John Crist
Senior Program Officer, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program
Conflict Management | Civil Disobedience
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John T. Crist is a senior program officer in the Jennings Randolph Fellowship program. He has taught courses in sociology, peace studies, conflict management, and research methods at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Syracuse University, the Peace Studies Program at Colgate University, and the Department of Sociology at the Catholic University of America.
Crist has published journal articles and book reviews on social movements, nonviolent action, and the policing of demonstrations. As a fellow of the Albert Einstein Institution (1990–93), Crist conducted extensive archival research in England and India on the politics of nonviolent mobilization during the Gandhian anti-colonial struggle in India.
He received his Ph.D. in social science from the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
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