Mark Davidheiser

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Ph.D.
Affiliation	Africa Peace and Conflict Network & Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Florida
Email	davidhei@nsu.acast.nova.edu
Mailing Address	Director of the Africa Peace and Conflict Network Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution and Anthropology Nova Southeastern University PO Box 292001 Davie, Florida 33329-2001 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 1-800-541-6682, ext. 3064 (Wed. afternoons) fax: 954-262-3968 (alternate is 931-598-1145 ; "Attn: Mark Davidheiser")
Websites	http://shss.nova.edu/faculty/davidhei/index.htm
Countries of Specialization	The Gambia ; Senegal ; Eritrea
Research Interests	Specializations in conflict analysis and resolution, peacebuilding, development and assistance, migration, displacement and refugees, Islamic African societies, gender, governance, law, and alternative dispute resolution Field research in The Gambia, Senegal, Eritrea
Publications	* "Race, Worldviews, and Conflict Mediation: Black and White Styles of Conflict Revisited." Peace and Change. 33(1): 60-89, 2008. * "Governance and Legal Reform in The Gambia and Beyond: An anthropological critique of current development strategies." Paper 93 of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Working Paper Series. Halle/Saale, Germany, 2007. * "Joking for Peace: Social organization, tradition, and change in conflict prevention and resolution." Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines. XLVI (4), 184: pp. 835-859, 2006. * "Conflict Mediation and Culture: Lessons from The Gambia." Peace and Conflict Studies. 13(1): pp. 21-42, 2006. * "Rituals and Conflict Transformation: An anthropological analysis of the ceremonial dimensions of dispute processing." Beyond Intractability. Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess (eds.). Conflict Research Consortium: University of Colorado, Boulder. 2006. * "Harmony, Peacemaking, and Power: Controlling processes and African mediation." Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 23(3): pp. 281-299, 2006. * "Culture and Mediation: A contemporary processual analysis." International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 29(6): pp. 713-738, 2005. * Forthcoming: "Policing, Social Control, and Decentralization: Legal pluralism in The Gambia." Journal of African Development. Vol. 33(3), June 2008. * With A. Hansen, "Internally Displaced People in Eritrea." In J. Hampton (ed.) Internally Displaced People. Oslo: Earthscan Publications. Pp. 77-89. 1998.
Keywords	migration ; Islam ; gender ; governance ; law ; conflict resolution.