Honggang Yang, Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School of Humanities & Social Sciences Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies Nova Southeastern University Phone:（954）262-3048 Fax:（954）262-3050 Email: yangh@nova.edu

Education

• Management & Leadership Institute in Education, 2006, Harvard University.
• Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology, 1991, University of South Florida
• Master of Jurisprudence in Sociology and Social Psychology, 1986, Nankai University
• Diploma, 1982, Harbin City School of Health Professions.

Memberships and Affiliations

• Editor-in-Chief, Peace and Conflict Studies
• Editorial Board Member, Conflict Resolution Quarterly, American Review of China Studies, and NSU's Magazine of Horizons.
• Member, National Society for Experiential Education.
• Former Leadership Council Member, Association for Conflict Resolution（ACR）, a joint organization of Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Academy of Family Mediators, and Conflict Resolution Education Network
• Former Chair, Individualized Master of Arts Program in Conflict Resolution at the McGregor School of Antioch University.
• Former Research Associate, The Carter Presidential Center of Emory University.

Honors and Awards

• University Nominee of NSU Executive of the Year in Student Life Achievement（2011）
• Recognition for the Dean’s Commitment to Students by the SHSS-Student Association（2007）
• NSU Academic Dean of the Year（2002）
• Campus Nominee of NSU Administrator of the Year（2000）

• SOCHE Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence from the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education（1998）
• Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Department of Anthropology, USF（1997）
• Outstanding Instructor of the Year at the Heilongjiang Provincial Health Administrators' Institute, China（1983）

Courses and Publications

• Cross-cultural issues in conflict resolution
• Ethnographic methods
• Reflective practice, experiential learning, internship, and practicum
• Anthropological Contributions to Conflict Resolution co-edited with Alvin Wolfe. University of Georgia Press（1996）
• The Disputing Process：An Ethnographic Study in a Homeowners Association.
  Mediation Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 2（1995）
• The Concept of Trust and Trust Building. A Leadership Journal：Women in Leadership--Sharing the Vision, Vol. 2, No. 2（1998）
• Resolving Intra-National Conflicts：A Strengthened Role for Inter-Governmental Organizations edited for the International Negotiation Network Consultation. The Carter Center of Emory University Conference Report Series, Vol. 5, No. 1（1993）
• Neighborly Strangers. "Distant Mirrors：America as a Foreign Culture" edited by P. DeVita and J. Armstrong. Wadsworth Publishing Company（1993, 1998, 2002）
• Peacemaking among Helping Parties：Editor’s Reflections. Peace and Conflict Studies, Vol. 10, No 2（2003）
• Academic Program Initiatives. "Academic Administration" edited by S. Chen.
  Nova Science Publishers（2009）