Carolyne Ashton

Carolyne Ashton is a senior research associate with Search for Common Ground. She coordinates cross-program research projects designed to raise awareness across Search and in the peacebuilding arena. She also contributes to development of tools for design, monitoring and evaluation and toolkits on program planning based on Search’s work in media and training for conflict resolution and prevention.

She has 25 years of experience in conflict resolution, collaborative problem solving, cultural diversity/competence, and participatory evaluation of education and peacebuilding programs. Other experience includes teaching graduate research methods, facilitation in conflict resolution, strategic planning, and results-oriented planning and evaluation. She also provides training and curriculum development in these areas. Carolyne specializes in the design and implementation of collaborative evaluation models, in multicultural settings, intended to measure results and lead to greater stakeholder involvement. She has provided services at the organizational, local, state, national and international levels, including for UNICEF, OSCE, UPeace, International Relief & Development/USAID, and state and local education agencies. Carolyne graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in International Relations from Trinity University, Washington, DC (1988) and has a Ph. D. from the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (2007).