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Roisin
(Raw-Sheen) McLaughlin, Northern Ireland Program
Director, holds a B.A. and a M.A. in Political Studies,
with a focus on international relations, conflict intervention
and human rights from Auckland University, New Zealand.
She is completing a doctorate at Queens University in
Belfast. McLaughlin worked at the One World Center,
an organization working to reform and update curriculum
and teacher training in Northern Ireland. She has also
consulted at the UNESCO Centre and guest lectured in
the HECUA program.
Prof. Alan Smith, UNESCO Chair in Education for
Pluralism, Human Rights and Democracy and senior research
fellow in the University of Ulster’s School of
Education. Professor Smith’s work addresses such
issues as education and social cohesion, education and
the conflict in Northern Ireland, and education for
mutual understanding and citizenship.
Students also learn from a wide variety of guest resource
persons throughout the semester.
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