Karina Korostelina

INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
MSN 4D3
ARLINGTON, VA 22201
Phone: (703) 993-1304 Fax: (703)-993-1302
E-mail: ckoroste@gmu.edu

Karina Korostelina Bio

EDUCATION

Dr. of Sc. (Doctor of science) in social psychology. Institute of Psychology of Ukrainian Academy of Science. "Structure and dynamic of social identity system", Kiev, 2003

Ph.D. (Kandidat of science) in psychology. Odessa State University, "Typological peculiarity of process of the decision making",1994

MA (honors) Kiev State University. Psychologist, lecturer on psychology, 1991

BA (honors) Kiev State University. Psychologist, 1990

ADDITIONAL COURSES AND SESSIONS:
CRC Nationalism session at The Curriculum Resource Center of the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, March, 2001

Summer School of European Research Center of Migration and Ethnic Relation (ERCOMER) "Immigrant Incorporation in Europe", Lisbon, Portugal, May, 1999

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

April 2005- present
Research faculty, The Critical Infrastructure Protection Program (CIPP) at George Mason University School of Law
- Conduct project “Lessons Learned from International Experience: Preparedness of Populations for Catastrophic Events and Terrorism”

August 2003- present
Research Professor, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
-Conduct research;
-Prepare and participate in projects.

December 2002- March 2004
Fellow, Fulbright New Century Scholars Program "Addressing Sectarian, Ethnic and Cultural Conflict within and across National Borders."
-Conduct research on Project "The "Peaceful Crimean Model": The impact of National Identity and Civil Society".
-Member of working group " Identity in religious, ethnic, national, and racial conflicts.

March 2001- present
Fellow, European Research Center of Migration and Ethnic Relation (ERCOMER), Holland
-Conduct collaborative research in identity formation and conflict resolution.

September 2000- August 2003
Co-director of the project "George Mason University/National Taurida University Partnership for Conflict Resolution Development in Ukraine"
-Coordination of activity of project;
-Leading research and training programs;
-Organizing and conducting summer scholls for students;
-Financial management.

March 2000- present
Member of the Board of Directors, Crimean Integration and Development Center; key responsibilities:
-Leading research and training programs;
-Conducting international seminars;
-Organizing and conducting seminars and training for leaders of NGOs, community activists, teachers and government officials;
-Gave a talk and brown bag lectures at Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo; University of Delaware; Institute for Conflict Analyses and Resolution at George Mason University, European Research Center of Migration and Ethnic Relation (ERCOMER), The Netherlands;

August 1998 - August 2003
Associate Professor
From August 2003- Professor, National Taurida Vernadsky University, Simferopol, Ukraine
-Member of Scientific Council of the Department;
-Give lectures in social psychology, psychodiagnostics, psychology of person, active methods of education;
-Prepared and teach two courses in English: "conflict resolution and peacebuilding", "peacebuilding and peace education", conduct seminars with students;
-Head of studio of Social and Ethnic psychology;
-Teach a course of interethnic relation in the Institute of improvement of professional skills of the executives of the Crimea;

September 1999- March 2000
Regional Exchange Scholar, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Centre, Washington, D.C., USA
-Conduct research on the project "The resolution of ethnic conflict in Crimea".
-Organize the round table "Peace, Conflict and Violence in the Newly Independent States: Borrowing from Western Concepts of Peace Building" (co-sponsored by the Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association)
-Give a Noon presentation on "Ethnic Relations in Crimea: Finding a New Framework for Understanding Tensions in the Search for Peace" at the Woodrow Wilson Center
-Give a Brown Bag Lectures and seminars in Georgetown University and at the Institute for Conflict Analyses and Resolution at George Mason University
-I was given the opportunity to appear 4 times on the Voice of America: twice at free-calling round tables ("Ethnic conflicts in Newly Independent States" and "Ways of peacebuilding in Newly Independent States") and twice at discussion round tables ("Women in peacebuilding" and "Contemporary Ukraine and Russia").

November 1997- 2001
Adviser non governmental organization "The Centre of ethnosocial researches "
-Consult members of non-governmental organizations about the problems of interethnic relations.
-Conduct social-psychological research for Supreme Body and Government of the Crimea.
-Prepare information materials for the Mission of OSCE, OUN and for the Union of the journalists of the Crimea.
-Lead some round tables organized by Danish Refugee Council, Mission of OSCE, OUN devoted to problems of tolerance and democracy building.
-Conduct training for leaders and members of ethnic NGOs.

