Jay Rothman

Jay Rothman, Ph.D. is a scholar-practitioner.

Since 1998 Rothman has been the president of the ARIA Group, Inc. a conflict resolution training, consulting and evaluation company (www.ariagroup.com). He and his associates assist leaders, organizations, communities and individuals around the world challenged by conflict who seek to forge collaborative solutions.

In 2012 he accepted a position as Associate Professor of Conflict Engagement at the Graduate Program on Conflict Management, Resolution and Negotiation at Bar Ilan University.

In the fall of 2008 until 2011 he was named Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services (CECH) at the University of Cincinnati.

In 2006/7 he was a Fulbright Senior Researcher and Scholar in Israel. From 1992-97, he was Assistant Professor at Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, where he was the Coordinator of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program. From 1987-92, he was Visiting Professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he was also Director of the Jerusalem Peace Initiative at the Leonard Davis Institute.

He served as Special Master to a US Federal Judge following civil unrest in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2001, during which he facilitated a city wide strategic visioning process that led to a landmark collaborative agreement to reform policing and improve community-police relations.

Jay has brought his creative and practical approaches to countries and communities around the world, including Cyprus, Israel, Northern Ireland, the former Soviet Union and Sri Lanka. In the U.S. he has mediated a variety of public policy issues, including controversies over the display of the Confederate Flag on public property, major environmental disputes, labor-management relations and various issues in educational institutions. He also works with individuals helping them deal creatively with conflicts in their professional settings as a “conflict coach” and in conducting mediations in highly charged conflict situations.