Joan Mbagwu
M.A. in Conflict Resolution, 1999
Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
Joan
is currently a program officer with African
Strategic and Peace Research Group (AFSTRAG) in West Africa where she assists the project leaders on
four Ford Foundation Projects in Nigeria and West Africa and conducts
strategic planning, proposal writing, and paper presentation for AGSTRAG.
Joan also served as facilitator to the USAID Office of Transition Initiatives
and project coordinator for the Negotiation and Conflict Management Group
in Lagos, Nigeria.
Some of the conferences that Joan has attended since graduation
include:
The Third International Conference African Languages:
The Impact of Technology
and Globalization, Appreciative Inquiry Approach in Peacebuilding, First
OAU-Civil Society Conference, Conflict Resolution Stakeholders Workshop.
Joan’s
recent writing includes: Conflict Resolution Stakeholders Network Training
and Facilitator’s Manuals, ‘Campaign for Women in Peacebuilding,’ IFE
Psychologia, 2001, and ‘The Language of Conflict Resolution in Africa’ 2002.
According to Joan, “My education at Antioch was very helpful in shaping
my skills and views in this great field of conflict resolution. The program’s
methodology, which exposed all the students to practitioners and philosophers,
was very helpful. I am ever grateful to have had an opportunity to participate
in the Conflict Resolution Program at Antioch University McGregor."