1994- July1998
Assistant Professor Simferopol State University, Simferopol, Ukraine
-My research deals with the study of structures of consciousness and cognitive representation of the peoples of Crimea.

COMPETITIVE GRANTS AND
FELLOWSHIPS

    • Co-director of project “Religion and education in Tajikistan: Toward tolerant civic society”, supported by USAID
    • Co-director of project “Policy Seminars on Conflicts in Eurasia”, supported by the Title VIII Program of the U.S. State Department.
    •  Country director, INTAS research project "The quest for ethno-national identity: positive and negative effects" in collaboration with ERCOMER.
    • Spencer Fellowship of National Academy of Education. Project “Education for tolerance: multicultural setting or ethnic school?”
    • Fellowship of Fulbright New Century Scholars Program "Addressing Sectarian, Ethnic and Cultural Conflict within and across National Borders." Project “The “Peaceful Crimean Model”: The impact of National Identity and Civil Society”.
    • IPRA research grant “Sources for Ethnic Tension in the Crimea: Instrumental  vs. Primordial Approaches”.
    • Director of project “Tolerant communities”, supported by the Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine.
    • ECA Alumni Small Grant for publication of the book “Reconciliation in the Crimea: toward identity-based peace building.”
    • Director of project “Facilitating community change in multicultural settlements of Crimea”, supported by the Confidence-building Measures Programme of the Council of Europe.
    • INTAS Grant for Young Scientists in category “Experienced Ph.D. Fellowship”
    • Renewal of INTAS Grant for Young Scientists.
    • The Curriculum Resource Center of the Central European University, participation in the CRC Nationalism session.
    • Director of project “Formation of national identity: the way to peacebuilding in Crimea” (research and seminar series) supported by the Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine.
    • Co-director of project “George Mason University/ National Tavrida Vernadsky University Partnership for Conflict Resolution Development in Ukraine”.Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State, NIS college and University Partnerships Program (NISCUPP).
    • IREX Consortium for Humanities and Social Sciences, Targeted Exchanges Program. «Elaboration of curricula and research program for peace education in Crimea»,
    • Director of project “School of Peace at National Tavrida Vernadsky University” supported by United States Institute of Peace.
    • Individual Research Support Scheme Grant “Ethnic Identity and Conflict Behaviour: the problems of peacebuilding in the Crimea”, Open Society Support Foundation
    • Regional Scholar Exchange Program of United States Information Agency Fellowship  “The resolution of ethnic conflict in Crimea “at Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C
    • Research and Writing Initiative of the Program on Global Security and Sustainability of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation individual grant “Social-Psychological Causes of Ethnic Conflict in Crimea and Development of Methods to Correct stereotypisation”
    • Soros Foundation, Open Society Institute ,  Managing Multiethnic Communities Project. Grant for Case Study “National Cultural Societies in Crime

PUBLICATIONS

Books:

2006)  Social identity and Conflict. Palgrave Macmillian,  in course of publication.
(2006) (Editor together with Daniel Rothbart). Identity, Morality, and Threat. Lexington.
(2003) Social'naya identichnost' i konflict (The social identity and conflict). Simferopol, Dolya, 360 p.
(2002) Sistema social'nyh identichnostey: opyt analiza ethnicheskoi situachii v Krymu. (The system of social identities: the analysis of ethnic situation in the Crimea). Simferopol, Dolya, 255 p.
(2001) (Editor).Mezhethnicheskoe soglasie v Krymu: puti dostizeniya (Interethnic co-existence in the Crimea: the ways of achievement). Simferopol, Dolya, 263 p.
(1998) Psihodiagnostika mezhetnicheskih otnoshenii v Krymu (Psychodiagnostic of interethnic relations in the Crimea) Simferopol.St.Univ. , 135 p.

Book chapters and articles:
In English:

