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Dr. Maria J. Stephan is a senior advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where she focuses on civil resistance, nonviolent movements and their relevance to conflict transformation and democratic development. She holds an MA and Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a bachelor’s degree from Boston College. Stephan was a keynote speaker at the 2017 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.