Jennifer Batton

Title: Assistant Lecturer of Education; Conflict Management Training instructor
Dept/Program: Lebron James Family Foundation School of Education; Center for Conflict Management
Phone: 216-952-5609
Email: jbatton@uakron.edu

Biography

Jen Batton is an Adjunct Professor of Education in the Lebron James Family Foundation School of Education at UA and serves on
the Advisory Board for the Center for Conflict Management. She has 25 years’ experience in the field of conflict
resolution/alternative dispute resolution working for state government, higher education, and a non-profit to help local and global
communities build their capacity to prevent, address, and manage conflict. Her work includes eight years in state government (serving
@ 3600 primary and secondary public schools and 52 teacher training colleges and universities) as the Director of Education
Programs for the Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management, seven years as the director of the Global Issues
Resource Center at Cuyahoga Community College, and international education work in 23 countries. She provided direct service to
more than 71 colleges and universities, 600 primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of civil society and governmental organizations.