(2006) Management of Multi-cultural Communities in Crimea. In Success stories of peacebuilding. In course of publication.
(2006) Interrelations between national and ethnic identity and the readiness for conflict behavior. In James Peacock (Ed.) Identity matters. Berghahn, In course of publication
 (2006) National identity formation and conflict intensions of ethnic minorities. In Mari Fitzduff  and Chris E. Stout (Eds). The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts [Three Volumes]: From War to Peace (Contemporary Psychology). Praeger Press.
 (2005) The impact of national identity on conflict behavior: Comparative analysis of two ethnic minorities in Crimea. InE. A. Tiryakian Ethnicity, Ethnic Conflicts, Peace Processes: Comparative Perspectives. De Sitter Publication: Whitby, ON.
(2004) The Impact Of National Identity On Conflict Behavior: Comparative Analysis Of Two Ethnic Minorities In Crimea. Comparative sociology, in course of publication
(2003) The Multiethnic State-Building Dilemma: National and Ethnic Minorities' Identities in the Crimea. National Identities, 5, N 2, p. 141-159
(2002) Identity Based Training: Toward Peacebuilding in Multicultural Societies (Report No. NCRTL-RR-143). East Lansing, MI: National Center for Research on Teaching Learning. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 462 636)
(2001) Identity based training. Nauka i Osvita (Science and Education), 6. Odessa, p. 59-64
(2000) Peace Building in Multiethnic Crimea. Give &Take: A Journal on Civil Society in Eurasia, 3, issue 1, p. 26-27
(2000) The Social - Psychological Roots of the Ethnic Problems in Crimea, Democratizatsiya, 8, N 2, p. 219-231
(2000) Crimean Psychologists Investigate Multi - Ethnic Conflict and Social Change. Psychology International: Journal of American Psychological Association Office of International Affairs . Vol.11, N2, p1-3

Web publications:

The social-psychological aspects of ethnic problems in Crimea. Local Government and public Service Reform Initiative, Open Society Institute, http://lgi.osi.hu/ethnic/relations/1/crimea2.html; http://lgi.osi.hu/ethnic/relations/1/crimea.html
The analyses of social-psychological peculiarities of interethnic relation in Crimea. Internet-journal of IREX "Polemic", ?4, June, 1999, http://www.irex.ru/publications/polemika/4/art6.htm
National Cultural Societies in Crimea. Open Society Institute, Managing Multiethnic communities Project. In English: http://lgi.osi.hu/ethnic/csdb/doc/Akoroste.doc In Russian: http://lgi.osi.hu/ethnic/csdb/doc/rkoroste.doc

