Dr. Paul’s research focuses generally on the construction of communities both at work and at home. He specifically explores issues related to restorative justice, conflict management in the workplace, forgiveness and revenge, dialogue and deliberation. He has conducted research that explores how facilitators of victim-offender dialogue understand justice and their roles in helping participants to accomplish justice.
He is also conducting research on motivations to forgive following hurtful events as well as motivation to participate in deliberative programming.
Teaching:
- Organizational Communication
- Conflict Management and Communication
- Communication in the Nonprofit Sector
- Negotiation
- Business and Professional Communication
- Research Methods in Communication
- Introduction to Public Speaking
- Persuasion.
Research Interests:
- Conflict Management
- Restorative Justice
- Dialogue
- Interested in the question of how we build systems of support to help people work through difficult situations.
Current Research Projects:
- Ongoing project on facilitating restorative justice in communities.
- Interested in how people define justice and where those definitions come from.
Subject Areas:
- Corporate, Workplace, and Organizational Communication
- Organizational & Workplace Communication
- Advocacy, Justice, and Conflict
- Conflict Management & Negotiation
- Dialogue
- Justice
