To promote and make available education and resources for peace and nonviolent conflict resolution in individual, community, national global and environmental contexts. We seek the widest possible collaboration and cooperation with others to achieve our purpose.
Rob Gould holds advanced degrees in philosophy and in teaching. He grew up in Portland and became active in peace issues in the Vietnam War era. In 1984 and co-founded the Oregon Peace Institute with Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse.
Through the early 1990s, Rob taught at several campuses around Portland. With Mary Zinkin, he co-founded the Conflict Resolution graduate program at Portland State in 1996 and served as director until 2015. Rob teaches courses with an ethical/values focus, such as Forgiveness & Atonement nd Evil & Hate. He is currently at work on a conflict resolution textbook, tentatively titled Navigating Differences and Dilemmas. He is also an avid runner, bicycler, and mountain climber.