Bernie Mayer, PhD

Resident Professor of Conflict Resolution at Creighton University’s Werner Institute
 

Mr. Mayer is an icon in the world of conflict resolution. With over a quarter century of experience in the field, he was a founding partner at CDR Associates, the internationally recognized mediation and conflict resolution organization, and originally trained as a psychotherapist. He has worked across the globe as a mediator, facilitator, teacher, trainer, dispute systems designer, and program administrator. A true scholar as well as leading practitioner in the field, Dr. Mayer is the author of many works including the book Beyond Neutrality: Confronting the Crisis in Conflict Resolution, and has taught courses for Harvard, University of Missouri, University of Colorado, Antioch University, the Budapest College of Economics, University of Warsaw, and Colorado State University, among others.

Dr. Mayer was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work, with an emphasis on conflict resolution, in 1987. He holds an M.S.W. (1970) from Columbia University, where he studied psychiatric social work and community organizing, and a B.A. (1968) from Oberlin College, where he graduated cum laude, with a major in European and Asian history.