Maria Volpe, USA

Director of the Dispute Resolution Program and the Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Maria Volpe is a Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Dispute Resolution Program and the Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, at City University of New York. She lectures, does research, and writes about dispute resolution processes, particularly mediation and has many awards in the field. She is also in the Editorial Board of important journals such as Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Negotiation Journal at Harvard Law School. She received her Ph.D. and MA from New York University and her BA from the State University of New York, Plattsburgh.

She established one of the largest listserves in the world about conflict resolution after the 9/11 events in NYC.