In Justice, InAccord

In Justice inAccord speaks to the need for people to find fairness and dignity in their search for justice. Whether within couples, companies, or countries, there are inevitable conflicts. Mediation is presented as an alternative to costly, time-consuming litigation. The inAccord model allows disputants to identify the emotions that naturally accompany conflict. Parties are empowered through Touchstone Skills that facilitate dialogue leading to conflict resolution. Research surveys provide evidence for the efficacy of the model.

Shauna Ries, President, Mediators Without Borders, is a graduate of the University of Denver where she earned a Master's degree in Social Work and post graduate study in Marriage and Family. She completed Mediation through a partnership program between Arcadia University International Peace and Conflict Studies Program. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and worked in private practice and served at Project PAVE and Southern Pacific Railroad as a Mediator and Family Clinician.
In 1994, Mediators Without Borders began as RMA, a leadership, communication, facilitation, stress management and conflict management organization offering individual, family and corporate training. Shauna has also co-authored the book, Quality of Life, published by William Morrow publishing. She is a faculty member at Omega Institute, along with training mediators both nationally and internationally.
 
Susan Harter, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Denver, where she served as the Head of the Developmental Psychology Program. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University and was the first faculty woman in the Psychology Department and served as Chief Psychologist at the Yale Child Study Center.
 She came to the University of Denver (DU) in 1974 where she developed a battery of self-report instruments that are in widespread use in this country and abroad and are very effective in intervention and program evaluation research.
Dr. Harter served on National Institutes of Mental Health research grant review panels and has been a member of several editorial boards for the top journals in the field such as Developmental Psychology, Psychological Review, and Psychological Bulletin. She received the highest scholarly honor that DU can bestow upon a faculty member, the John Evans Professorship Award, for national and international recognition in one's chosen field of research and is recognized as one of the top 50 developmental psychologists in this country and abroad.