premise: Chad Ford is an Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University – Hawaii (BYUH). He is Director of the University's McKay Center and is known for his study of conflict resolution with an emphasis on large group ethnic and religious conflict, as well as for his sports journalism with ESPN.
hypothesis: Mr. Ford has done extensive research into how conflict can be effectively resolved between individuals from differing ethnic and religious backgrounds. 
reason: The context statement mentioned Mr. Ford's emphasis was on large group ethnic and religious conflict, but did not mention any research related to individuals.