Below is a list of presentations for the 2018 International Restorative Justice Conference. Additional presenters and programs will be added soon, and please look for the full conference agenda coming in April.

Measures of Success for Restorative Interventions: Moving Beyond Traditional Performance Measures

» Speakers: Sarah L. Desmarais, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Area Coordinator, Applied Social and Community Psychology, North Carolina State University, with Erika Sasson, Andrew Martinez, and Emily Lefebvre

Integrating Restorative Leadership into Your Systems

» Speaker: Koury Cook, Instructor, IIRP

Restorative and Transformative Justice: State Domestic and Sexual Violence Coalitions Impact Response Systems

» Speaker: Karen Tronsgard-Scott, Executive Director, Vermont Network

Legislating for a Restorative City - Potential Pitfalls, an Example from Canberra, Australia

» Speakers: Tony Foley, Professor Australian National University College of Law, Mary Ivec, and Dr. Fiona Tito Wheatland, Executive Officer ACT Law Reform Advisory Council

Success, Challenges & Lessons Learned: First Year Implementation of a School-Based Restorative Justice Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

» Speakers: Kellsie Barton, Erika Sasson and Quaila Hugh

The Feminist & the Sex Offender: Building Alliances, Ending Violence

» Speakers: Judith Levine and Erica S. Meiners

A National Portrait of Restorative Justice Approaches to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: Preliminary Findings from the United States

» Speaker: Joan Pennell, PhD, MSW, Professor of Social Work and Center Director, Center for Family & Community Engagement

Two Theories in Practice: Risk, Need, Responsivity and Trauma-Informed Care

» Speakers: Heather Hobart, Executive Director, Lamoille Restorative Center, Jon Kidde, MSW, Independent Consultant, and Becky Penberthy, Restorative Programs and Vermont Pretrial Operations Director

Restorative Justice and Responsive Regulation in Higher Education: The Complex Web of Campus Sexual Assault Policy in the United States and a Restorative Alternative

» Speakers: David R. Karp, PhD, Professor of Sociology, Skidmore College, Kaaren Williamsen, PhD, Co-Chair, PRISM, Director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center at University of Michigan, and Rick Shafer, MA, Restorative Justice Trainer, Associate Director of Student Life and Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution at Michigan State University

When the Government is the Perpetrator: The Use of Restorative Justice Circles to Bring Healing in Cases of Murder and Execution and When the State Offends: Restorative Justice and the Wrongly Convicted

» Speakers: Cynthia F. Adcock, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Interim Director of Residencies, Elon University School of Law and James Moreno, Esq., Assistant Federal Defender, Capital Habeas Unit, Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Restorative Responses for Cases of Social Media Hate and Harm in Educational Institutions: Theory to Practice

» Speaker: Dr. Julie Shackford-Bradley, Restorative Justice Center Coordinator, University of California at Berkeley

Becoming Relational: Implementing the Restorative Approach in Nova Scotia Schools

» Speaker: Amy Hunt, Vice-Principal, École St. Joseph's A. McKay School, Halifax Regional School Board

Early Childhood Adversity, the ACEs Study and Why They Matter to Human, Social and Justice Services Providers

» Speaker: Kathleen Hentcy, Mental Health & Health Care Integration Director, Department of Mental Health

Take Back the Streets: Improving Public Safety and Health Through Peacekeeping

» Speakers: Sarah Reckess, Esq., Director, Upstate Office, Center for Court Innovation and Al-Amin Muhammad, Peacemaking Associate, Center for Court Innovation

Healing the Academy

» Speaker: Susan Abraham, Professor of Law, New York Law School

RJ and DV Court Mandated Treatment: Practice, Policy, and Research

» Speakers: Briana Barocas, Ph.D., Director of Research, Center on Violence and Recovery, Research Associate Professor, Silver School of Social Work, New York University, and Linda G. Mills, JD, MSW, New York University

A Model Restorative Justice and Practices Act: Addressing the What, Why, and How Questions

» Speaker: Lynn S. Branham, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Saint Louis University School of Law

The Second Step: Pathways to Building a Restorative City

» Speakers: Dr. Nicola Ross, Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Law School, Faculty of Business and Law, and Professor John Anderson, Newcastle Law School

So You Want to Start a Circle of Support and Accountability Programs (COSA): Reflections, Research, and Analysis from Vermont's COSA Program

» Speakers: Kathy Fox, Ph.D, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Director, UVM Liberal Arts in Prison Program (LAPP), Professor, Sociology, University of Vermont, Marc Wennberg, Independent Consultant, and Alfred Mills, COSA Coordinator, Montpelier COSA Program

The What, How and Why of Tier One Restorative Practices

» Speaker: Annie O'Shaughnessy, M.Ed, Educator, teacher trainer and independent consultant

Simon Fraser University: Research on Community Theory and Practice of RJ

» Speakers: Krystal Glowatski, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Student, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, with Brenda Morrison, Muhammad Asadullah, Tamara Pearl, and Alana Abramson

Restorative Bureaucracy - an Oxymoron? Exploring Internal and External Applications of Restorative Justice in Government

» Speakers: Derek Miodownik, Vermont Department of Corrections and Laura E. Zeliger, Community & Restorative Justice Director, Vermont Department of Corrections

Permeability of Social Systems: Exploring the Application of Restorative Justice Principles in Child Protection Work Across Vermont US

» Speaker: Dr. Anamaria Szabo, Lecturer in Social Work, Lead Social Care Learning and Development Hub, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University

Sexual Harassment and Conflict in the Workplace: How Can Restorative Practices Help?

» Speakers: Julio A. Thompson, Assistant Attorney General & Director, Civil Rights Unit, and Heather Hobart, Executive Director, Lamoille Restorative Center

Examining Whiteness Through Restorative Practices

» Speakers from the Restorative Justice Initiative in New York City: Mika Dashman, Katherine Culberg, David Dean, Anna Lemler, Mikhail Lyubansky and Dr. Julie Shackford-Bradley

Restorative Work with Unlikely Players: The Feds

» Speakers: Maria V. D’Addieco, U.S. Probation Officer and colleagues