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Professions
PROFESSIONS IN THE FIELDS OF PEACE,
CONFLICT RESOLUTION, AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY*
Undergraduate Degree Career Options Include:
- Communication Coordinator/Assistant
- Community Development Organizer
- Congressional or Legislative Aide
- Educator
- Human/Civil Rights Officer
- Journalist
- Media Critic/Specialist
- Program Assistant/Associate/Coordinator
- Public Advocate/Activist
- Public Relations Officer
- Research Assistant
- Speechwriter
Advanced Degree Career Options Include:
- Attorney
- Community Mediator
- Consultant (Independent)
- Editorial Columnist/Lecturer
- Executive Director of Non-profit or Non-governmental Organization
- Director of Non-profit Agency or Institute
- Governmental Advisor
- Human Resources/Personnel Manager
- International Negotiator
- Legal Advocate (poor, refugees, women, civil rights)
- Labor Negotiator
- Minister
- Ombudsperson
- Organizational Trainer/Facilitator
- Policy Analyst
- Professor
- Program Manager
- Research Associate
- Regional Monitor (e.g., for Human Rights)
- Writer/Reporter (Freelance)
*Note: Studies in this area are often combined with emphases in fields including art, anthropology, biology, business, communication, history, literature, philosophy (especially ethics), political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and theatre.
Sources include:
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/OCS/industryinfo/humanrights.asp
http://www.sais-jhu.edu/studentservices/career_services/Students_Alumni/sector_p
http://pawss.hampshire.edu/students/careers/