ALLMEP is excited to announce the addition of a new member of staff. Dr. Ned Lazarus will be joining our team as Research Director and will manage ALLMEP’s new research and evaluation projects.Ned is currently Visiting Professor of International Affairs at The George Washington University’s Elliott School and an Israel Institute Teaching Fellow. A Conflict Resolution scholar, practitioner and evaluator, Ned has evaluated Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding initiatives on behalf of USAID, USIP and the European Union; his research has been published in Peace and Change, International Journal of Conflict Engagement and Resolution, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, Palestine-Israel Journal, and Israel Studies Review. Ned earned his doctorate from American University’s School of International Service in 2011; his dissertation traces the long-term impact of peace education participation among more than 800 Israeli and Palestinian Seeds of Peace participants from adolescence through adulthood. Before entering the academic field, Ned served as Middle East Program Director for Seeds of Peace, based in Jerusalem, from 1996-2004.