Michelle LeBaron is an internationally renowned scholar/practitioner, currently serving as a professor of law and Director of Dispute Resolution at the University of British Columbia, Canada. She has done seminal work in many areas of conflict resolution including intercultural, international, family and commercial. Professor LeBaron's books include Bridging Troubled Waters, Bridging Cultural Conflicts: A New Approach for a Changing World and Conflict Across Cultures: A Unique Experience of Bridging Differences, the product of collaboration among five authors from four continents.
Creativity, cultural fluency and collaboration are the focus of Professor LeBaron's work. Her current research explores the arts and contemplative practices as vital resources for transforming cross-cultural conflicts.
Professor LeBaron recently completed a research project called CRANE:
Conflict Resolution, Arts and iNtercultural Experience, in which artists, conflict resolution practitioners and members of diverse communities addressed intractable conflict using the arts. Her current work, Dancing at the Crossroads, explores dance and movement as resources for reconciliation across historical divides.