Nancy Good Sider

Nancy Good Sider is an Associate Professor of Trauma and Conflict Studies at EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. A mediator and therapist for more than 30 years, Nancy is a founding partner at Newman Avenue Associates where she works as a mediator, organizational consultant / trainer, and licensed psychotherapist. At CJP, Nancy currently specializes in trauma healing and diversity-based conflict (race and gender), and has worked to develop trauma healing strategies in the United States and in many parts of the world. She received a Ph.D. from Union Institute and University, studying the intersection of trauma healing and conflict transformation. Her dissertation explored resilience and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in “Peacebuilders Healing Trauma: From Victim to Survivor to Provider.” Nancy has taught at EMU since 1985, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and initially served as EMC’s Director of Counseling Services. Before coming to EMU, Nancy offered therapy (both inpatient and outpatient), prejudice reduction workshops, marriage enrichment seminars, and mediations in the church and community.

B.A., Messiah College 1974
M.S.W., Virginia Commonwealth University 1982
Ph.D., Union Institute and University 2006

• Author, “Integrating Trauma Healing in Conflict Resolution Education,” ACR Magazine (Association of Conflict Resolution), Spring, 2007.
  
• Co-Author, “Marital Mediation: Transforming Marital Conflict through Facilitated Dialogue” co-authored with Louise Phipps Senft in Transformative Mediation Practice (chapter in forthcoming book, 2007.
  
• Author, “Peacebuilders Healing Trauma: From Victim to Survivor to Provider,” unpublished dissertation, Union Institute and University, 2006.
  
• Author, “Transcendence: Discovering Resources for Posttraumatic Healing and Growth,” in Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding: A Resource for Innovators. Ed. Cynthia Sampson et al, Pact Publications, 2003.
  
• Author, “At the Fork in the Road: Trauma Healing,” Conciliation Quarterly, Spring 200l.

