Terrie R. McCants

Program Coordinator/Instructor, School of Family Studies & Human Services Conflict Specialist

Departments & Academic Units:

• Family Studies and Human Services

Contact Info:

309 Justin Hall
(785) 532-1477

Courses I Teach:

• FSHS 531/751 - Core Conflict Resolution/Conflict Resolution: Core Skills & Strategies
• FSHS 532/752 - Conflict across Cultures & Contexts/Culture & Conflict
• FSHS 533/753 - Prevention & Intervention of Violence/Violence Prevention & Intervention
• FSHS 534/754 - Conflict in Organizations/Organizational Conflict
• FSHS 536/761 - Conflict & Trauma Abroad/International Conflict & Trauma (Peace & Conflict in Northern Ireland - Group Study Abroad)

Areas of Specialization:

• Conflict Analysis & Resolution
• Conflict Coaching
• Mediation
• Facilitation

Education:

• M.S. in Conflict Analysis & Resolution, Nova Southeastern University (2004)
• B.A. in Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, University of Colorado (Denver, 1981)
• State-Approved Mediator/Mentor Mediator
• State-Approved Mediation Trainer
• Advanced Training in Workplace Mediation, Public Policy Mediation, Divorce & Child-Custody Mediation, and Parent/Adolescent Mediation
• Graduate - Spanish Immersion Program, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico
• Graduate - INCORE International Summer School, University Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK

Short Biography

Terrie is the Program Director for the Graduate and Undergraduate Certificates in Conflict Resolution at Kansas State University, and the Co-Coordinator for the Conflict Analysis and Trauma Studies Minor. Besides instructing many of the courses in these programs she also facilitates a study abroad course on Peace and Conflict in Northern Ireland. In addition, she works as a mediator at the School of Family Studies and Human Services’ Family Center. Terrie holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution and is a state approved mediator, mentor mediator, and mediation trainer. She has advanced training in workplace, public policy, divorce and child-custody, and parent/adolescent mediation. Terrie is also the facilitation coordinator for K-State’s Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy. In that capacity she facilitates various strategic/comprehensive plans and departmental/organizational leadership retreats for local, state, and regional entities, and is a co-developer and presenter of the national and international Public Issues Facilitation Workshop.