Melissa Wild
Applied Anthropologist & Mediator - 15 years in program & partnership development in SWANA region, Current research: how people put digital technologies to use “for good”, and what happens to humans in these processes.
- Role
- Special Advisor at University For Peace Upeace - Un Mandated
- Location
- Yonkers, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Melissa Wild
Melissa Wild (she/her) is a mediator, linguist and anthropologist, focused on the intersection of peacebuilding and technological development. Having worked for over ten years across both the private & public sectors, throughout the Middle East region, studying the languages and cultures that define it, Melissa is especially skilled in relationship-building across diverse, often contentious lines, including between the technically trained in digital technologies and those in peacebuilding or related fields. Melissa believes in ethnography for peacebuilding research, that peace is a practice, and that work in the name of social progress requires self-reflection of intent and constant interrogation of impact.
Experience
Special Advisor
University For Peace Upeace - Un Mandated
Jan 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US
Education
The American University in Cairo
Field Research and course completion
2011 — 2011
University of Haifa
Master’s Degree, Peace and Conflict Management
2016 — 2017
NYU School of Professional Studies
Certificate in Translation, Arabic > English
2014 — 2015
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar
Working toward Bachelor's
2011 — 2011
Teachers College, Columbia University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Anthropology
Teachers College, Columbia University
Courses in negotiation & mediation, Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Georgetown University
Bachelor's degree, Arabic & Sociology
2008 — 2012
Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government
Certificate of Completion, Arab Gulf Region
2013 — 2013
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