Cheryl Duckworth, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), presented at a two day conference that was hosted by Florida State University (FSU) in partnership with the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) at FSU’s Center for Global Engagement. The presentation was entitled, “9/11 and Collective Memory in America’s Classrooms: Teaching about Terror,” and focused on Duckworth’s research on how teachers approach 9/11. Her book on the subject will be forthcoming from Routledge in 2014.
Duckworth is the faculty facilitator for the Peace and Conflict Education Working Group at SHSS. The group seeks to equip and empower schools worldwide to be examples and builders of peace, and to promote activities and curriculum that can help extend peace into the local communities. She has lead trips to Morocco with students who were enrolled in Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR), Cross-Disciplinary Studies (MACS), and the National Security Affairs (NSA) programs.