Kimberlye Kowalczyk's Page

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

I would have to answer the "who" version of this question, as I have learned the most from my dedicated mentors. Johan Galtung, Patricia Mische, Tatsushi Arai, Ikuro Anzai, Satish Kumar, Tom Dostou, John Einarsen, Arn Chorn Pond, Don Wallis, Robert Kowalczyk, Myong Hee Kim, Dietrich Fischer, Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick, Robert Neifert, Pierre Nagley, Brendan Ries, Dominik Lehnert, Langiwe Joyce Ngoma, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Thich Nhat Hanh, John Paul Lederach, Favela Rising, Women's Feature Service (New Delhi), Kyoto Journal, Resurgence Magazine, CONTACT, EPU

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

Kimberlye Kowalczyk was born in Kyoto, Japan to a Polish-American father and a Korean mother. Having spent 19 years attending international schools in Kyoto and Osaka, Japan, she then moved to the United States for university and graduated from Antioch College with a degree in Cultural and Interdisciplinary Studies (with a focus in Peace Studies and Journalism). She is currently a M.A. in Conflict Transformation candidate at SIT Graduate Institute.

With a diverse background of experiences, including as an organizer in the antiwar movement in the United States during the initial stages of the occupation of Iraq, as an assistant organizer for international and intergenerational fora at universities in Japan, interning at the acclaimed Kyoto Journal in Kyoto, Japan and the Women's Feature Service (WFS) news syndicate in New Delhi, India, working as webreporter onboard a round-the-world voyage on the Peace Boat (http://www.peaceboat.org/english/voyg/54/index.html), to currently working as a resident peace journalist for Transcend Media Service, Kimberlye Kowalczyk continues to study the art of distilling life's meaning into the reflective magic of words and images.

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

Japan, Cambodia, S. Korea, India, United States, Austria, Germany

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

Austria

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

Peace Journalist for TRANSCEND Media Service

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.transcend.org/tms

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

Conflict Resolution, Culture, Development, Education, Media

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

Advocacy, Capacity Building, Communication, Curriculum Development, Fundraising, Program Design, Research, Qualitative Skills, Training

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

Peace Media (co-developing a Framework for the field)