Amal Jadou

In her dissertation, entitled The Role of the United States as a Mediator in the Palestinian Israeli Negotiations under Clinton, Amal seeks to describe the negotiation and mediation process in the 1990s between Palestinians and Israelis, with particular attention to the role of the United States during these negotiations. Amal received her M.A. in International Studies from Birzeit University in the West Bank city of Ramllah, where she wrote her thesis: "Histories of Occupation: Comparing Processes and Outcomes in the Case of the Cherokee and Palestinian Nations." Before her doctoral studies, Amal attended Bethlehem University.

In addition to her academic studies, Amal has worked with various conflict resolution and peace organizations, including the Peace Research Institute of the Middle East, the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center-Wi'am, the Local Public Committee for Refugees in Aida Camp, and the Laji' Center for Refugees.

Amal ultimately seeks to continue her involvement in Palestinian politics by taking a leadership role on the Legislative Council, an ambition grounded in her belief in the importance of law and legislation in changing the nature of political systems in the Arab World. Through her fellowship with the Program on Negotiation, Amal will continue to research and write her analysis of the Middle East negotiations in the 1990s.

Elizabeth Long Lingo

As a PON fellow, Elizabeth will continue her research and writing on how social context influences, and is shaped by, negotiation interactions. Through both ethnographic interviews and non-participant observation, Elizabeth will explore the recursive relationship between culturally defined roles, identity and interpersonal interactions. Her dissertation, Negotiations and Lovesongs: Negotiating Social Order in the Country Music Industry, will analyze negotiations among producers and other participants in the country music industry.

Elizabeth is in the joint Ph.D. Program in Organizational Behavior and Sociology at Harvard University and Harvard Business School. She first came to Harvard as a doctoral student in business administration (DBA), with a focus on marketing. Elizabeth transferred from the DBA program to the Ph.D. program in 1999. She worked in a variety of business settings before pursuing her graduate and doctoral studies and continues to consult with organizations on issues regarding trust and voice.

She is currently working with Harvard Business School Professor Kathleen McGinn on the final stages of a paper examining how improvisations mediate the effect of group structure and communication media on negotiation outcomes, including trust and group identification. This work also introduces a coding scheme for analyzing the relational, procedural and informational aspects of negotiation interactions. Elizabeth is also working with Penn State Assistant Professor Jim Detert on a paper examining courage in organizations. Elizabeth's research and writing has included creating the negotiation case, Shaded Glen Logging Company and The Town of Silva, writing the chapter The Hampton Inn 100% Satisfaction Guarantee in Extraordinary Guarantees, Achieving Breakthrough Gains in Quality and Customer Satisfaction, and assisting in researching and writing Growing the Trust Relationship in Marketing Management.

Jennifer L. Schulz

Jennifer's dissertation, Creating Mediator Identity? Conflict Resolution and Film, is based on multi-disciplinary, theoretical research and is a qualitative, semiotic study of the role of popular culture in developing understandings of conflict resolution and mediator identity. Jennifer seeks to contribute to dispute resolution theory by advancing her hypothesis that popular culture is instrumental in shaping the mediative role and mediators' identities as conflict resolvers.

Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Manitoba, and an M.Phil. in Legal Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, St. John's College. At Cambridge, Jennifer completed her thesis and combined anthropology and LL.M. courses to study the intersection of law, culture and dispute resolution processes. She is currently an S.J.D. candidate at the University of Toronto and holds an appointment as Assistant Director of the LL.M. in ADR Program at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Before commencing her S.J.D. Jennifer practiced as a mediator and designed and taught dispute resolution courses in various university settings, culminating in a full time assistant professorship at the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor from 1999-2002, where she earned "Professor of the Year" honors. Jennifer has written a number of chapters and articles on mediation and conflict resolution, including: Cultural Individualism, Collectivism, and Conflict Resolution Preferences in ADR & the Law, Obstacles to Tortious Liability for Mediator Malpractice in the Supreme Court Law Review, and Mediator Liability in Canada: An Examination of Emerging American and Canadian Jurisprudence in the Ottawa Law Review.