Speakers

Dr. James L. Narel
Academic Director
Peace Operations Policy Program
George Mason University,  School of Public Policy.

As Academic Director, Dr. Narel is responsible for curriculum development and staff coordination for a unique graduate program for over 250 students who have attained or are working toward a master’s degree in peace operations. During his more than ten-year association with the George Mason program, Dr. Narel has contributed to the development of the widely known Conceptual Model of Peace Operations and participated in sponsored research programs in the United Kingdom, Bosnia, Haiti, and Australia.

Dr. Narel served 26 years in the U.S. Army, retiring at the rank of colonel. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy, the Command and General Staff College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He had assignments in the U.S., Europe, and the Far East, and two Pentagon tours, including appointment as special assistant to the Army chief of staff. He was a soldier-scholar, having twice been assigned to the faculty at West Point and later to the National Defense University, where he taught strategic decision making as a Professor of Organizational Management.

In 2007, Dr. Narel completed a research effort that investigated the organizational cultures of humanitarian non-governmental organizations serving alongside the military in complex humanitarian emergencies. He believes that the findings of that research provide insights for understanding and improving working relations, not only between those two communities, but perhaps for other elements of the interagency likely to be involved in stability and development operations.

 

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