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DEPARTMENTS:
CJP - Center for Justice & Peacebuilding
Applied Social Sciences Dept

LOCATION: Main Campus, Harrisonburg | RLN 223

PHONE: (540) 432-4161

Timothy Seidel teaches courses on politics, development, and peacebuilding in the Department of Applied Social Sciences and the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. He also serves as director for the Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE), a center that promotes collaboration among scholars and practitioners to promote a more just and peaceful world through interreligious and intercultural understanding. Seidel has worked in various development and peacebuilding contexts in North America and the Middle East, including serving for several years with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), first as peace development worker in Palestine-Israel and then as director for Peace and Justice Ministries in the U.S. Seidel previously taught at American University and Lancaster Theological Seminary. He holds a PhD from the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC.

Education

Ph.D. International Relations, American University School of International Service, 2016.
M.A. International Peace and Conflict Resolution, American University School of International Service, 2003.
M.T.S. Theological Studies, Wesley Theological Seminary, 2003.
B.S. Biochemistry (minors in Mathematics, Cultural Anthropology), Messiah College, 1999.

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