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Lecturer in Human Security

Education

BCom(hons), Queen’s University
MS in international relations, London School of Economics & Political Science

Professional Activities

Director, Institutional Learning and Research, Search for Common Ground (2003 – 2005); Director, Policy and Evaluation Unit, INCORE (United Nations University’s Centre for International Conflict Resolution) (2000-2002); Acting Director and Programme Officer, The Coexistence Initiative (1998-2000); member of Washington Evaluators Association, Interaction Working Group, Monitoring and Evaluation, Member of the American Evaluation Association and Canadian Evaluation Association.

Biography

Cheyanne Church is an Lecturer in Human Security at The Fletcher School. She teaches Introduction to Evaluation of Peacebuilding & Development, Advanced Evaluation Concepts and a seminar on Corruption and Conflict . Cheyanne has been involved in peacebuilding research and practice around the world with specific geographic expertise in West Africa, the Balkans and Northern Ireland. She is currently the West Africa Liaison for the Reflecting on Peace Practice (RPP) project of Collaborative for Development Action (CDA) which seeks to improve the effectiveness of peace practice. In this role Cheyanne works with peacebuilding agencies in Liberia to improve the results of their programming. Finally she works as an independent consultant for a wide range of international agencies.

Prior to her role at Fletcher, she was the Director of Institutional Learning at Search for Common Ground (SFCG) where she led the organisation’s work to incorporate design, monitoring and evaluation into programming. SFCG aims to change the way the world deals with conflict and has offices in 16 countries. Before SFCG, Ms Church was the Director of Policy and Evaluation at INCORE in Northern Ireland, a research institute that seeks to blend policy and practice to find new answers to violent conflict. For the 7 past years, Ms Church has been involved in evaluations ‘in’ and ‘on’ conflict issues for a wide range of organisations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and CARE International.

She has published on evaluation and conflict resolution, single identity work and policy impact on conflict issues. Her recent publications include Designing for Results, a practitioner focused manual on design, monitoring and evaluation for peacebuilding; NGOS at the Table: Strategies for Influencing Policy in Areas of Conflict which she co-edited with Professor Mari Fitzduff and Mind the Gap – Policy Development and Research on Conflict Issues. She is also a co-author of the study, What difference has peacebuilding made in Kosovo?, a look at the cumulative effects of peacebuilding programming in Kosovo.

Courses

Fall 2009

• DHP P226m - Corruption, Conflict and Peacebuilding
• DHP P225m - Advanced Evaluation and Learning in International Organisations
• DHP P228 - Design, Monitoring and Evaluation of Peacebuilding and International Development

Research Interests

Faculty Research Profile - “How can so many committed and able individuals who risk their lives working in some of the most volatile places in the world not recognize the value of evaluating the impact of their own work?”

Recent Publications

• Pilfering the Peace: Corruption, Conflict and Peacebuilding, Life & Peace Institute, (co-editor) forthcoming September 2009
• Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance, Maxwell et al, Feinstein International Centre and Transparency International, 2008
• What difference does peacebuilding make in Kosovo? Chigas D., Church C., et al, 2006
• "Designing for Results: Integrating Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict Transformation Programs," USIP, March 2006;
• Mind the Gap: Policy Development and Research on Conflict Issues, Church C., INCORE 2005
• NGOs at the Table: Strategies for Influencing Policy in Areas of Conflict (co-editor) 2004;
• "Path to Peace or Persistence: Single Identity Work in Northern Ireland" (co-author) Conflict Resolution Quarterly 2004.
• Why Evaluate?, Church C., and Shouldice J., Interaction, CRNetwork Magazine, 2004.
• Evaluation of Conflict Resolution Interventions Part II: Emerging Practice and Theory; Church C., and Shouldice J., INCORE, 2003.
• Evaluation of Conflict Resolution Interventions: Framing the State of Play; Church C., and Shouldice J., INCORE, 2002.
• “Single Identity Work – An approach to reconciliation in Northern Ireland”, Church C., and Visser A.; INCORE Occasional Paper 2002
• “Water – A threat of war or an opportunity for peace?”, Conflict Trends, Accord, South Africa; August, 2000