Monitor on Psychology - July/August 2012

Psychology’speace
builders
Members of APA’s Div. 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict
and Violence) are conducting research and working in the field to
understand how conflicts arise and to help end violence.

“Our concern is how to get communities peaceful and how to keep them sustainable,” says Julie Meranze Levitt, PhD, past president of the division.

Here are a few examples of psychologists working internationally and domestically for a more peaceful world.

BY CASSANDRA WILLYARD

JULY/AUGUST 2012 • MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY

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