In an increasingly fractured world, Middlebury has made a commitment to serve as an incubator for research, teaching, and student experiences to address divisiveness in society. Working with more than 100 partner institutions in the United States and around the world, Middlebury is working to embed principles and practices of conflict transformation in the liberal arts from high school to graduate school.
The Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation seeks to learn lessons from this vast community that can be adapted to the issues and questions that are most pressing for Middlebury. The work we do—at the College, the Middlebury Institute, Bread Loaf, and Schools Abroad—will help build new networks and expand our ability to transform the world around us.
Laying a foundation and building structures for conflict transformation—from high school to undergraduate learning to graduate education and beyond.
Equipping students with civic skills to address the conflicts that arise in a diverse society.
Exploring self-awareness, restorative practices, dialogue, intercultural communication, and mediation.
Teaching how community structures and social systems contribute to conflict and ways to resolve it.
Researching effective solutions through original research and constructive debate within various professions.
Understanding the diverse forms of conflict in cultural, political, and geographic settings.
Supporting innovative faculty research projects involving students related to conflict transformation.
Opening Up is a podcast series that features faculty, staff, students, and community members engaged in the Conflict Transformation Collaborative (CTC) at Middlebury. Listen Now.
In an essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education, former undersecretary of education James Kvaal called for colleges to defend their public value while also building environments that encourage respectful disagreement.
| by Sierra Abukins
At the midpoint of its multiyear conflict transformation collaborative initiative, Middlebury is looking back and looking forward to the next phase of the effort.
The Conflict Transformation Collaborative at Middlebury College is partnering with nuwave Equity Corporation to support its efforts to bring social innovation to the workforce.
