Dr. Jayne Seminare Docherty, an expert on conflict resolution, will speak on “Peace Building” at Berea College on Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel.

The Annual Robbins Peace and Brotherhood Lecture is sponsored by the Campus Christian Center and is free and open to the public.

Docherty, associate professor of conflict studies at Eastern Mennonite University, works with communities, applying principles of peace building to deep-rooted conflicts, and assists universities in developing curricula in peace studies and conflict studies.
She began teaching in the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite in 2001, after teaching conflict resolution at Columbia (S.C.) College and George Mason University.

Docherty holds her B.A. from Brown University and Ph. D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University. She is the author of “Learning Lessons from Waco,” and “The Little Book of Strategic Negotiation.”

For a complete listing of Berea College Convocations for 2005-06, visit online at www.berea.edu/convocations.