Education

George Mason University, Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, 1997

American University, Washington, D.C., M.A. in Communications: Journalism and Public Affairs, 1987 - 1988

University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, B.A. Honors in Literature and Linguistics, 1974; B.A. in Drama, 1971 - 1973

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, University of Baltimore, Program on Negotiations and Conflict Management, 1999 - Present

Assistant Professor, George Mason University, Inst. for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR), 1998 - 1999

Visiting Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, 1997 - 1998

Adjunct Professor, George Mason University (Communications Department and ICAR), 1990 - 1996

Courses Taught

University of Baltimore (1999 - )

Understanding and Assessing Conflict (CNCM 506)

Mediation: Theory and Practice (CNCM 515)

Media Roles in Conflict and Conflict Resolution (Special Topics)

Ethics of Conflict Management (Phil. 494)

Diversity and Conflict Management (Special Topics)

George Mason University (1998 - 1999)

Philosophy and Methods of Conflict Research

Media Roles in Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Conflict and Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Theories of Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges (1997 - 1998)

An Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies

Media and Politics

Media and Political Conflict

Advanced Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies: Conflict Transformation

Conflict and Conflict Management -- A Cross-Cultural Approach

George Mason University (1990 - 1996)

An Introduction to Communication

Interpersonal Communication

Small Group Communication

Television and Social Conflict

Introduction to Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Research Interests

Media roles in conflict/conflict resolution, conflict transformation, second-track diplomacy (informal third-party roles), and dispute systems design.

Selected Articles

Botes, J. (Forthcoming, January 2004). "Television Debates As A Form Of Pre-negotiation in Protracted Conflicts: Nightline in South Africa (1985) and Israel (1988)." International Negotiation Journal.

Botes, J. (Forthcoming in 2003). "Informal Roles," in CONFLICT: From Analysis to Intervention, Eds. Sandra Cheldelin, Daniel Druckman and Larissa Fast, London: Continuum.

Botes, J. (Forthcoming in 2003). "Structural Transformation," in CONFLICT: From Analysis to Intervention, Eds. Sandra Cheldelin, Daniel Druckman and Larissa Fast, London: Continuum.

Botes, J. (Forthcoming Spring 2003) "Conflict Transformation: A Debate over Semantics or a Crucial Shift in the Theory and Practice of Peace and Conflict Studies?" International Journal of Peace Studies.

Botes, J. (December, 1998). "Media Roles in International Conflict: The Debate." Track Two, vol.7, no.4, the quarterly publication of the Center for Conflict Resolution in the Media Peace Center, Cape Town, South Africa, pp.4-6, 46.

Botes, J. (4/1996). "Journalism and Conflict Resolution." Media Development, Vol. XLIII, London: World Association for Christian Communication, pp.6-9.

Botes, J. and Mitchell, C. (1995). "Constraints on Third Party Flexibility." In D. Druckman and C. Mitchell (Eds.), Flexibility in International Negotiation and Mediation, Vol.542, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp.168-184.

Rubinstein, R. E., Botes, J., Dukes, F., and Stephens, J.B. (1994). Frameworks for Interpreting Conflict: A Handbook for Journalists. ICAR Report 2. Fairfax, VA: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. (110 pages)

Selected Conference and Other Presentations

"The Archeology of Mediation," An interactive presentation and training session presented at the Virginia Mediation Network Conference in Newport News, Virginia, October. 29, 2002.

"Television debates as a form of Prenegotiation in Protracted Conflicts: Nightline in South Africa (1985) and Israel(1988)," a paper presentation at the International Communication Association Conference, Seoul, South Korea, July 16, 2002.

"Conflict Management Leadership Skills"- a module of a university-wide certificate program on Leadership organized by the UB Center for Student Involvement, February 5, 2002.

"The U.S. Media and Terrorism," a presentation to students and faculty as part of the Helen P. Denit Honors Program, February 26, 2002.

"The U.S. Media since September 11," a panel presentation at George Mason University, October 24, 2001, sponsored by the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR).

"The Role of the Media in a Free Society," a presentation to Russian media executives held at The University of Baltimore, October 11, 2001.

"Deconstructing Conflict Transformation: Definition, Variations, Application," a presentation for which I invited the speakers and then chaired a three hour panel discussion for the Research and Higher Education Day of The National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution (NCPCR), in Fairfax, VA, June 7-10, 2001.

"Media and Conflict," a presentation for Ethics Week 2000 at the University of Baltimore Hoffberger's Center for Professional Ethics, March 8, 2000.