723 Millennium - Seventeenth Edition SOCIAL SERVICES AND NONPROFIT Movement, the Institute seeks to memorialize the best qualities of nonviolent struggle and exemplify those strategies as a valid approach to overcoming injustice. Outside of her primary role, Dr. King has also found success as a professor at the UN-affiliated University for Peace in Costa Rica and as a distinguished Rothermere American Institute fellow at the University of Oxford. Dr. King draws much of her extensive knowledge in the area of nonviolent protest from her own experiences as a participant in the U.S. Southern freedom movement. To wit, she is the author of five books on the subject, including “Gandhian Nonviolent Struggle and Untouchability in South India,” which was published in 2015. In honor of both her scholarly prowess and her direct social contributions, she received an unsolicited research grant from the United States Institute of Peace in 2015. Furthermore, she was granted an honorary doctorate in law by Ohio Wesleyan University in 2011. Other accolades to her credit include the James M. Lawson Nonviolent Achievement Award, the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award and an induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1992. Dr. King first studied English literature at Ohio Wesleyan University, where she earned a BA in 1962. Her education on the civil rights movement and voter registration inspired her to learn more about conflict resolution, leading to her participation in the Civil Rights Movement. Following this accomplishment, she completed MBA coursework at Loyola University and attained a PhD in international politics at Aberystwyth University in England in 1999. Adjacent to her primary endeavors, Dr. King is a trustee and officer of the Arca Foundation, a philanthropic organization that aims to lift U.S. sanctions on Cuba. An expert in peace and conflict studies, Dr. Mary Elizabeth King has distinguished herself as the director of the James Lawson Institute, a nonprofit organization founded in 2012 to study the history and strategies of nonviolent civil resistance. Drawing much of its insights from the example of the American Civil Rights MARY ELIZABETH KING, PHD DIRECTOR James Lawson Institute Spotsylvania, VA
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