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Visiting Faculty

UPEACE relies in its face-to-face teaching on a mix of resident and visiting professors. Visiting professors are distinguished Academicians and Practitioners in fields related to UPEACE's mission, and do come from allover the world, hence contribute to the multicultural life of UPEACE. The following alphabetic list is of visiting professors expected to teach during the academic year 2006 - 2007. The list includes their affiliations and their nationalities:

Department of International Law and Human Rights

Juan Amaya Castro
Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(The Netherlands/Colombia)
Leo Zwaak
Utrecht University
(Netherlands)
Olger Gonzalez
Inter American Court of Human Rights
(Costa Rica)
Frans Jacobus Viljoen
University of Pretoria
(South Africa)
Natalia Riveros
University for Peace
(Colombia)
Kaveh Khoshnood
Yale School of Medicine
(Iran/United States)
Yael Efron
Safed College School of Law
(Israel)
Jorge Esquirol
Florida International University College of Law
(United States)

Department of Peace and Conflict Studies

Wolfgang Dietrich
(Austria)
Yael Efron
(Israel)
Josefina Echavarría
(Colombia and Austria)
Rita Marie Johnson
(United States)
Edward Moxon-Browne
(British and Canadian)
Alvaro Sierra
(Colombia)

Department of Gender and Peace Education

Eliana Carvalho
(Brazil/USA)
Linda Johnston
Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics & Character
Kennesaw State University
(USA)
Mary E. King
Political scientist and prize-winning author
(USA)
Jacobo Schifter
Emeritus Professor at Universidad Nacional in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)
Felisa Tibbitts
Co-founder and director of Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
(USA)
Nadine Puechguirbal
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
(France) *
Sara Sharratt
International Consultant
(Costa Rica)

Department of Environment, Peace and Security

Guntra Aistara
(Latvia/USA)
Rolain Borel
Professor Emeritus UPEACE
(Switzerland)
Michael Brklacich
Carleton University
(Canada)
Eric Fuchs
Professor at the Universidad de Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)
Maarten Kappelle
Department of Geography of the University of Tennessee / Latin America Program of the The Nature Conservancy
(The Netherlands)
Reginald Noble
Knowledge Development Centre / Ryerson University
(United Kingdom)
Marco Quesada Marine
Program Coordinator for Conservation International's Costa Rican Program
(Costa Rica)
Jeffrey Stark
Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability (FESS)
(USA)
Katsuaki Terasawa
Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability (FESS)
(Japan)

(*) indicates that the Visiting Faculty member teaches in more than one Department.