About The Program


History  |  Faculty & Staff

History of the Program:

Established in 1948, the Peace Studies Institute and Program for Conflict Resolution at Manchester College pioneered as the first undergraduate Peace Studies program in the United States. The curriculum offers a major in Peace Studies as well as a minor. The Peace Studies Institute sponsors public conferences and programs for the college and community on topics related to world peace and conflict resolution. Nonviolent Social Change, formerly known as the Bulletin of the Peace Studies Institute, publishes academic papers and news of the program. Recent issues have included award-winning student research papers, autobiographies of contemporary peacemakers, faculty and staff articles on peace and justice topics, and reports from our non-governmental representative to the United Nations. 

Faculty & Staff of the Program:

Faculty:

  • Abby Fuller, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Peace Studies Institute
  • Katy Gray Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Peace Studies
  • Ken Brown, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Peace Studies
  • Andrew Duffy, M.A., Instructor of Peace Studies

Below you will find information on professors who teach classes that are required for the Peace Studies multidisciplinary major, but who are members of alternative academic departments at Manchester College.

  • Steven Naragon, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy

  • Benson C. Onyeji, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science

  • Bradley Yoder, Ph.D., ACSW, Professor of Sociology and Social Work

  • Leonard Williams, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science

  • Gary Zimmerman, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Peace Studies Program Staff:

  • Graduate Intern: Sarah Hall

  • Student Assistants: Rebecca Creath, Julia Largent, Jacob Wenger