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John Stephens joined the School of Government in 1996. Previously, he was research director of the Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management. His publications include Guidebook to Public Dispute Resolution in North Carolina and Public Management Bulletin: Using a Mediator in Public Disputes. He is co-author of Reaching for Higher Ground: Tools for Powerful Groups and Communities and School Funding Disputes: Mediate, Don't Litigate. Stephens also teaches in the Natural Resources Leadership Institute at North Carolina State University. He is chair of the steering committee of the University Network for Collaborative Governance. Stephens earned a BA from Earlham College, a Master of Philosophy from The City University, London, and a PhD from George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

Selected publications

John B. Stephens and Berner, M. (forthcoming). “Learning from Your Neighbor: The Value of Public Participation Evaluation for Public Policy Dispute Resolution,” Journalof Public Deliberation. 22 pages.

R.S. Morse and Stephens, John B. (forthcoming). Teaching Collaborative Governance: Phases, Competencies, and Case-Based Learning, Journalof Public Affairs Education. 30 pages.

John B. Stephens. 2007. Consensus Building and Leadership. In Transforming Public Leadership for the 21^st Century, Ricardo S. Morse, Terry F. Buss, and C. Morgan Kinghorn, (eds.), Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 22 pages.

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