Dr. Robyn Short is a conflict resolution specialist, mediator, and organizational systems designer whose work centers on dignity as the foundation for healthy relationships, workplaces, and communities. She works across restorative justice, racial equity, workplace conflict, and peace-building, helping organizations design systems that turn conflict into collaboration.

She holds a Doctor of Liberal Studies, with a dissertation on dignity systems in organizations, along with a Master of Arts in Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution, a Master of Liberal Arts in 15th Century European History, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Her practical training includes more than 140 hours in mediation and 80 hours in negotiation, plus certifications in restorative justice, crisis communication, and facilitation.

Robyn is an Organizational Systems Design Consultant at the Workplace Peace Institute and a Racial Equity Consultant with Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation. She also maintains a private practice as a mediator and peace-building trainer. She has taught at Bay Path University, Southern Methodist University, El Centro Community College, and Texas A&M University-Commerce.

She is the author of Communicating With Dignity and Curiosity: The Peacemaker’s Handbook to Creating and Sustaining Peace (2019) and Peace in the Workplace: Transforming Conflict Into Collaboration (2016). In 2016 she received the Global Leadership Award from the Cutting Edge Youth Action Research Center.

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Dr. Robyn Short is a mediator, peace-building trainer, and organizational systems designer focused on dignity-centered approaches to conflict. She consults with the Workplace Peace Institute and Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation, and has taught conflict resolution at several universities. She is the author of Communicating With Dignity and Curiosity and Peace in the Workplace.