Dr. Jennifer P. Maxwell

Email: jmaxwell@kent.edu

Office: (330) 672-3143

• Position
• Education
• Research Interests
• Curriculum Vita

POSITION:

Director of the Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM) and Assistant Professor of Political Science; 1994.

EDUCATION:

B.P.S.; Empire State College, State University of New York; 1979; Mixed Media/Painting.

M.A.; Syracuse University; 1981.

M.Phil.; Syracuse University; 1985; Philosophy.

Ph.D.; Syracuse University, 1985; Social Science

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Conflict Theory and Resolution

CURRICULUM VITA:

Jennifer P. Maxwell, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM) at Kent State University, Kent, OH, and has taught conflict theory and intervention skills at the university level for the past twenty years. Her research focuses on the dynamics of power disparity and oppressive violence in interpersonal relationships, the effects of coercion and trauma on victims of violence, and the assessment and development of intervention and prevention strategies. Dr. Maxwell is an Assistant Professor of Political Science, a trained mediator and arbitrator, and a licensed social worker. She is a Practitioner Member of the Academy of Family Mediators and a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution, and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Dr. Maxwell is board certified as an expert in traumatic stress and holds Diplomate status in the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.