Ezra Scott Jr.
2010 Undergraduate Student Peace Studies Scholar of the Year
Ezra will graduate from SUNY Cortland with a BA in Sociology May 2010. Ezra is a substitute for Linda’s Lullaby Daycare and an intern at Walden’s Place Assisted Living Community, the new choice for seniors that offers attractive apartments with activities, personal care, transportation, and amenities within a beautiful community. Also Ezra is currently an intern at Hillbrook Youth Detention Center, a secure facility for youth between the ages of 10 to 16, bringing once a month college groups to speak and work with the residents. Ezra is a member of M.O.V.E (Men of Value and Excellence) and the Criminology Club at SUNY Cortland. He played for two years and was captain of Niagara County Community College Mens Basketball Team and he played one year for SUNY Cortland’s Men’s Basketball team. In his free time he enjoy’s hanging with friends, working with kids, reading, playing sports, and watching movies.
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Heather Pincock
2010 Graduate Student Peace Studies Scholar of the Year
Heather is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University and active with Maxwell’s Program for Advancement on Research in Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC). Her research is broadly concerned with theories of democracy and citizenship, and her work examines how both citizens and the state seek to manage everyday conflicts in ways that conform to, reinforce, and challenge democratic values of autonomy, equality, and community. Her dissertation, “Does deliberation make better citizens? examines the social impacts and democratic significance of community mediation organizations in North America. In 2008-2009 she was a doctoral fellow at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Heather has assisted with and taught courses in conflict management and political science at Syracuse University and will be an adjunct professor at Utica College in Fall 2010. While pursuing her studies in Syracuse, Heather has practiced as a mediator, facilitator and trainer. She has served as the coordinator of PARCC’s Conflict Management Center (2004-2005) and as a volunteer mediator at New Justice Conflict Resolution Services in Syracuse NY (2004-2008). In 2004 she began her training with Alternatives to Violence Program (AVP) by taking workshops with inmates at Auburn Correctional Facility. She is currently an apprentice facilitator with AVP and has been volunteering regularly on facilitation teams delivering non-violence workshops inside Auburn and Butler Correctional Facilities since February 2010.
