Karen Murphy

Karen Murphy is the Director of International Strategy for Facing History and Ourselves. She is based in New York City and grateful for the opportunity to work with educators and representatives from civil society organizations across the globe. In addition to our programmatic work, Karen is immersed in a longitudinal study of adolescents from divided societies with identity-based conflicts (South Africa, Northern Ireland, and the United States), and the ways these young people develop as civic actors, including the factors that impede and support their development. Karen's doctoral work focused on the role of race and racial violence in the construction of United States national identity.

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Talking About Paris: Citizenship in the Face of Division, Fear, and Hatred

Posted by Karen Murphy on January 12, 2015

Teaching after mass violence, including acts of terrorism, is incredibly challenging.

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Topics: Antisemitism, Democracy, Choosing to Participate, Human Rights, Immigration, Religious Tolerance, Teaching, Schools, News, Identity, Genocide/Collective Violence

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