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Kathleen M. Wian
POLICY SCIENTIST
(Coordinator, Conflict Resolution Program)
kwian@udel.edu e-mail
302-831-2927 phone/voice-mail
302-831-0450 fax
177 Graham Hall | University of Delaware | Newark, Delaware 19716-7380
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expertise | education | honors | memberships | experience | courses taught
publications | selected presentations
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Kathy Wian is the Coordinator of the Conflict
Resolution Program (CRP) and holds a secondary faculty appointment in the School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy. She has worked at the University
of Delaware since 1994. Ms. Wian is responsible for the administrative,
financial and strategic leadership of CRP. She is also responsible
for providing expert consultation in organizational change
efforts and presenting programs related to alternative dispute
resolution throughout Delaware. In addition, she collaborates
with CHEP faculty and staff members on various projects in
the areas of education, health care, school leadership, and
state and local government.
Through her work with the Delaware Department
of Education (DDOE), Ms. Wian helped create Delaware's Special
Education Mediation Program. This program, known as SPARC
(Special Education Partnership for the Amicable Resolution
of Conflict), provides special education mediation and meeting
facilitation services to all public schools and parents in
the state. She has also created special education programs
to specifically meet the needs of school personnel, parents,
advocates and mentors in the areas of conflict resolution,
leading effective meetings and mediation.
Through CRP, Ms. Wian has conducted over 800
hours of training for state and local governments, nonprofit
groups, disability-related organizations, and state agencies on various alternative dispute resolution topics.
Ms. Wian has also done training programs and organization
development in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Idaho, Maryland, Arizona, Vermont, and
Hawaii. She currently teaches a one-credit Introduction to Basic Conflict
Resolution Skills course in the School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy. She is a certified mediator and
has mediated disputes in many arenas including education,
special education, environment, campus, community, courts,
custody, and government. In 2001 Ms. Wian received the Henry
R. Folsom Award Award in recognition of her outstanding paper,
“Moving from Resistance to Change: An Analysis of Delaware's
Special Education Mediation System.”
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MPA, University of Delaware 2000, Human Resource Management
BS, Goldey Beacom College (Wilmington,
Del.) 1983, Business Administration: Management and Marketing
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Pi Alpha Alpha, National Honor Society, 2002
Henry R. Folsom Award, for outstanding analytical
paper, 2001
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| PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS |
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Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), 2001–present
Delaware Association for Public Administrators
(DAPA), council member 2003
Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development (ASCD), 2002–present
Delaware Department of Education's Self-Assessment
Co-Steering Committee, 2000
Conflict Resolution Education Network (CREnet),
1999–present
The National Association for Community Mediation
(NAFCM), member, 1999–present
The American Society for Public Administrators
(ASPA), member, 1998–present
Delaware Association of Public Administrators
(DAPA), member, 1998–present
Delaware Federation for Dispute Resolution,
Advisory Committee, 1995–2004
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| 2004 - present |
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Associate Policy Scientist, Conflict
Resolution Program, Institute for Public Administration,
CHEP, University of Delaware
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| 2000 - 2004 |
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Assistant Policy Scientist, Conflict Resolution
Program, Institute for Public Administration, CHEP,
University of Delaware
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| 1994 - 2000 |
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Staff Associate, Conflict Resolution Program, Institute
for Public Administration, CHEP, University of Delaware
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| 1987 - 1992 |
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Environmental Consultant, Winsor Associates (Ardmore, Pa.)
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| 1990 - 1992 |
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Mediator, Community Dispute Settlement Program of
Delaware County (Media, Pa.)
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UAPP667--Collaborative Leadership
UAPP667--Conflict Resolution
EDUC667--Discipline and Classroom Management
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“Appropriate Dispute Resolution Methods Used by Public
Authorities in the USA,” Siberian Academy for Public
Administration, Intermediation in Labor Relations Resolution
Conference, Novosibirsk, Russia, November 2003.
Alternative
Dispute Resolution Directory for the State of Delaware,
2001-2002, a first-of-its-kind in Delaware, this directory
was prepared in collaboration with Frances Haug, CRP staff
associate, the Delaware Federation for Dispute Resolution
and the Delaware Bar Association.
”Independent Living Services Strategic
Plan for the State of Delaware,” Department of Health
and Social Services, Division for the Visually Impaired, co-authors
Kathryn Denhardt, Ph.D., and Frances Haug, September 2001.
