, and 3) gender, conflict, and conflict resolution.