Faculty
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Neil Katz, Ph.D.Chair/Professor (DCAR) Phone: (954) 262-3040 |
After more than three decades as a Professor and director or co-director of five conflict resolution programs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship of Syracuse University, Neil has taken on a new challenge as Professor and Chairperson of the Graduate Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale.
Along with his Emeriti Faculty status at Syracuse University, Neil has recently led conflict resolution, negotiation, mediation and leadership classes at Syracuse University as an adjunct faculty member of the Maxwell School's renowned Public Administration Program, and as a teaching associate with the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC). In addition, he teaches in the University’s acclaimed Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Whitman School of Management.
Neil also continues consulting and training while serving as head of his own consulting firm, Dr. Neil Katz and Associates. In these capacities, he has worked with many prestigious public and private sector organizations throughout the United States.
Among Neil's awards and honors, he received the Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Award from the Syracuse Community for his career long commitment to nonviolent conflict resolution and the principles embodied in Dr. King’s life and work.
