Kenneth Cloke, President
Santa Monica, California, USA

www.kennnethcloke.com
kenclokembb@gmail.com

Kenneth Cloke is Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution and a mediator, arbitrator, consultant, and trainer specializing in communication, negotiation, and resolving complex multi-party conflicts, including community, grievance and workplace disputes, collective bargaining negotiations, organizational and school conflicts, sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits, and public policy disputes, and in designing preventative conflict resolution systems for organizations.

He has mediated conflicts and taught dispute resolution in over 20 countries and is a nationally recognized speaker and published author of many journal articles and several books. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University School of Law, Harvard University’s School of Law and Amsterdam University’s Institute on Dispute Resolution.

Kenneth Cloke is the key founder and leader of Mediators Beyond Borders. He has assembled a team of dedicated conflict resolution professionals to implement the mission of MBB. He is currently involved with MBB's Hurricane Katrina Project and is helping organize a project in Zimbabwe and Nepal. He is the Board Liaison for the Environmental Committee.

Educational Degrees

• B.A. University of California, Berkeley 1963
  
• J.D. U.C. Berkeley, Boalt Law School 1966
  
• Ph.D. U.C.L.A. 1980
  
• LLM U.C.L.A. Law School 1980
  
• Post-doctoral work at Yale University School of Law 1980
  
• Graduate, National Judicial College, Reno. Nevada 1981

Books

• Mediation:  Revenge and the Magic of Forgiveness (1996)
• Mediating Dangerously: The Frontiers of Conflict Resolution (2001)
• The Crossroads of Conflict: A Journey into the Heart of Dispute Resolution (2006)
• Conflict Revolution: Mediating Evil, War, Injustice, and Terrorism (2008)

Books co-authored with Joan Goldsmith:

• Thank God It’s Monday! 14 Values We Need to Humanize the Way We Work (1997)
• Resolving Conflicts at Work:  A Complete Guide for Everyone on the Job (2000)
• Resolving Personal and Organizational Conflict: Stories of Transformation and Forgiveness (2000)
• The End of Management and the Rise of Organizational Democracy (2002)
• The Art of Waking People Up: Cultivating Awareness and Authenticity at Work (2003)
• Resolving Conflicts at Work: 8 Strategies for Everyone on the Job (2nd Edition (2005)

Articles:

• "Conflict Resolution Systems Design, the United Nations and the Emerging World Order"
• "Politics and Values in Mediation:  The Chinese Experience"
• "Mediation of Workplace Disputes"
• "Wrongful Termination: The Mediation Alternative
• "Mediation:  An Alternative to Civil Litigation"
• "Mediation and the Modern Theory of Management"
• "The Limits of Mediation:  Power, Dishonesty and Revenge"
• “Date Rape: The Limits of Mediation”
• “Shared Custody -- A Case Study”
• “Mediation and Prepaid Legal Plans”