Felisa Tibbitts was a Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the UN-mandated University for Peace and engaged in adult trainings in over 20 countries. She was a Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2012-2013) and was affiliated with the Institute of Reconciliation and Social Justice in South Africa since 2013. Felisa co- founded Human Rights Education Associates (HREA – www.hrea.org), which she directed from 1999-2011. She worked with numerous government and international agencies in developing curriculum and policies that support the integration of democratic citizenship education and human rights into teaching and training, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Council of Europe and numerous non-governmental organizations, such as Amnesty International. Her research interests include democratic citizenship and human rights education; peace education; curriculum policy and reform; critical pedagogy; and education and social movements.Recent publications include Tibbitts, F. (2015). Women’s Human Rights Education in Turkey: Feminist Pedagogy and Trainer’s Engagement in Social Change. Journal of Peace Education; and Tibbitts, F. (2015). Building a Human Rights Education Movement in the United States. In Katz, S. and Spero, A. (Eds.), Bringing Human Rights Education to U.S. Classrooms. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. She received her bachelor degree and two Masters’ (Public Policy, Education) from Harvard University and her D.Phil from the Otto-von-Guericke Universität of Magdeburg.
In Spring 2016, Felisa Tibbits will teach: ITSF 4603 Human and Social Dimensions of Peace Education Wednesday from 3:00-4:40 ITSF 4614 International Organizations, Civil Society, and Peace Education Thursday from 3:00-4:40
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