In Russian and Ukrainian:
(2003) Problema vzaemozvyazku miz social'noyu identichnostuy, attitudami I gotovnost'uy do konflictnoyu povedinki (problems of interrelations among social identity, attitudes and readiness for conflict behavior) Aktual'ni problemu psyhologii (Topical problems of psychology), 1, Kiev, 25-28
(2002) Problemy formuvanya nacional'noyi identichnosti yak osnova byhovanya osobystosti (Problems of national identity formation as basis for personal development) Aktual'ni problemu psyhologii (Topical problems of psychology), 8, Kiev, 85-88
(2002) Formuvanya nacional'noyi identichnosti yak zavdanya gumanizatsii osvity (Formation of national identity as task of humanisation of education Aktual'ni problemu psyhologii (Topical problems of psychology), 7, Kiev, 106 - 111
(2002) Ethnicheskaya identicnost' I ostenka situactiy: opyt exsperimental'nogo issledovaniya. (Ethnic identity and estimation of situations: the experimental study): Zhurnal practicheskogo psihologa (The journal of practicing psychologist),8. Kiev, p.118-134.
(2002) Social'na identichnist' ak determinanta spriinyatay I ocinki inshih grup (social identity as determinant of perception and estimation of outgroups. Aktual'ni problemu psyhologii (Topical problems of psychology), 4, Kiev, 35-40
(2002) Osobistisna I etnichna identichnosti kryms'kyh tatar irossiyan (Personal and ethnic identity among Crimean Tatars and Russians). Problemy zagal'noi ta pedagogichnoi psihologii (The problem of general and pedagogic psychology), 1. Kiev, p. 117-121
(2002) Funkstii I vyrazennost'soctial'noi identichnosti: problemy vzaemozvyazku (Functions and salience of social identity: problems of interrelations). Aktual'ni problemu psyhologii (Topical problems of psychology), 3, Kiev, 87-91
(2001) Identichnost' yak systema: struktura I smuslovoi zmist elementiv (Identity as a system (structure and meaning of elements). Problemy zagal'noi ta pedagogichnoi psihologii (The problem of general and pedagogic psychology), 7. Kiev, p. 118-124
(2001) Kross-culturnaya adaptastiya (Cross-cultural adaptation). Materials for training. Simferopol,72 p.
(2001) Identichnost' i tolerantnost'(Identity and tolerance). Materials for training. Simferopol,44 p.
(2001) Mezhethniccheskaya adaptacia I ethnichaskie stereotypy- problemy vzaimosvyazi (Interethnic adaptation and ethnic stereotypes: the problems of interconnection). Nauka i Osvita (Science and Education), 3. Odessa, p. 59-64
(2001) Identichnost' i tolerantnost': na putyah formirovaniya kul'tury mira v Krymu. (Identity and tolerance: on the ways of peacebuilding in the Crimea). Korostelina C. V., Gabrielyan O.A., Shorkin A.D.(Eds). Mezhethnicheskoe soglasie v Krymu: puti dostizeniya (Interethnic co-existence in the Crimea: the ways of achievement). Simferopol, Dolya, p. 248-259.
(2001) Problemy mezhethnicheskoi adaptatsii (The problems of ethnic adaptation). Korostelina C. V., Gabrielyan O.A., Shorkin A.D.(Eds). Mezhethnicheskoe soglasie v Krymu: puti dostizeniya (Interethnic co-existence in the Crimea: the ways of achievement). Simferopol, Dolya, p.74-95
(2001) Problema vyvchennya struktury identichnostey yak chinika u prognozyvanni cochial'nogo rozvitku syspilstva (Problem of research of identities' structure as index in prognosis of social development).:Problemy zagal'noi ta pedagogichnoi psihologii (The problem of general and pedagogic psychology), 1. Kiev, p. 60-65.
Osobennosti motivastiono-potrebnostnoi sfery kak determinanta mezhetnicheskogo vzaimodeistviya (The peculiarities of motives and need as a determinant of interethnic relations). Sbirnik naukovih prast' institutu im. Dragomanova: psyhologiya (Scientific paper of Dragomanov's Institute: Psychology) ,12. Kiev, p.70-76
(2001) Ethnicheskie stereotypy kak determinanta otsenki ethicheskih konflictov (vzglyad iz Kryma na Kosovo)(Ethnic stereotypes as a determinant of estimation of ethnic conflict (the view from the Crimea to Kosovo). Practychna psyhologiya ta social'na robota (Applied psychology and social work),2. Kiev, p.32-37.
(2001) Kulturnye razmernosti i kross-kul'turnaya adaptachiya (Cultural dimensions and cross-cultural adaptation): Zhurnal practicheskogo psihologa (The journal of practicing psychologist),7. Kiev, p.118-138.
(2000) Vyrachennost' social'noy identichnosti (The problems of social identity salience) Problemy zagal'noi ta pedagogichnoi psihologii" (The problem of general and pedagogic psychology),6. Kiev, p.59-67.
(2000) Mezethnicheskaya adaptaciya i ethnicheskie stereotypy: problema vsaimosvyazi (Interethnic adaptation and stereotypes: the problem of interrelations. Nauka i Osvita (Science and Education), 6. Odessa, p. 56-74.
(2000) Processy stereotipzatsii u krumsko-tatarskogo i slavyanskogo naseleniya (The processes of steretypisation of Crimean Tatars and Slavs). Problemy zagal'noi ta pedagogichnoi psihologii. (The problem of general and pedagogic psychology),5. Kiev, p.112-119
(2000) Ethnicheskoe vsaimodeistvie v Krymu: analis modelei situachiy.(Ethnic relations in the Crimea: the analyses of models of situations). Nauka i Osvita (Science and Education), 5. Odessa, p. 31-35.
(1999)Etnicheskie osobennosti vospriayatiya studentov (The ethnic peculiarities of perception of student). In: Psihologicheskie i pedagogicheskie aspecti prepodavaniya v VUZe (Psychological and pedagogical aspects of reading in Universities), Simferopol, , p27-29
(1999) Problemy issledovaniya etnicheskih osobennostey formirivaniya lichnosti pebenka. (The problems of researches of ethnical peculiarities of firming of child's persons). Materials of scientific Conference: "Kostukovskie chteniya" (The Kostuk's Reading), Kiev, p.161-167
(1999) Etnicheskie osobennosti potrebitel'skogo povedeniya (The ethnical peculiarities of consumer behavior). Materials of scientific Conference: " Kostukovskie chteniya" (The Kostuk's Reading), Kiev, p.168-173
(1999) "Social'no- psihologicheskie korni ethniceskih problem" (The social psychological roots of ethnic problems). "Zhurnal practicheskogo psihologa" (The journal of practical psychologist), 5. Kiev, p.109-133
(1999) Social'no psihologicheskie osnovy ethnicheskih konflictov (The social psychological reasons of ethnical conflict). Cul'tura narodov Prichernomor'ya (Culture of the peoples of Black Sea Area), 1 .Simferopol, p.67-91
(1999) Modeli etniceskih situaciy i osobennosti activnosti. (The models of ethnic situations and peculiarities of activity). Uchenye zapiski SGU ( The scientific notes of Simferopol State University), 4. Simferopol, p.43-54
(1999) Culturnye determinanty mezhetnicheskih otnosheniy (The cultural determinants of interethnic relations). Uchenye zapiski SGU. (The scientific notes of Simferopol State University), 5. Simferopol, p.104-116
(1999) Problemy social'no-psyhologiceskogo issledovaniya conflictov (The problems social -psychological researches of ethnical conflicts). "Region", 4 , p.32-46
(1999) Ethnicheskaya identichnost' i affilyatsiya (The ethnical identity and affiliation) .: Uchenye zapiski TEI" (The scientific notes of Tavrichesky Ecological Institute) Simferopol, 1999, p. 84-96

