Pamela Steiner, EdD
Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Visiting Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Pamela Steiner is a Senior Fellow with HHI and also the Project Director of HHI's Inter-Communal Violence and Reconciliation Project. Her current project aims to improve the relationship between Turkish and Armenian populations. A co-founder of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Harvard's Weatherhead Center of International Affairs (1995-2003), Dr. Steiner is knowledgeable about the nature and healing of trauma and on the dynamics between interpersonal, intra- and intergroup relations and individuals' consciousness capacities. She has extensive experience in conflict resolution and reconciliation efforts with many groups, including Israelis and Palestinians, Armenians and Turks, and Germans and Jews.
Dr. Steiner also practices as a psychotherapist and specializes in working with individuals who have a history of trauma. She is certified in Somatic Experiencing, a new approach to healing from trauma. Her understanding about the nature and healing of trauma in individuals informs her work with HHI. For twelve years she was a Clinical Instructor in Psychology at Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Steiner holds a Master's Degree in Government from Harvard University, a Master's Degree in Counseling and Consulting Psychology as well as a doctorate in Developmental Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.
Click here to read an interview in "Zaman Daily" with Pam Steiner on improving Turkish and Armenian relations.
Click here to read Pam's speech presented at "An Honest Voice in History: Henry Morgenthau in Constantinople and Athens."
Read more about the Inter-Communal Violence and Reconciliation Project here.