“The Fragile Consensus: Exploring the
Ethical Obligations of Society and Advocates to Persons with
Disabilities,” written in collaboration with Kathryn
G. Denhardt and Michael Gamel-McCormick, July 2001.
Hawaii Department of Education Report, an in
depth look at how the state of Hawaii might adapt collaborative
educational models used in Delaware, co-author Martha Toomey,
February 2000.
“Moving from Resistance to Change,”
an analysis of Delaware's sepecial education mediation system,
May 2000.
SPARC End of the Year Report for July 1, 1998
through June 30, 1999, July 1999.
SPARC Mediation Evaluation, written in collaboration
with Amanda DeWitt, May 1999.
Meeting Assessment Tool (MAT), assessment tool
developed for the Leading Collaborative Meetings workshop,
1997.
SPARC End of the Year Report for 1997, written
in collaboration with Marina Piscolish and Patricia Porter,
July 1997.
“Establishing ‘Buy-In’ for Conflict Resolution
in Schools: the Art of Pre-Training Design,” co-author
Marina Piscolish, July 1996.
Guide to Conflict and Dispute Resolution Programs
in Delaware, written in collaboration with The Delaware Center
for Justice, Inc. May, 1996.
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“Collaborative Governance and Civic Engagement from a University Center’s Perspective,” Policy Consensus Initiative (PCI) Workshop for University Centers, Jupiter, Fla., May 2007.
“Collaborative Governance and Civic Engagement from a University Center’s Perspective,” Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations 2007 Annual Conference, Baltimore, Md., April 2007.
“Special Education Mediation – The Delaware Model,” Inter-American Summit on Conflict Resolution in Education at Cuyahoga College, Cleveland, Ohio, March 2007.
“Conflict Resolution and the Importance of Collaboration,” Delaware Women’s Leadership Group, February 2007
“Defining and Marketing IEP/IFSP Meeting Facilitation Services/Programs,” Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE) Fourth National Symposium on Dispute Resolution in Special Education, Washington, D.C., December, 2006.
“Expanding the Conflict Resolution Continuum: The Design and Delivery of an Effective IEP Meeting Facilitation System,” National Symposium on IEP Facilitation for CADRE (Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education, Eugene, Ore., October 2005.
“Facilitating Effective IEP Meetings,” CADRE (Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education), Washington, D.C., December 2004.
“Resolving Conflict in Special Education: IEP Facilitation
Skills,” Vermont Council for Exceptional Children and
the Vermont Department of Education, Burlington, Vt., May
17, 2004.
“Facilitating an Effective IEP Meeting,”
Phoenix, Ariz., March 2004.
“Appropriate Dispute Resolution Methods
Used by Public Authorities in the USA,” Funded by the
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
(NASPAA) for the Siberian Academy for Public Administration,
Novosibirsk, Russia, November 10–15, 2003.
“Conflict Resolution Skills for Leaders,
Pennsylvania Partners in Policymaking,” Harrisburg, Pa.,
March 2001.
“Special Education Mediation Systems–The
Delaware Model,” Society of Professional in Dispute Resolution,
Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 2000.
“Delaware's SPARC Project and Community-School
Partnerships,” Consultant, State of Hawaii Department
of Education, Oahu, Hawaii, Jan. 2000.
“Organizational Change and Conflict Resolution
Skills,” Chinese Businessmen’s Organization, Newark,
Del., Oct. 1999.
“Performance Evaluation for Municipal
Clerks,” University of Delaware Certificate Program for
Municipal Clerks, Dover, Del., Oct. 1999.
“Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation
in Special Education,” Plenary Panelist, ADR Public Policy
Forum, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., March 1999.
“Conflict Resolution in the Workplace,”
University of Delaware Department of Public Safety, Newark,
Del., Jan. 1999.
“Conflict Resolution and Mediation in
Special Education,” Delaware Partners in Policymaking
Adults with Disabilities, Dover, Del., Sept. 1998.
“Establishing ‘Buy-in’ for Conflict Resolution
in Schools: The Art of Pre-Training Design,” National
Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution (NCPCR),
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 1997.
“Classroom Management and Peer Relations,”
Delaware Association for Education of Young Children,
Delaware Technical and Community College, Dover, Del., Aug.
1996.
“Building School District Capacity for
Integrating Conflict Resolution into the Schools’ Culture
and Curriculum,” NAME/NIDR National Conference, Baltimore,
Md., July 1996.
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