PrintJacqueline H. Wilson
Senior Program Officer, Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
Jacqueline H. Wilson is a senior program officer in the Institute’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding. She focuses on programming in Sudan, Iraq, and the greater Middle East and Africa as well as intermittently in other countries such as Colombia, Philippines, and Afghanistan. She specializes in traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution and in applying conflict resolution skills and techniques to local problems and to building sustainable peace agreements. She leads an ongoing cross-border grazing project involving southern Kordofan and northern Bahr el Ghazal in Sudan.
Wilson joined the Institute in 2004 following a 23-year active and reserve Air Force career, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel. From 2001 to 2003, she was the CENTCOM liaison officer to the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, supporting the defense attaché and Kenya-U.S. liaison offices. During this time, she contributed to the drafting of the Verification and Monitoring Mechanism in the Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement and served as an international observer for the 2002 Kenyan elections. She lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 1999 to 2001. Before living overseas, she served as a reserve faculty member of the Joint Military Intelligence Training Center at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC. Previously, she worked as a special assistant on the Maryland governor’s staff as well as a lobbyist in Annapolis. She taught at Merced (CA) High School and earned a secondary science teaching credential at Chapman University, where she also served as an adjunct instructor.
Wilson holds a master of science degree in strategic intelligence with Middle East emphasis from the Joint Military Intelligence College and a master of arts degree in defense administration from Northern Michigan University. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Georgetown University's Liberal Studies program, studying traditional conflict resolution mechanisms and focusing on the reparation mechanism known as "diya."
Publications
- "Strawberry Ice Cream," Huffington Post, October 21, 2010
- "Day or Night?," Arab Reform Bulletin (March 2009).
- "Building Blocks for Citizenship and a Peaceful Transition in Sudan," USIPeace Briefing (March 2009)
- USIP Conflict Resolution Training in Sudan, Muslim World e-Bulletin (May 2005)
Also available on usip.org
- On the Issues: Kenya
January 10, 2008
Multimedia
- "South Sudan: A New Era of Uncertainty," Al Jazeera, July 10, 2011
Publications & Tools
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Experts from USIP are monitoring developments in the two Sudans following South Sudan's declaration of independence on July 9. |
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USIP’s Jon Temin and Jacki Wilson discuss the recent hostilities in Abyei, Sudan – and why it threatens the stability of the soon-to-be Republic of South Sudan and the overall region. |
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United States Institute of Peace trainers in March completed a five-day exercise in Nigeria for Nigerian Army peacekeepers who are preparing to deploy across the continent for a host of missions. Countries: Africa, Nigeria
| Issue Areas: Education, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Training
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Jacqueline Wilson, USIP senior program officer, talks about south Sudan's referendum and USIP's work on the ground. Countries: Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, The Two Sudans
| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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Sudan’s upcoming elections in 2009 raise hopes and concerns for the country’s future. According to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed in 2005 between the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Sudan is scheduled to hold national and state level elections in 2009. Countries: South Sudan, Sudan, The Two Sudans
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Training
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Dorina Bekoe and Jacki Wilson discuss the renewed violence in Kenya, sparked by a flawed electoral process. Countries: Kenya
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Youth and Peacebuilding
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Events
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December 11, 2009
In Muslim tribal cultures, such as in Somalia and Yemen, conflicts traditionally involve tribes, clans, and extended families and are perpetuated through violent revenge, sometimes over generations. Conflict resolution traditionally consists of blood payments, with religious leaders and elders playing the role of mediators. |
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February 18, 2009
Countries: Afghanistan
| Issue Areas: Education, Gender and Peacebuilding, Youth and Peacebuilding
| Programs: Workshops and Training in Zones of Conflict, Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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May 24, 2005
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