• Consultant and Seminary Teacher in Bosnia (March 2007): Trauma healing training/ and graduate seminary course co-taught with Randy and Amela Pulejk-Shenk (CJP graduates) at a Franciscan Seminary in Sarajevo with the goal to educate priests and psychologists about trauma and develop trauma centers throughout Bosnia and Southeast Europe
• Senior Mediator for Church Leaders (Spring 2007): Mediation of interpersonal and structural conflicts
• Consultant and Trainer for James Madison University faculty/staff on University-wide Diversity Team (January 23, 2007): “Celebrating a Diverse Workplace and Transforming Conflicts” workshop to foster diversity awareness with Dr. Cheryl Talley
• Divorce Mediation Training at Baltimore Mediation Center (January, 2007): Co-trained attorneys, therapists and community leaders with Louise Phipps Senft
• Workshop for Park View Credit Union Staff Development in Harrisonburg (January 15, 2007): “Whose job is it?” A Conversation about Differences
• Mediation Training at Washington and Lee Law School in Lexington (November, 2006 and March, 2007): Basic mediation training for third year students with lawyers Larry Hoover and Frank Morrison
• Transformative Mediation Training at Baltimore Mediation Center (October, 2006): Professionals trained in 3-day mediation skills with co-trainer Louise Phipps Senft
• Workshop for all Eastern Mennonite University Staff (October 24, 2006): “A Conversation about Differences in the Workplace” co-facilitated with Dr. Cheryl Talley
• Trainer, Sudan Trauma Awareness and Recovery (July 2006): Co-trained with Babu Ayindo (CJP graduate) in trauma and reconciliation for inter-faith community leaders after decades of war and violence sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee, New Sudan Council of Churches and CJP Practice Institute
• Consultant, Muhammad Ali Institute for Justice and Peace in Lexington, KY (Summers 2007 &2006): Primary consultant exploring integration of trauma healing strategies when working for peace, justice, and racial reconciliation
• Speaker, American University Summer Peacebuilding Institute in Washington, D.C. (July 2006 & 2005): Presentation on “Appreciative Interviewing in Trauma Healing Work” in Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding class
• Consultant in Bosnia with Mennonite Central Committee Southeast Europe, (August 2006): Peace camps with diverse populations with Amela and Randy Puljek-Shenk (CJP graduates)
• Keynote,Virginia Network for Women in Higher Education dinner at James Madison University (February, 2006): “Appreciative Inquiry: The Transformative Change Approach to People and Organizations”
• Workshop at Lancaster Mennonite Conference for Church Leaders (March 19, 2006): “Transforming Conflicts in the Congregations”
• Trainer at the Henry Martyn Institute International Centre for Research in Hyderabad, India (July 2005): “Trauma and Peacebuilding Skills” workshop with Florina Benoit (CJP graduate)
• Trainer at the Dalai Lama Foundation’s Women in Security, Conflict Management, and Peace, WISCOMP in New Delhi, India (July 2005): “Trauma Healing and Reconciliation” workshop for Kashmir participants in conflicted region
  *Speaker with students at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Mathura, India (July 2005)
• Trainer for Nepal HimRights and Caritas Nepal in Katmandu (July 2005): Trauma Healing in Peacebuilding Processes with non-governmental organizations
• Facilitator for Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation (August 2005): Board and staff retreat
• Trainer for Mediation and Facilitation Trainings (1985 to Present): Hundreds of mediation training workshops with specialty focus in community disputes, divorce and family mediation, and organizational conflicts
• Consultant and Facilitator for workshops “Building Community by Welcoming Diversity” (1987 to Present): Workshops and interventions regarding race and gender-based conflict for city and university employees, with ten years working with The National Coalition Building Institute
• Instructor at Philippines Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute (Summer 2000 and 2001): Trainer in first peacebuilding institute in the Philippines with courses in Trauma Healing & Reconciliation and Identity-based Conflict
• Seminars on Trauma Awareness and Recovery STAR (2002 – Present): Instructor in training for religious leaders responding to survivors of 9/11 and other traumas around the world
• Facilitator for Hope in the Cities: A Look at Race, Economics and Jurisdiction (2001-2002): Leading sustained dialogues for city leaders for change
• Consultant in Russia for Building Restorative Justice Programs for Juveniles (2000): Consultant working with The Center for Legal Reform in Moscow
• Keynote Address: Preparing for a Diverse World (2000): Messiah College Dean’s List Dinner
• Trainer for Cameroon Conflict Transformation Training (1999): Consulting with the Ecumenical Service for Peace in Cameroon, Africa
• International Peacebuiling and Trauma Healing/Reconciliation Study Tour to Africa (1996): Forum to study African peacebuilding and trauma healing strategies after war and apartheid

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1986
• EMDR Certified Clinician (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing for Trauma: Part 1 and Part 2)
• Appreciative Inquiry 5-day Training Certificate

• Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)

• Paper Session Presentation: “Activism, Connection, and Peace—-Sustainable Solutions for the Community” at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention in San Francisco (August 17, 2007)
• Participant at “Creative Myths and Monsters – A Workshop on the Artist’s Way” led by Julia Cameron in Virginia Beach (July 6 – 8, 2007)
• Presentation: “Transcending Violent Traumas: Using Appreciative Interviewing to Discover Resources for Resiliency and Posttraumatic Growth (PTG)” at the Peacebuilding in Traumatized Societies Conference held at Denver University (February 21 – 25, 2007)
• Presentor for Two Workshops at Association of Conflict Resolution (ACR) conference in Philadelphia: “Restorative Justice and Trauma Healing for Offenders” presented with Barb Toews and Danny Malec, CJP graduates; “Peacebuilders Healing Trauma” presented with Dr. Cheryl Talley (October 26 – 28, 2006)
• Workshop Presentation: “Conflict Transformation for Marital Mediators” at the Transformative Mediation Conference in Minneapolis with Louise Phipps Senft (September, 2006)
• Panel on Mediation and Conflict Resolution Practices in Chennai, India for the Peace and Conflict Transformation Conference sponsored by the United States Educational Foundation (Fulbright Offices) in India and Nepal (June, 2005)

• PAX 611 Disciplines for Transforming the Peacebuilder (Fall 2007)
• PAX 607 Techniques for Group Facilitation (Spring 2008)
• PAX PAX 605 Advanced Practice: Facilitating Group Processes (Summer 2007)
• PAX 681 Transforming Historical Trauma (Fall 2005)