Andrea C. Palmisano's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

I am a certified mediator and work with at-risk youth, training them to become better at dealing with conflict without violence.

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

Born and raised in Brazil, lived in Belgium, Netherlands-Antilles and United States, Masters in Clinical Psychology, married with 2 sons, love to read and dance!

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

Brazil, Belgium, Saba (Netherlands-Antilles), USA

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?

Consultant for Youth Services at the Virginia Conflict Resolution Center

How many years professional experience do you have ?

15+

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.ConflictCrushers.org

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

http://mediate.com

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

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Education, Psychosocial

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

Curriculum Development, Evaluation, Training

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

Psychological and Behavioral characteristics of at-risk youth and how it impacts their behavior as adults.

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

Cross-Cultural Differences using the Miale-Holsopple Sentence Completion Test, published in the Journal of Personality Assessment.