Gaurav J. Pathania, professor of sociology and peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, has been published in The Boston Globe and interviewed by PBS NewsHour for his activism and expertise regarding ... read more about In the News: EMU professor Gaurav Pathania published in Boston Globe, interviewed by PBS
The Rev. Gordon Meriwether MA ‘14 (conflict transformation), MDiv ‘15, has joined the Eastern Mennonite University Board of Trustees. His term began in October 2022. Meriwether serves as director of ... read more about EMU welcomes new Board of Trustees member
Rula Mansour, a visiting scholar at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding from 2015-17, has announced the founding the Nazareth Center for Peace Studies. Mansour will also direct the new ... read more about Former CJP visiting professor is founder and director of Nazareth Center for Peace Studies
Want an update on EMU Professor Emeritus Howard Zehr? UChicago Magazine has published a profile “Rooted in Justice” on Zehr, who earned his master’s in history there in 1976. The ... read more about UChicago Magazine: Howard Zehr reflects on a career advocating for change
Eastern Mennonite Seminary’s 2023 School for Leadership Training is themed “Creating Communities of Belonging: Appreciating EveryBODY.” The emphasis on the word body is deliberate, says Veva Mumaw, SLT director. “1 ... read more about Seminary’s School for Leadership Training to explore disability-oriented inclusion and connection in church communities
Professor Emeritus Ted Grimsrud discusses the Bible's message of peace. ... read more about ‘Thinking Pacificism’ blog: Why did Christianity move so far away from the message of Jesus? from Thinking Pacificism
Kirstin Rothrock De Mello and Merwyn De Mello, both 2005 graduates of EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, are the recipients of the 2022 Bishop John E. McCarthy Spirit of ... read more about Maryknoll Lay Missioners honors couple with Bishop John E. McCarthy Spirit of Mission Award
Barry Hart, professor emeritus at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, completed a one-year project with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in South Sudan. He and colleague Bena Mark, lecturer of psychology at Juba University, trained 45 psychosocial support facilitators in trauma awareness, resilience, psychosocial support, psychological first-aid, peacebuilding, restorative justice and trustbuilding, as well as a range of related subjects that are context-specific to South Sudan, but can be applied to other settings. They also produced a training manual on these subjects. ... read more about Professor publishes psychosocial support manual from UNDP
Professor Kathy Evans contributes on the effects of trauma in educational environments in this coverage of the US government's boarding schools for Native Americans. ... read more about Professor Kathy Evans on trauma in education environments: ‘How Indian boarding schools left emotional scars that remain’ from Redding Record Searchlight
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding begins the 2022-23 academic year with historically high enrollment levels across a range of degree and graduate certification programs. And just in ... read more about Experienced peacebuilding professors join Center for Justice and Peacebuilding