Contact

Peace, at the heart of URI

The Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies is located in the heart of the URI campus, west of the Quad, in the Multicultural Student Services Center, Room 202.

Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies
Multicultural Student Service Center 202
74 Lower College Road
Kingston, RI 02881
Ph: 401.874.2875
Fax: 401.874.9108
nonviolence@etal.uri.edu


People

Center Staff

Executive Director, Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science

401.874.4055
skipmark@uri.edu

Director of International Nonviolence Summer Institute

Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies

thuptendar@uri.edu

Director of Research, Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science

margaret_frost@uri.edu

Social Media and Website Management

860.966.5824
james_tomb@uri.edu

Research Assistant

Department of Political Science

megumisinniah@uri.edu

Intern

Department of Political Science

rinre.wachap@uri.edu

Graduate Assistant

tmorel@uri.edu


Faculty Affiliates

Senior Lecturer

Communication Studies

401.874.9413
cabral@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Human Development and Family Science

401.874.2575
hsainteloicadel@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Education

401.874.5976
sjhicks@uri.edu

Interim Director, Professor

School of Education

401.874.9490
dkern@uri.edu

Teaching Professor

Sociology

401.874.2482
rpisa@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Economics

401.874.4113
rvanhorn@uri.edu


Convenors Advisory

Chief Diversity Officer, retired

Community, Equity, and Diversity

Professor Emeritus

Department of Psychology; Behavioral Science

Chafee 307
collyer@uri.edu

Director

Honors Program

401.874.4732
derbyshire@uri.edu

Women's Center, retired

Level III Trainer

Professor Emeritus

Africana Studies Department

Bay Campus Security, retired

Level III Trainer

Associate Professor and Department Chair, Africana Studies

Communication Studies, Africana Studies

401.874.4730
vquainoo@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Political Science

401.783.0662
artstein36@gmail.com


Former Directors

Former Director, Professor Emeritus

Psychology

401.874.2875 or 401.874.4216
paulbdem@uri.edu

Vice Provost URI Global Initiatives, Professor

Department of Political Science

401.874.5495
kristin_johnson@uri.edu

Former Director

Connect With Us: