Nancy Diane Erbe is an American negotiation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). Over the course of her career, she has collaborated with a wide spectrum of individuals and groups representing more than 80 countries, from colleagues and associates to clients and students, on these issues. She is a Fulbright Scholar, Senior Specialist in Peace and Conflict Resolution, and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair (the most prestigious award among the Fulbright Scholar Awards; first and only to date for CSUDH). She has received four Fulbright Honors to date including two in the same year (2015) which is extremely rare. She is the recipient of the Presidential Outstanding Professor Award-2015. In 2015 she along with her husband facilitated the start of the Arab world's first Master's Program in Peace Studies in West Bank. She has been a reviewer for Fulbright Commission in Egypt since 2016.
The U.S. Consulate General and Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) jointly hosted a special event to honor Prof. Erbe and celebrate the 12th anniversary and conclusion of the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies ( social inequalities, urban studies, and international relations). The U.S. Consulate General, Education USA representatives, PUC-Rio graduate students and academics celebrated the event. In concluding the event, the Consul General stressed that the topic that Prof. Erbe presented in her keynote address was not only timely but also supported priority goals and objectives established by the U.S. Diplomatic Mission for U.S.-Brazil bilateral relations.
Life and education
Nancy Erbe graduated from University of Minnesota with a Juris Doctor (cum laude), and Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law with an L.L.M. She was the Founding Director of Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution, University of California, Berkeley. She has published over thirty-five books, law journals, and chapters/articles including Harvard Negotiation Law Journal and other renowned forums. Her law article on human trafficking has been translated by the U.N. into several languages.
Awards and honors
2023-24 Invited to be Distinguished Chair in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences by The Australian National University 2022-23 Invited by the Arctic University of Norway as Distinguished Arctic Scholar 2022 Invited by the U.S. Department of State to attend Alumni Thematic International Exchange Seminar on "Environmental Diplomacy and its Impact on American Society” in April 2022 in Denver, Colorado 2019 Fulbright-Nehru Specialist in Conflict Resolution and Peace in Asia: Issues and Challenges (Central University of Punjab, India ) 2016- Reviewer: Fulbright Commission in Egypt 2015 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies (Brazil) 2015 Presidential Outstanding Professor Award 2015 Fulbright Senior Specialist in Peace and Conflict Resolution (West Bank) 2015 United Nations Nelson Mandela Prize-2015 (Nominated) 2010-14 Fulbright Reviewer for Senior Specialist in Peace and Conflict Resolution 2014 Women of Distinction (33rd Senate District) (Nominated) 2011 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence (Nominated) 2009 Fulbright Senior Specialist in Peace and Conflict Resolution (Cyprus) at University of Nicosia and Eastern Mediterranean University 2002 Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International 1985 Wennerstrom Award for outstanding contribution as Director of Legal Aid Clinic