ADR Prof Blog

Every other year or so, I try to attend the International Association of Conflict Management (IACM) annual meeting to keep up to date on what is going on in other related fields.  The meeting is very high powered–some of the best known names in the conflict resolution field in business schools, econ departments, public policy, [...]

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A few weeks ago, Kathleen Parker, a writer for the Washington Post, likened Obama to a woman because of his negotiation style, calling him the first female president. (See the article here.)  Confronted with crises and criticisms, our President hasn’t responded in the alpha dog style of many male politicians. Instead, he’s a listener and [...]

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The latest “Your Money” column in yesterday’s New York Times is sure to contribute to the ongoing debate regarding gender differences in negotiation.  Entitled “A Women’s Toolkit for Seeking a Raise,”  the column reports on new research of gender differences in negotiation and posits that women should use strategies different from those men typically use when negotiating for a [...]

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been two months since the AALS Annual Meetings in New Orleans (was it cold there or what?).  I had promised to give a report about the ADR Section’s program, and it’s taken me longer to get to this than anticipated to to it.  Nevertheless, the program was first-rate and [...]

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Last weekend I was reading an article with a the great title, “The Glass Ceiling is Kind of a Bummer”: Women’s Reflections on a Gender Development Course talking about how undergraduate women often, even as they are in women’s studies courses, deny the impact that sexism has had or will potentially have on their career.  [...]

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