faculty

Tamra Pearson d'Estree, PhD, Director, Center for Research and Practice, University of Denver Henry Luce Professor in Conflict Resolution.

Tamra Pearson d’Estreé

Henry R. Luce Professor of Conflict Resolution

Director, Center for Research & Practice

Conflict Resolution Program
University of Denver, 2002 - present

Associate Professor

Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
George Mason University, 1998 - 2002

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology
Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
University of Arizona, 1993 - 1997

Assistant Professor

Department of Communication
joint appointment in Psychology Fellow,
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
University of Arizona, 1990 -1993

Education

Ph.D., Social Psychology
Harvard University, 1990

Languages

Elementary German and French, elementary written Arabic

Research Interests

Social

The formation and maintenance of group identity; the role of social identity needs in conflict and conflict resolution, especially in international/intercommunal and environmental/public policy conflict; communication and conflict; stereotyping processes; gender and cultural differences in group process and conflict resolution; values and norms in decision making and group process. Negotiation, mediation, cross-cultural interactions.

Cognitive

Judgment and decision-making, problem-solving, processes of creativity.

Methodological

Measurement, modeling, hermeneutics and text analysis, program and project evaluation of conflict intervention, general epistemology.