Alan Gross, Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania, USA
Founding Member

Educational Degrees
Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA, Ph.D. (social psychology) 1967
Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA, MBA 1962
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, BS 1959

Past Professorship or University Appointments

• University of California, Irvine, Asst. Prof. of Sociology & Psychology (1966-68)
  
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Asst. Prof. of Psychology (1968-71)
  
• Ohio State University, Visiting Assoc. Prof of Psychology (1971-73)
  
• University of Missouri, St. Louis, Assoc to Full Prof of Psychology (1973-78)
  
• University of Maryland, College Park, Dept Chair (1978-81) and Professor (1978-1986)
  
• University of California, Los Angeles, Visiting Scientist (1984-86)
  
• City University of New York, John Jay College, Adjunct Prof (Dispute Resolution) (2004)
  

Other Academic Affiliations

• American Psychological Assoc., Director Office of Social & Ethical Responsibility (1977-8)
  
• Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
  
• Fellow, American Psychological Association
  
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (former Council member)
  
• Distinguished Lecturer, American Psychological Association, (1979-89)
  
• Guest Lecturer at more than 25 universities and colleges
  
• Board member, Reviewer, Editor for more than 20 journals
  
• Editorial Board Member:  Conflict Resolution Quarterly (current)
• Summer Fellow: Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, University of Pennsylvania

Language Fluency: English

Language Proficiency: Spanish (reading/writing)

Conflict Resolution In-Country Experience

Training/Teaching

• Ethiopia – trained airline employees (1966)
  
• Mexico – school consulting (1965, 1996, 1998)
  
• Peru – plenary lecture at international psychology conference, Lima (1984)
  
• Sierra Leone – trainer for conflict resolution course (2007)
  
• South Africa – colloquium University of Western Cape, Capetown on service delivery (2007)
• Ghana - mediation training with Liberian refugees and Ghanaian lawyers/ officials (2008)
• Iraq - mediation training with Iraqi Peace Network and International staff (2008)

Other Activity

• Finland – international youth conference (1965)
  
• Nicaragua -- observing national election (1990)
  
• Russia – business consulting St. Petersburg  (1985-86)

International Cultural Experience

Australia, Austria, Belarus,  Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, England, Eritrea, Ethiopia,  Finland, France, Germany,  Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary,  Indonesia, India, Iraq,   Ireland,  Israel, Italy, Jamaica,  Japan, Jordan,  Kenya, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Macedonia,  Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, San Salvador,  Serbia, Scotland, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Service Areas Significant Experience

• Arbitration
• Conflict resolution systems design
  
• Conciliation, facilitation & mediation education
  
• Consultation and training in conflict mitigation or prevention
  
• Mediation: Train the trainers with ongoing consultation and continuing education
  
• Public dialogues: Facilitating meetings and forums open to the public; building capacity and local resources
  
  

Publications

• Author and co-author of social psychology text book and more than 50 chapters, articles and papers related to social services, helping behavior, sex roles etc.

Articles:

• Clemants, E & Gross, A.E. “Why Aren’t We Screening?” A Survey Examining Domestic Violence Screening Procedures and Training Protocol in Community Mediation Centers” Conflict Resolution Quarterly 2007,  24, 413-432.
  
• “On the Road from Academe to Conflict Resolution” in Peacemaker 101: Careers Confronting Conflict, Philadelphia:  Asch Center, Univ. of Pennsylvania 2007.  Available in pdf format at http://www.psych.upenn.edu/sacsec/eidelson/Peacemaker101.pdf
  
• “Conflict Resolution in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attacks: A Family Mediation Program”  Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2008, 9 (2), 317-331. Available in pdf format at http://www.cojcr.org/vol9no2/317-332.pdf

Last Revised on 2/8/2008