Dr. Gene Sharp is one of the world's leading scholars on nonviolent struggle. He founded the Albert Einstein Institution in 1983, where he remains a Senior Scholar today. He is also Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth.For nearly thirty years he held a research appointment at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs. He is the author of various books, including Social Power and Political Freedom (1980), Making Europe Unconquerable (1985), Civilian-Based Defense (1990), From Dictatorship to Democracy (1993, 2002, and 2003), and Waging Nonviolent Struggle: Twentieth Century Practice and Twenty-First Century Potential (2005). His most recent book is Sharp's Dictionary of Power and Struggle: Vocabulary of Civil Resistance in Conflict (2012). His writings have been published in more than 40 languages. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Ohio State University and a D.Phil. in political theory from Oxford University. Dr. Sharp will discuss his life's work at the 8th Annual Morton Deutsch Awards Ceremony.