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Claudine SchWeber, Ph.D.
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Dr. Claudine SchWeber is currently the Director of Distance Learning &
Instructional Technology at the Graduate School of Management & Technology
of the University of Maryland University College, and an adjunct Professor
of Management. Her teaching areas include ethics, organizational communication,
leadership, human resources, and cross-cultural management. She is
a specialist in the field of conflict management and has done training,
teaching and writing in this field for over a decade. She has been on the
board of directors of two major conflict resolution associations, DC Society
of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) and National Conference
on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution (NCPCR). In recent years she
has written about the use of technology in conflict management, especially
as it impacts those at great distances or those with disabilities. She
is a certified mediator of disputes under the American with Disabilities
Act.
Prior to joining GSMT, Dr. SchWeber was the training director for the Council of Better Business Bureaus in the Mediation-Arbitration Division. In that capacity she and her staff trained hundreds of volunteers nationwide to arbitrate automobile disputes under contract to General Motors, Honda, Volkswagon. She developed training materials and co-produced the first training video. She has written about staff and volunteer training and the implications of telephone/fax for communication and conflict management.
Before joining the Better Business Bureau system, Dr. SchWeber was Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the State University of New York/College at Buffalo, where she taught undergraduate and master's degree students in law enforcement, police, community service. Her areas of specialty were ethics, women and crime, corrections and history of crime. During that period she wrote her book, Criminal Justice Politics and Women:The Aftermath of Legally Mandated Change, testified before the United States House of Representatives, wrote numerous articles on drug policy, history of criminal justice practices, the incarceration of women, discrimination in jury selection, etc. She was the winner of several grants and awards, and was appointed a SUNY Scholar.
Dr.SchWeber is the author of one book, more than 25 published articles, and over a hundred presentations in the United States, western Europe and Bulgaria, conducted in English or French. She is a native of Paris, France and a U.S. citizen.
Dr. SchWeber is currently an Ethics Commissioner for the City of Takoma Park and a member of the board of directors of a foundation dealing with issues related to the ADA.
Director, Distance Learning and Instructional Technology; and Professor
(Adjunct).
Graduate School of Mangement and Technology of the University of Maryland
University College, l997- present.
* Direct distance education activities of the Graduate School, including faculty development and training, collaboration with UMUC units and other institutions, presentations and public relations events, marketing, services to GSMT academic departments, research and evaluation about faculty and student issues, online and instructional television courses, administrative computing needs, long term planning and budgetary projections.
*Supervise staff of distance education office.
*Collaborate with the Office of Library Services in curriculum development.
Associate Director, Human Resource Management Programs; and Professor (Adjunct) . Graduate School of Management and Technology of the University of Maryland University College, 1994-1997; Associate Director, Applied Management, l989-94.
Director, Department of Arbitrator Recruitment and Training; and Manager, National Arbitration Test Project, Council of Better Business Bureaus, 1986-89.
Special Assistant to Director of Research, District of Columbia Superior Court (June-December 1985, while on leave from SUNY/College at Buffalo)
Associate Professor, Criminal Justice; and member of the Graduate Faculty (with tenure). SUNY/College at Buffalo, 1978-86.
Director, Pre-Law Advisement; Special Assistant for University Special Degree Programs; Academic Advisor SUNY/Buffalo, 1970-74.
Alliance Franchise
Academy of Management
Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution
Phi Beta Kappa
University Continuing Education Association
Ph.D.: SUNY/Buffalo, 1977: Educational Administration. Specialties: organizational change, correctional education, justice history. Note: the organizational change portion was funded by a large grant from the Department of Education.
M.A.: SUNY/Buffalo, 1970: History
B.A.: Hunter College, 1967: History cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
“Online Tools for Research.” Online Course, Office of Library Services, UMUC, November l997.
“Faculty Strategies for Engaging Learners.” Online course, Institute for Distance Education, October l997.
The Power of the Web, Institute for Distance Education, International University Consortium, UMUC, May l997.
World Wide Web Course Development and Delivery, on-line class, International University Consortium, UMUC, November l996.
Distance Education and Technology, Institute For Distance Education, International University Consortium, May l996.
Quality Distance Education, multi-media course via the University of Wisconsin Extension, November 1995-April 1996.
Teaching with Tycho [UMUC's computer-mediated system], training sessions through spring and summer 1995.
Distance Education and Technology, Institute for Distance Education, May 1995.
Fishing for Files on the Internet. University of Maryland/University College, 1994.
"Managerial Mediation, " Seminar by the Mediation Training Institute, 1987. For managers with staff difficulties.
SchWeber, Claudine. “The Critical Element of ‘Time’: Faculty Teaching on the Web.” Proceedings: Improving University Teaching (due: December 1998).
SchWeber, Claudine. "Turn On, Login, Sign On: Dispute Resolution Goes On-Line." (Better Business Bureau System) Solutions.(January l996).
SchWeber, Claudine. "Finding Common Ground: How HR Professionals can Use Negotiation and Mediation in the Workplace." HR Horizon(summer l99l).
SchWeber, Claudine. "Your Telephone May Be A Party Line: Mediation by Telephone." Mediation Quarterly, vol 7, no. 2 (Winter l989).
SchWeber, Claudine. "You're in Good Company: An Overview of Dispute Resolution Providers." Consumer Arbitrator (fall l988).
SchWeber, Claudine and Feinman, Clarice. Criminal Justice Politics and Women: The Aftermath of Legally Mandated Change. New York: Haworth Press, l984.
SchWeber, Claudine. "Beauty Marks and Blemishes: The Co-Ed Prison as a Microcosm of Integratd Society." The Prison Journal, vol 64, no l (spring-summer l984).
SchWeber, Claudine. "The Government's ‘Unique Experiment in Salvaging Women Criminals’: Cooperation and Conflict at the Federal Women's Prison at Alderson, l925-40." in N Rafter and E. Stanko, eds., Judge, Lawyer, Victim, Thief: Women, Gender Roles, and Criminal Justice. Boston: Northeastern University Press, l982.
SchWeber, Claudine and Teitelbaum, Hugh. "Criminalization and Incarceration: The Federal Government's Response to Drug Addiction Among Women." George Mason University Law Review (spring l98l).
SchWeber, Claudine. "Pioneers in Prison: Inmates and Administrators at Alderson, the Federal Reformatory for Women, l925-30--the Founding Years. "Federal Probation (winter l980).
SchWeber, Claudine. "Women and Federal Crime in the Early 20th Century. "The Law and American Society. Washington D.C.: National Archives (winter l980).
SchWeber, Claudine."Mary Belle Harris. " A bibliographic essay for Notable American Women. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, l980.
SchWeber, Claudine. "But Some are More Equal...The Fight for Women Jurors." B. Cummings and V Schuck, eds., Woman Organizing: An Anthology. New York: the Scarecrow Press, l980.
SchWeber, Claudine. "The Education of Women Prisoners. "Congressional Record, Committee on the Judiciary, Hearings on Women Offenders. (October ll,l979).
SchWeber, Claudine. " Prison Education: Perspectives Past and Present. " C. Owens, ed., Blacks and Criminal Justice. Lexington Books, l977.
Levine, Adeline and Claudine SchWeber, "Jury Selection in Erie County: Changing a Sexist System. "Law and Society Review, vol 2 no l (fall l976).
SchWeber, Claudine.
"Let the Buyer Beware: Consumer Protection and Educational Innovation.
"R.G. Cope, ed., Information for Decisions in Post-Secondary Education.
Florida:
The Association for Institutional Research, l975.
SchWeber, Claudine. "Student-Designed Curricula: The Graduate and Professional School Reaction. "Research in Higher Education, vol l, no 3 (l973).
Book Reviews:
P. Dressel and M Thompson, Independent Study, reviewed in The Journal of Higher Education, vol 45, no l (l974).
D. McGuigan, New Research on Women, reviewed in The Journal of Higher Education, vol 46, no 6 (l975).
SELECTED PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:
“Training and Retaining Faculty for Online Courses: Challenges and Strategies.” Conference on Distance Education Teaching and Learning (July 1998, Madison, Wisconsin).
“The New Faculty-Student Relationship: The Critical Element of Time.” Plenary presentation, Improving University Teaching International Conference (June 1998, Dublin, Ireland).
“Training Part-time Faculty to Teach On-Line” University Continuing Education Association (April 1997, Louisville, Ky).
“Intercultural Negotiation”[simulation] 3rd European Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution ( October 1996,Varna, Bulgaria).
"Using Technology for Conflict Resolution". Workshop for Transcaucasus Russian faculty at Center for International Conflict Management, University of Maryland at College Park (December l995).
"Increasing Access and Using New Tools: Technology's Role in Dispute Resolution." Conference on Disability, Aging and Dispute Resolution --sponsored by the American Association for Retired Persons, the American Bar Association and the National Institute for Dispute Resolution(March l995, Washington D.C.)
"The Use of Technology in Dispute Resolution." European Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution (October l994,San Sebastian, Spain).
Presentations on American Business Ethics, before groups of visiting Chinese businesspeople, l992-94.
"Expanding Options in Dispute Resolution." Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (October l993, Toronto, Canada).
"Negotiating: A Woman's Voice." Training Session before the National Foundation for Women Business Owners,Senior Executives(October l992).
"Mediation by Telephone".A workshop. Realities of the Workplace Conference. Bowie State College (June 1991).
"But Some are More Equal...Equity as an Ethical Issue" and "Building an ADR Community: Notes from the Field--Developments in Maryland" at the National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution (June l991, Charlotte N.C.).
"Expanding the Market for ADR Services--Conducting ADR By Telephone: A Live Action Presentation." Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (October l990, Montreal, Canada)
"The Promise
of Dispute Resolution for American Justice: ADR and the Corporate
World." American Society of Criminology (November l990, Baltimore Md)
Section Leader,
ADR and Business, Maryland Committee for Dispute Resolution Conference
(November l990, Howard County Md)
"ADR in the
Corporate World." Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR)
Conference (November l989, Washington D.C.)
"Technologically
Assisted Conflict Resolution;" and "The Challenge of Volunteers in Dispute
Resolution; "at the National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution
(March l989, Montreal,Canada).
"Legal Issues for Managers." A Workshop for senior University College staff (November l989, February l990 at College Park, Md)
"Win-Win Bargaining." A workshop; Realities of the Workplace Conference, Department of Labor and Federal Meidation and Conciliation Service (June l989, Bowie Md)
"Different Strokes for Different Folks: Welcoming Diversity. " Building Teamwork 2000 Conference, Patuxent Naval Air Test Center (April l989, Patuxent Md)
"Who are the Neutrals? An Examination of the Volunteer Mediators and Arbitrators at the Dispute Settlement Center in Buffalo." National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution. (Sept l984, St Louis)
"The Politics of Parole Reform--The Case of Women in the District of Columbia." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (March l984, Chicago)
"The American Woman's Disease--Drug Addiction; The Government's Response--Prison." Social Science History Association (October l983, Washington DC)
"The Federal Response to Drug Addiction--Impact on Women l925-35." American Society of Criminology (November l983, Washington DC)
"AFSCME and the New York State Correctional Employees." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (March l98l, Philadelphia)
"Collective Bargaining in Corrections: The Implications of the New York State Model." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (March l980, Oklahoma City)
"The Implications and Complications of Co-Ed Prisons." American Society of Criminology (November l979, Philadelphia)
"Educating Federal Women Prisoners" Testimony before the U.S. House or Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Sub-Committe on the Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice (October ll, l979, Washington DC)
"Women and Crime: The Past is Prologue;" and "Drug Addiction: As American As Apple Pie". Two scholarly workshops at Johnson County Community College (March l979, Kansas City)
"Vocational Programming for Women Offenders in the Co-Ed and all Women's Prison environment." Federal Bureau of Prisons, Task Force on Female Offenders (February l979, Dallas)
"Pioneers in Prison: Inmates and Administrators at Alderson..." American Historical Association (December l978, San Francisco)
"Women and the Law." Berkshire Conference on Women's History (August l978, Mt Holyoke Mass)
"Women and Federal Crime in the Early 20th Century." l8th Annual National Archives Conference (September l978, Washington DC)
"The Alderson Movement: Women and Prisons and Prison Reform." Berkshire Conference on Women's History (June l976, Bryn Mawr Pa)
"Discrimination and Jury Service." City University of New York Graduate Center (May l976, New York City)
"The New York State Jury Exemption for Women" Women and Politics Conference (September l975, New York City)
SELECTED COMMUNITY AND OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Editorial Board, Mediation Quarterly, appointed 1993. This is the premier journal for research and practice in the mediation field.
Ethics Commission, City of Takoma Park, appointed 1994. Commission deals with allegations of ethical improprieties.
Editorial Board, Journal of Women & Criminal Justice, 1988-1992. A journal of research on gender and justice issues.
Board of Directors, Washington Free Clinic, 1985-88. The oldest free
medical care clinic on the east coast. The Board is active in fundraising,
program development, policy making.
