As an educator, facilitator, researcher, and trainer, Sheherazade Jafari, PhD (she/her) brings an equity lens to building inclusive cultures and to sustainably resolving and transforming conflict within organizations and communities. Her background includes over two decades of practice and scholarship in international conflict resolution, community-driven development, and advancing gender justice within Middle East and North African, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and North American contexts.
Sheherazade has a particular interest in culturally rooted and faith-based peacebuilding, including through gender-inclusive and decolonizing approaches. At Georgetown University, she teaches courses on Religion in Conflict & Peacebuilding and Decolonizing Peace & Justice. Her recent publications include Religion and Gender Action Guide (United States Institute of Peace Press, 2023). She is also a co-founder and lead consultant of The Ripple Collective, through which she works with social change organizations to navigate conflicts in ways that foster generative outcomes and advance racial justice.
Sheherazade’s previous work includes serving as the Founding Director of the Point of View Retreat and Training Center for Peacebuilding Collaboration at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, where she also served as a Diversity Advisor and co-chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Currently she serves as board chair of the Washington, DC-based organization One Common Unity and is on the board of the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA).