CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor – Intercultural Peacebuilding
Director – David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding
SCHOLARSHIP
Intercultural Peacebuilding, Peace Education, Environmental Peacebuilding Oceania.
EDUCATION
M.A. – University of the South Pacific, 2016
B.A. – Brigham Young University, 2013
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Director – David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding, 2022-present
Member – Religious Freedom & Human Dignity Initiative, Faculty Advisory Committee, 2023 - present
Member – Kumuwaiwai Faculty Committee, 2023 - present
University Ombud – 2020 - 2023
Member – Human Resources Benefits Committee, 2023 - 2024
Member – Enactus Committee, 2023 - 2024
COURSES TAUGHT
Lower Division – Intercultural Peacebuilding (IPB121), Peacebuilding in the Restoration (IPB211), Restorative Justice (IPB287)
Upper Division – NGOs and Conflict Transformation (IPB311), Peace Education (IPB323), Peace Ecology (IPB332), Special Topics in Intercultural Peacebuilding (IPB390R), Cultural Mediation (IPB400), Cultural Facilitation (IPB425), Conflict Transformation (IPB480), Independent Study (IPB495R), Mentored Research (IPB497R)
SCHOLARLY WORKS
Consultant: Vivo Alliance, Puerto Rico, 2023-present.
Consultant: Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding, Fiji, 2023-present.
Cultural Consultant/Advisor: Task Force Oceania, U.S Army Initiative, 2021.
Consultant: Cathartic Expressions, Utah, 2017.
M.A. Thesis Paper (topic), “China’s Motivations for Engagement in the Pacific”. University of the South Pacific, 2015.
Contributor: The Effect of an Introductory Peacebuilding Class on Attitudes Toward Social Justice. Maxwell Brieden, Alyxandra Stuehler, Miiko Lyné Toussaint, Ronald Mellado Miller, Boyd Hunter Timothy, Chad Ford, David Duane Whippy. 2017. The Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences 2017, Official Conference Proceedings.
Contributor: Millennialism Scale: A Measurement of Thoughts and Feelings on the Millennium. Alyx Stuehler, Maxwell Brieden, Ronald Mellado Miller, Boyd Timothy, Chad Ford, David Whippy. 2017, The Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences 2017 Official Conference Proceedings.
Contributor: Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding; Restorative Justice Victim & Offender Conferencing Case Study 2013-2016.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Concluding Faculty Advisory Committee Speaker, Closing Session, Oceania Perspectives of Human Dignity conference, BYU–Hawaii, 2024.
Chair on Panel, “Fiji and Human Dignity” session at the Oceania Perspectives of Human Dignity conference, BYU–Hawaii, 2024.
Panel Presenter on ‘China’s Rise in Oceania and the Potential Role of Influential LDS in Response’ at National Security in an Era of Global Upheaval conference, David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University Law School, 2023.
Presentation on ‘Peace Education in Fiji’ at the Citizens Constitutional Forum, Suva, Fiji. 2022.
Presentation on ‘Peace Education in Fiji’ at the Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding, Suva, Fiji. 2022.
Presenter in the Cultural Session of the Proclaim Peace conference, David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding, Brigham Young University–Hawaii, June 9-11, 2022. Presented on ‘Peace traditions of the Moriori of Rekohu and prescribing peace from an Oceanic perspective’.
Presentation on ‘Peace Education’ at the Conference on Peace in Aotearoa-New Zealand: Past, Present and Future. National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (University of Otago), New Zealand. 2019.
Presented at Centre Research Series. National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (University of Otago). New Zealand. 2018. Presented on the creation of a peace education model specifically suited for decolonized Pacific Island states.
Panelist at End the Cycle campaign for dating and domestic violence impended by BYU–Hawaii Title IX Office. 2018. Presented on domestic and dating violence from a peacebuilding perspective.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FUNDING
Doctoral Field Work Research Grant. Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa, the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo, the University of Otago. 2020.
Rei Foundation Scholarship. Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa, the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo, the University of Otago. 2018.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor: Intercultural Peacebuilding, Faculty of Culture, Languages and Performing Arts. BYU–Hawaii, 2018-present.
Visiting Faculty: Intercultural Peacebuilding, Faculty of Culture, Languages and Performing Arts. BYU–Hawaii, 2016-2018.
Adjunct Faculty: Intercultural Peacebuilding, Faculty of Culture, Languages and Performing Arts. BYU–Hawaii, 2015-2016.
CV Last Revised June 2024
