Thursday, April 14, 4-8pm, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, 1501 Neil Ave., Rm. 120

The Student Peace Conference is an annual event started by the Peace Studies Society in 2013. This year’s conference, entitled “The Art of Protest: Principles and Practices of Nonviolence,” will consist of three workshops aimed at helping participants to practice peace and nonviolence in their everyday lives and in direct action campaigns. This year’s presenters include Danielle Poe from the University of Dayton, Patrick Coy from Kent State University, and Craig Hovey from Ashland University. Additionally, one OSU student will be recognized with the Student Peace Award scholarship for their contribution to peace and social justice.

• Patrick G. Coy is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Applied Conflict Management at Kent State University. He coordinates and oversees one of the county’s largest undergraduate degree program in Peace and Conflict Studies, enrolling well over a 1,000 students in its classes each academic year. He co-authored the book Contesting Patriotism: Culture, Power and Strategy in the Peace Movement and has edited twelve books focused on social movement.

He has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Professor Coy was also an international observer and a member of the Peace Brigades International team that has supplied nonviolent protective accompaniment to threatened activists during the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. He has also taken part in many nonviolent direct action campaigns over the decades, including arrests for civil disobedience actions at the United Nations in New York City, the Strategic Air Command Headquarters in Nebraska, and at General Dynamics Headquarters in St. Louis.

• Danielle Poe is a Professor at the University of Dayton. Professor Poe received her Ph.D from Fordham University in Philosophy. Her work has focused on issues including nonviolence, civil disobedience, environmental activism, and feminism. She is currently the editor of Philosophy of Peace and a member of the Peace and Justice Studies Association, The Luce Irigaray Circle, and Concerned Philosophers for Peace. Additionally, Professor Poe has written extensively on mothers and nonviolence; her works include Maternal Activism: The Ethical Ambiguity Faced by Mothers Confronting Injustice, “Mothers’ Civil Disobedience”, and “Woman, Mother, and Nonviolent Activism.”

• Craig Hovey is a Professor at Ashland University and the Director of the Ashland Center for Nonviolence. Professor Hovey received a Ph.D in theology from the University of Cambridge. His past work been concerned with morality, theology, and bearing witness. Professor Hovey is the author of Bearing True Witness: Truthfulness in Christian Practice and Nietzsche and Theology. Additionally, Professor Hovey has co-edited The Cambridge Companion to Political Theology as well as Eerdmans Reader in Contemporary Political Theology.

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