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Principal Investigator (2014).  Reducing Gender-based Violence and Harassment among Syrian Refugees in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region ($414,826).  Through Warvin Foundation for Women’s Issues, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.  Project on reducing violence among female Syrian refugees in urban areas of the Kurdistan Region.  (completed)

Principal Investigator (2014).  Access to Justice for War Widows ($94,000).  Through Warvin Foundation for Women’s Issues, Sinjar and Dohuk, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.  Project on helping war widows gain their financial and documentation rights by law through home visitation, awareness, mass media, and mobile legal clinics.  (completed)

Principal Investigator (2010). Kurd, Arab, Yezidi, and Christian Communities in Northern Iraq:  A fresh look at the prospects for post-conflict peace-building, ($87,541).  Through International Negotiation Institute, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.  Project on using role-play and discussion groups for reducing inter-ethnic bias in the disputed areas in Iraq.  (completed)

Principal Investigator for Erbil component (2009)., through Louis Berger Group, and through International Negotiation Institute, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq ($215,471).  Assisting Small Business Development Centers with formalizing their business operations and reaching sustainability. (completed)

Principal Investigator for Erbil component (2009), through Louis Berger Group, and through International Negotiation Institute, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, ($264,775).  Assisting focus groups of specialized agribusiness owners in learning from one another and from international experts to improve production.  (Completed)

Principal Investigator for Erbil component (2009), through Louis Berger Group,  and through International Negotiation Institute, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. ($69,012). Training small groups of new beef cattle producers in the basics of production.  (completed)

Principal Investigator (2009), through Louis Berger Group, and through International Negotiation Institute, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq ($99,968), Assisting small and medium sized agribusinesses in Iraq with modern business techniques. (completed)

Consultant (2004-2005), Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, U.S. Department of Education. (completed)

Principal Investigator (2005-2008). through Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, and through University of Hawaii College of Education, Honolulu, Hawaii ($54,843). (completed)

Principal Investigator (2004-2008), ($390,213). University of Hawaii College of Education, Honolulu, Hawaii. (completed)

Principal Investigator (2004-2008). ($934,632). University of Hawaii College of Education, Honolulu, Hawaii.  (completed)

Principal Investigator (1998-2002) ($15.5 million over 5 years). The George Washington University Washington, D.C. (completed)

Principal Investigator (2001-2002) Hamilton Fish National Institute on School and Community Violence, ($ 3 million) The George Washington University Washington, D.C. (completed)

School Cyber-crime Prevention Project. Principal Investigator (2001-2002), through the Business Software Alliance Washington, D.C. $200,000). (completed)

Principal Investor (1999-2000). Survey of State-Wide School Incident Reporting Statistics  ($85,000), Educational Statistics Series, Inc. (completed)

Senior Research Associate (1996-98) National Center for the Advancement of Prevention Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (DHHS) ($4.5 million per year for 5 years). Alan Cohen, Washington, D.C. (completed)

Coinvestigator (1995-96) Violence Prevention among Inner-City African-American Youth in 2 Lexington census tracts ($80,000) Rebecca Mercier, Principal Investigator Lexington/Fayette Co Dept. of Social Services (completed)