Book and article reviews
Andrea Krizsán The Role of Specialized Bodies in Regulating Racial Discrimination. The Special Case of the Hungarian Minority Ombudsman for Comparative analysis of interethnic relation in Europe, Berlin, 2001
Frank Aarebrot & Terje Knutsen (ed) Politics and Citizenship on the Eastern Baltic Seaboard. Kristiansand: Hoyskoleforlaget, Nordic Academic Press, 2000, 344pp. for EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES.
Karl D. Qualls. Imagining Sevastopol: The Use of History in Postwar Identity Creation, 1942-1953. for National IdentitieS

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

  1. Social identity: structure, dynamics and impact on conflicts’, International Peace research association conference, Calgary, June 29- July 3, 2006.
  2. ‘Dealing with identity conflicts: early warning and identity management’, International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22-25, 2006.
  3. ‘Interrelations among identities and conflict intensions of Muslim and non-Muslim minorities in Crimea’, International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22-25, 2006.
  4. ‘From enemies to friends: methods of identity management’,  APA convention,  Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2005
  5. ‘Social Identity and Conflict Prevention in Central Asia’, Soros Annual Faculty Development Seminar on Central Asia, GMU, Arlington, VA, April 29- May 1, 2005
  6. ‘National Identity Formation and Conflict Intentions Of Ethnic Minorities.’ 10th Annual ASN Convention, Columbia University, New York, NY, April 14-16,2005
  7. ‘Nation building and Identity Management’. Integrating The Global and the Local, Conference on new directions in the study of conflict and conflict resolution. University of Maryland, MD, April 7-10, 2005
  8. ‘Muslim minority in European state’. International Studies Association Annual Convention, Honolulu, HI, March 1-7, 2005.
  9. ‘Identity and ethnic relations at schools’. Building constructive framework for improving ethnic relations: Best practices here and abroad, University of Denver, August 19-21, 2004
  10. 'Readiness for conflict behaviour in interethnic relations: the case of the Crimea'. International Studies Association Annual Convention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 17- 20, 2004
  11. Formation of National Identity among Ethnic Minorities in Ukraine
    The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, January 05, 2004.
  12. 'Formation of national identity and conflict behavior of ethnic minorities'. 8th European congress of psychology. Vienna, Austria, July 6-11, 2003
  13. 'Perspective of research of social identity'. “Intercultural communication: dialog and cooperation”. Alushta, the Crimea, Ukraine, May 26-31, 2003
  14. 'Multuculturalism and formation of National identity among ethnic minorities'. International Forum on Culture and National Identity, Crimea, Ukraine, October 3-5, 2002
  15.   'Identity and conflict behavior: the dilemma of interrelations'. “Intercultural communication: reality and perspectives”. Alushta, the Crimea, Ukraine, May 27-31, 2002
  16. 'Domestic ethnic conflicts in the post Cold war period: regional security and the external actors in the Crimea'. ISA Convention “ Dissolving boundaries: the nexus between comparative politics and international relations”, New Orleans, LA, March , 23- 27, 2002
  17. 'National and ethnic identity among young representatives of ethnic minorities in Ukraine'. Symposium of Council of Europe: “Youth- actor of social change?”, Strasbourg, France,  December,12-16, 2001
  18. 'National Identity Building and National Security Concepts in Ukraine: The Case of Crimea'. “Nationality and Citizenship in Post-Communist Europe”. An International Conference organized by the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques with the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN). Paris , France, July 9-10, 2001
  19. 'National identity formation and conflict behavior of minorities'. VIIth European Congress of Psychology, London, July 1-6, 2001
  20. 'Ethnic minorities in nationalizing state of Ukraine:  in search for identity.”. "Voice or Exit: Comparative Perspectives on Ethnic Minorities in Twentieth Century Europe', Berlin, June 14 to 16, 2001
  21. 'Needs and motivation in interethnic relations'. II International Crimean conference  "Dream, Disorder and Death in World Culture' Yalta, Ukraine,  May, 2001
  22. 'The Multiethnic State-Building Dilemma: National and Ethnic Minorities’ Identities in Ukraine'. ISA Convention “International relations and the New Inequality: power, wealth, and the transformation of global society”, Chicago, IL, USA, February, 20-24, 2001
  23. 'Ethnic and personal identity: problems of interrelations'. “Psychology of personality’s crises: theory and practice”. Academy of Pedagogical Sciences  , Kiev, Ukraine,  October, 2000
  24. 'Ethnic minorities in the Crimea : The Search for identity'. “Regional Dynamics of the Black and Caspian Sea Basins”, ECA, IREX and Starr foundation conference,  Odesa, Ukraine, September, 2000
  25. 'Social psychological roots of ethnic tensions in the Crimea'. XXVII International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden,  July 23-28, 2000
  26. 'Yalta-2000: The role of Europe in the 21 century'. International conference with CEESAG, CERIS and NATO. Yalta, Ukraine, May, 2000
  27. 'Interethnic adaptation in the Crimea'. “Problems of ethnic minorities in Crimea”, session of Council of Europe, Yalta, Ukraine, April, 2000
  28. 'Ethnic Relations in Crimea: Finding a New Framework for Understanding Tensions'. “Counter Terrorism Strategies for 21st Century: The Russian Lessons”. Potomac Institute for policy studies, Arlington, USA,  February, 2000
  29. 'Conflict and Peace in Comparative Perspective'. “Women Waging Peace”, Harvard University, Boston, USA, December,1999
  30. 'Tensions in the Crimea: toward stabilization'. Annual International Security Studies Section Conference. Georgetown University, Washington, USA, November, 1999
  31. Cognitive models of ethnic situation in the Crimea', The congress of psychologists of USSR, Moscow, 1998

