In search of significant differences: The odyssey of an intercultural peace builder.

Abstract

as training programs for medical residents, police, overseas sojourners, and international negotiators. Finally, I elaborate on my experiences as chair of the APA's Task Force on the Psychological Effects of Efforts to Prevent Terrorism. Throughout, I discuss the impact of national and local politics on my work. Archive searches and recent contacts with public officials yielded information that I wish I had had when I was doing my evaluations. I hope that what I have learned will help those doing similar research to ask important questions about the sponsorship and the utilization of their work. Public Significance StatementFrom the rewriting of my dissertation through the preparation of this autobiography, I have learned how social science research and evaluation programs are initiated, shaped, and reported by the dominant American institutions that support them. I learned that findings contrary to the values of these institutions could be suppressed. I learned that the public statements of officials of professional organizations like the American Psychological Association do not always match their private conduct when money and influence are at stake. I learned that prominent opponents of positive organizational initiatives like a national peace academy can become influential supporters when the initiatives succeed and then undermine them. And I learned that maintaining friendships and guiding students are what have proved to be the most substantial and enduring results of my career.

“I can't breathe”—Political plasticity, peace, and justice.

“…We are reminded of the complexity of conflict processes by Cárdenas and de la Sablonnière (2020), who provide a critical analysis of how apparently similar conflict processes can lead to very different outcomes. The final major paper in this issue is from Kimmel (2020), who provides an inspiring autobiographical account of his highly productive and sometimes controversial life in peace psychology.…”