Alan Gross's Page

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

Alan E. Gross, Ph.D.

Alan Gross has mediated, arbitrated and trained actively for 20 years at many venues in New York City where he recently served as Acting Senior Director and 9/11 Family Mediation Coordinator for the Safe Horizon Mediation Program. He has also acted as ombudsman for the American Psychological Association, the New York Mayor’s Action Center, and the NYC Office of the Public Advocate. Gross was formerly Psychology Professor and Department Chair at the University of Maryland. He is currently the Special Projects Coordinator for the SH Mediation Program and a Founding Member of Mediators Beyond Borders

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

USA, Mexico, Ethiopia, West Africa

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

USA

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Special Projects Coordinator, Safe Horizon Mediation Program, New York City

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.safehorizon.org/mediation

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.mediatorsbeyondborders.org

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Conflict Resolution, Education

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Training, Intervention

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

Emotional communication in conflict resolution. Transparency in mediation.

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

A. E.Gross: On the road from academe to conflict resolution in Peacemaker 101, Careers Confronting Conflict, Philadelphia; Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, 2007, 35-46.

E. Clemants and A. E. Gross: "Why aren't we screening?" A survey examining domestic violence screening procedures and protocol in community mediation center.Conflict Resolution Quarterly 2007, 24, 4. 413-422.