LEADING SESSIONS:
1. "Identity and ethnic relations". "Intercultural communication: dialog and cooperation". Alushta, the Crimea, Ukraine, May 26-31, 2003
2. "Indigenous Cultures of Crimea and their role in the future of Ukraine", International Forum on Culture and National Identity, Crimea, Ukraine, October 3-5, 2002
3. "Identity and ethnic relations". "Intercultural communication: reality and perspectives". Alushta, the Crimea, Ukraine, May 27-31, 2002
4. "Civil society in Eastern Europe". Colloquium on Civil Society, University of Glamorgan, UK, May ,13-14, 2002
5. "NGO's in conflict resolution". "Role of the NGO's in local communities' development" . International conference, Yalta, Ukraine, April, 2000

CONFERENCE AND ROUND TABLE ORGANISER:
1. Soros Annual Faculty Development Seminar on Central Asia, GMU, Arlington, VA, April 29- May 1, 2005
2. "Intercultural communication: dialog and cooperation". Alushta, the Crimea, Ukraine, May 26-31, 2003.
3. "Intercultural communication: reality and perspectives". Alushta, the Crimea, Ukraine, May 27-31, 2002.
4. "Peace, Conflict and Violence in the Newly Independent States: Borrowing from Western Concepts of Peace Building" (Round-table co-sponsored by the Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association) Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington , DC, February, 2000.

TEACHING

TEACHING: UNIVERSITY- LEVEL COURSES.

  1. Conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
  2. Peace education.
  3. Identity and conflict.
  4. Internationally applied theory and practice of conflict resolution.
  5. General psychology
  6. Social psychology
  7. Developmental psychology
  8. Psychology of an individual.
  9. Theory and methods of psychological diagnostic.
  10. Active methods of social education.

The course Conflict resolution and peacebuilding is published in Web Collection of Curriculum Resource Center (CRC) in Central European University http://www.ceu.hu/crc/Syllabi/alumni/nationalism/korostelina.html

ORGANISING AND TEACHING IN SUMMER SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTES:
 Summer Training Institute on Conflict Resolution, Yalta, Ukraine, August, 2001. (Together with ICAR, George Mason University).
Training Institute on Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, October, 2002 (for students of NTVU)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  1. European Association of Experimental Social Psychology
  2. International Study Association
  3. Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association

PERSONAL

NATIONALITY: Ukrainian

LANGUAGES: Russian (native), English (fluent), Ukrainian (good).