# Nancy D. Erbe

Nancy Diane Erbe is an American negotiation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). She is a Fulbright Scholar, Senior Specialist in Peace and Conflict Resolution, and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair. She has received five Fulbright Honors (Distinguished Scholar & Fulbright Specialist Awards). She is the recipient of the Presidential Outstanding Professor Award 2015.

## Life and education

Nancy Erbe graduated from University of Minnesota with a Juris Doctor (cum laude), and Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law with an L.L.M. She was the Founding Director of Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution, University of California, Berkeley.
Per Delhi High Court mediation website: "A lecture was delivered by Prof (Dr.) Nancy D. Erbe (USA), an international expert in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Peace Building, on “Mediation Practice: Benefits to Lawyers” on 6th November 2012 at Delhi High Court."Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre
Nancy Erbe's Law Journal on human trafficking (this article was also translated by the U.N. into several languages for distribution) was cited by New Zealand's Ministry of Justice.
Nancy Erbe’s article on “ Skillful Mediation Effectively Bridges Differences” was published by Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre.
* Nancy Erbe giving a Guest Lecture to 300+ Justices/Judges, Lawyers, and Mediators of Delhi High Court.
U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Brazil held an event to honor Nancy Erbe on conclusion of her Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award in 2015 where Consul General said "that the topic that Prof. Erbe presented is not only timely, but also supports priority goals and objectives established by the U.S. Diplomatic Mission for U.S.-Brazil bilateral relations."U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Brazil
Nancy Erbe's book "Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Leadership in Modern Organizations" was cited by NASA.
Nancy Erbe' law review article (Prostitutes: Victims of Men's Exploitation and Abuse) was cited by Canadian Supreme Court in its judgement.
In November 2023, Premium Schools listed Nancy Erbe and Gilah Yelin Hirsch among CSUDH’s most notable professors.
Nancy Erbe is listed at the top place by House of Names among Notable persons with last name "Erbe" since 1700.

## Awards and honors

* 2024-25 Fulbright Specialist Award In Legal Studies " Access to Justice through Experiential Learning" at Gandhi Institute of Technology & Management, Visakhapatnam
* 2023-24 Invited to be Distinguished Chair in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences by The Australian National University
* 2022-23 Invited by the Arctic University of Norway as Distinguished Arctic Scholar
* 2019 Fulbright-Nehru Specialist in Conflict Resolution and Peace in Asia: Issues and Challenges (Central University of Punjab, India )
* 2015 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies (Brazil)
* 2015 Fulbright Senior Specialist in Peace and Conflict Resolution (West Bank)
* 2015 Presidential Outstanding Professor Award
* 2009 Fulbright Senior Specialist in Peace and Conflict Resolution (Cyprus) at University of Nicosia and Eastern Mediterranean University
* 2002 Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International
* 1985 Wennerstrom Award for outstanding contribution as Director of Legal Aid Clinic

## Books, and law journals

* 2023 Non-Violent Teaching and Parenting of Young Children: Emulating Optimal Conflict Resolution (Research Anthology on Modern Violence and Its Impact on Society)
* 2021 Holding These Truths (third edition): Empowerment and Recognition in Action (An Interactive Multicultural Case Study Curriculum for Catalyzing Justice with Conflict Skills and Tools)
* 2021 Living Inspiration: A Text/Workbook for Applied Ethics, Public Speaking, Human Relations and Creative Good
* 2021 Preventing and Reducing Violence in Schools and Society
* 2018 Transforming International Conflict Resolution to Catch Up with the Twenty-First Century, Wisconsin International Law Journal Vol. 35, No.1, Fall 2017
* 2017 Creating a Sustainable Vision of Nonviolence in Schools and Society
* 2017-To Date, Editor-in-Chief:Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies (ARCS): 115 Volumes
* 2014 Collective Efficacy:Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Leadership
* 2011 Negotiation Alchemy: Global Skills Inspiring & Transforming Diverging Worlds
* 2009 Negotiating and Mediating Peace in Africa, Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal (volume 9-3:457-494)
* 2006 Appreciating Mediation's Global Role with Good Governance, Harvard Negotiation Law Review (volume 11:355-419)
* 2004 The Global Popularity and Promise of Facilitative ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution), Temple International & Comparative Law Journal (volume 18, number 2).
* 2003 Holding These Truths: Empowerment and Recognition in Action-Interactive Case Study Curriculum for Multicultural Dispute Resolution
* 1984 Prostitutes: Victims of Men's Exploitation and Abuse, Journal of Law and Inequality (volume 2)