USD's Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies Hosts Peace Scholar in Residence Mary Anderson

The University of San Diego’s Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies will host Mary B. Anderson, peace scholar in residence, who was most recently Executive Director of CDA Collaborative Learning Projects and President of the Collaborative for Development Action, Inc., a small consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Mary B. Anderson, international aid expert, will discuss her efforts to survey recipients of international aid and evaluate successes and failures of projects in overcoming poverty, resolving conflict, saving and restoring the environment and achieving human rights. Teams of “listeners” have engaged thousands of people in twenty countries around the word in open-ended conversations exploring how they experience the cumulative impacts of aid.

Who: Mary B. Anderson, Peace Scholar

What: Lecture at USD’s Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace & Justice
The Listening Project: How Recipients Judge International Assistance 

Where: University of San Diego
Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace & Justice Theater
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110

When: Tuesday, February 21, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm

Please RSVP at www.sandiego.kintera.org/peacescholar or for more information visit http://www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies. 

About the University of San Diego

Strengthened by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we confront humanity’s challenges by fostering peace, working for justice and leading with love. With more than 8,000 students from 75 countries and 44 states, USD is among the Top 20 Best Private Schools for Making an Impact according to The Princeton Review. USD’s eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Knauss School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education. In 2021, USD was named a “Laudato Si’ University” by the Vatican with a seven-year commitment to address humanity’s urgent challenges by working together to take care of our common home.