From 1987 to 2005, I was an adjunct professor at the University Of New Mexico School Of Law teaching courses in general, family, and advanced mediation.
I have introduced mediation skills to thousands of people from a wide variety of professional backgrounds (managers, lawyers, law students, health care professionals, educators, realtors, mental health professionals, and human resource personnel). I also lead trainings in workplace mediation, conflict resolution, communication, strategic planning and negotiation.
I regularly facilitate significant decision-making processes for a wide range of clients including major federal agencies, state and local
governments, community non-profit groups, foundations, school districts, hospitals and health care organizations, businesses, and universities.
PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
A Field Guide to Good Decisions: Values in Action (Praeger, 2006).
The Art of Mediation (NITA, 1996, second edition, Dec. 2005).
Negotiation Skills (ALI-ABA, 1996).
"Using Mediation for Employment Disputes" (chapter in Labor and Employment in New Mexico (Butterworth, 1995).
Special Education Mediation and Negotiation (New Mexico State University, 1990).
"Designing Dispute Systems for Organizations" (New Mexico Bar Bulletin, June 1992).
I graduated from law school at the University of Texas at Austin (1975) where I also received graduate and clinical
training in psychology (no degree).
My current work focuses on the intentional use of organizational, professional and personal values in making difficult decisions.
Along with my colleague, Dr. Joan McIver Gibson, former Director of the Health Sciences Ethics Center at the University of New Mexico, I offer a
course to leaders and managers called Creating Good Decisions: Values in Action.
