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Speaking Engagements
“It was great working with Sarah. She understood our audience, sharing her research and insights and challenging us with difficult questions that inspired us to reflect on the past. In a very non-threatening way, Sarah conveys the importance of having candid conversations – the necessity for each of us to step up, learn about our history, and take actions to positively impact the future.”
— Ellen Bailey, VP of Diversity and Culture, Harvard Business Publishing
“I’m not sure that any other scholarly work has evoked so much conversation among my graduate students than Sarah Federman’s work. Her insights on corporate reckoning and atonement provide a robust, historical framework for students to wrestle with the gravity of leadership and ethical decision making in the modern era… In the era of reckoning we truly find ourselves in, Sarah’s work offers a fresh and timely perspective—a perspective that resonates deeply with students in the business professions.”
– Phillip Wagner, Associate Professor, Raymond Mason School of Business, William & Mary
An Enduring Legacy: The Role of Financial Institutions in the Horrors of Slavery and the Need for Atonement.
-U.S House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee Hearing, Oversight and Investigations
Atonement for the Holocaust: French National Railways
-The Ralph Bunche Library Speaker Series U.S. Department of State, worldwide U.S. Embassy broadcast.
Victims, Heroes, and Perpetrators: in Post-Conflict Contexts
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
-Harvard University
A Genealogical Approach to Conflict Resolution
-Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Conflict Narratives
-Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State
Corporate Atonement for Historical Wrongdoing as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
-DEI Expert Series, Harvard Business Publishing
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Media Appearances
How Companies Reckon with Past Wrongdoing
Harvard Business Review | HBR Ideacast
Probing the Past: How Corporations Can Address Historical Transgressions
Boston University | The Crux
“Midday Edition” KPBS Interview on Last Train to Auschwitz
Skeletons in your Organization's Closet: Reckoning with Corporate Wrongdoing
How should companies atone for their ties to slavery?
Market Watch | By Victor Reklaitis
For San Diego author, ‘Last Train’ was a hard journey
The San Diego Union Tribune | By Seth Combs
A Discussion with Sarah Federman about Her Book, "Last Train to Auschwitz"
University of San Diego | At the Edge of it All Podcast
Turning Over Crabs Podcast Appearance
University of San Diego | Is the World on Fire? Podcast
Understanding and Responding to Mass Atrocity Harm with Sarah Federman Podcast Appearance
Small Bites | Hedreich Nichols
Teaching and Education
Educators share the challenge of engaging students with the questions of our time without being limited to the thinking of our time. Drawing broadly on liberal arts and social sciences helps us do both.
George Mason University, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, PhD Presidential Scholar
American University of Paris, MA International Affairs
University of Pennsylvania, BA Intellectual History (Summa Cum Laude)
Harvard University, Key Executive Training
Middlebury College, Masters French Immersion
Classes Taught
University of San Diego, Kroc School of Peace Studies
Foundations of Peace, Conflict, and Social Change
Introduction to Conflict Resolution
Conflict Intervention Design
Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State
Complex Narratives
Exxon in Indonesia (case study)
College of Public Affairs, University of Baltimore
Negotiation: Theory and Practice,
Approaches to Conflict
Cultural and Ethnic Conflict
Paris Institute of Political Studies (SciencesPo) (France)
Approaches to Conflict in a Globalized World
Conflict Resolution Tools
Grinnell College
The Role of Market Actors in Mass Atrocity
University of Malta
Facilitation/Reflective Practice
Educational Videos
Peacebuilding / Conflict Resources
Productive Political Conversations: Using Double Listening
How to Sustain Your Work in Peacebuilding: Never Too Little, Never Too Late
Narrative Approaches to Conflict Resolution
Fighting Words: Narrative and Conflict
Social Construction of Victims and Perpetrators
Education
George Mason University, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, PhD Presidential Scholar
American University of Paris, MA International Affairs
University of Pennsylvania, BA Intellectual History (Summa Cum Laude)
Harvard University, Key Executive Training
Middlebury College, Masters French Immersion
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Faculty of the Kroc School of Peace and Justice Visit South Korea – 2023
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Transcript: Convocation 2016 PhD Speech: Never Too Little, Never Too Late
People have asked me for the transcript of my graduation speech. Below the video below, you will now see the transcript as well. The speech is only a little over three minutes long. Thanks for all your support and for letting me share with you some of what hundreds...
Narrative & Conflict Presentation!!
Introduction to Narrative & Conflict Resolution & the Sneaky Narrative "I'm Sorry, The Time Isn't Right!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVCiim7b7rk
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