Maria J. Stephan is an American political scientist. She is Co-Lead and Chief Organizer with the Horizons Project. [1] Previously, she was the Director of the program on nonviolent action at the United States Institute of Peace. She studies authoritarianism, protest, and the effectiveness of violent and nonviolent types of civil resistance.

Maria is an award-winning author and organizer whose work in academic, public service, and nonprofit sectors has focused on the role of nonviolent action and peacebuilding in advancing human rights, democracy, and sustainable peace in the US and globally.

Maria J. Stephan. Co-Lead and Chief Organizer. Maria’s career has bridged the academic, policy, and non-profit sectors, with a focus on the role of people power and peacebuilding in advancing human rights, democratic freedoms, and sustainable peace in the US and globally.

Maria J. Stephan, co-author (with Erica Chenoweth) of Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, is chief organizer of the Horizons Project, where she works to...

2024年2月4日 · At 7pm on November 15th, the UW Center for Interfaith Dialogue alongside the Interfaith Peace Working Group with help from the Nonviolence Project, hosted Dr. Maria J. Stephan for a talk on the efficacy of nonviolent campaigns.

2012年2月29日 · Maria J. Stephan is a strategic planner with the US Department of State and co-author, with Erica Chenoweth, of Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict. She is the editor of Civilian Jihad: Nonviolent Struggle, Democratization and Governance in the Middle East (Palgrave MacMillan, 2010).

2018年3月28日 · Dr. Maria J. Stephan directs the Program on Nonviolent Action at the U.S. Institute of Peace, which focuses on applied research, training and education and informing policies and practice related to civil resistance, nonviolent action and their roles in transforming violent conflict and advancing just peace.

2022年4月26日 · This week, Nonviolence Radio broadcasts a talk by peace researcher and award-winning author, Maria Stephan. Maria is chief organizer and co-lead at the Horizons Project and collaborated with Erica Chenoweth on the book, Why Civil Resistance Works.

Maria J. Stephan is the chief organizer and co-lead of the Horizons Project, which is focused on strengthening relationships and collaboration between the social justice, peacebuilding and democracy communities in the U.S. and globally.

2020年10月13日 · Maria J. Stephan is Co-Lead and Chief Organizer for The Horizons Project. She formerly directed the Program on Nonviolent Action at the U.S. Institute of Peace.