Email: PeterVanArsdale1@gmail.com

Phone: 303-995-9333

Office: 320 Ben M. Cherrington Hall
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
University of Denver
2201 South Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80208

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Education

• PhD, University of Colorado
• MA, University of Maryland
• BA, University of Colorado

Research and Expertise

Human rights, cross-cultural analysis of mental health programs, community development (esp. involving water resources), program evaluation, and qualitative research methods; refugees and immigrants are primary 'focus populations,' with humanitarianism a primary organizational thrust, including its relation to civilian-military collaborations. Fieldwork conducted in the United States, New Guinea/Papua, Indonesia, East Timor, Sudan, Ethiopia, Peru, Guyana, El Salvador, Bosnia, Romania, Israel, and Palestine

Professional Profile

• Adjunct Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (2013-present); Senior Lecturer (2004-2013); Co-founder, Program in Humanitarian Assistance (2007-2008); Lecturer/Research Fellow and Faculty Advisor, Center On Rights Development (2000-2004); Adjunct Professor (1980-2000)
• Senior Researcher, eCrossCulture Corporation (2008-present)
• Chair, Committee on Human Rights & Social Justice, Society for Applied Anthropology (2008-2010)
• Member, Committee for Human Rights, American Anthropological Association (2006-2009)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Denver(1975-1980); Acting Chair (1979-1980)
• Director of Program Evaluation, Colorado Mental Health Institute, Ft. Logan, Colorado (1994-2003)
• Program Specialist for Refugee, Immigrant, and American Indian Issues, Colorado Division of Mental Health (1986-1994)
• Consultant (part-time) and Head, Socio-Economic Department, Planning Research Corporation/ Engineering Consultants Incorporated, Englewood, Colorado (1979-1983)
• Co-founder of The Denver Hospice and the Rocky Mountain Survivors Center

Recent Publications

Van Arsdale, P. (2006). Forced to Flee: Human Rights and Human Wrongs in Refugee Homelands. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Courses

• INTS 4493: Humanitarian Aid in Complex Emergencies
• INTS 4494: Field Protocol and Survival
• INTS 4937: Human Rights and the International Refugee System
• INTS 4966: Applied Field Methods
• INTS 4953: Mental Health, Human Rights, and Post-Conflict Development
• INTS 4625: East African Development and Human Rights
• INTS 3900: Global Humanitarianism