Amanda Blewitt

Amanda Blewitt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her research focuses on how ordinary citizens construct peace in contexts with high levels of non-war violence, particularly in Honduras and the U.S. She employs participatory and community-based methodologies, emphasizing context-specific understandings of peace. Her work integrates arts-based and educational approaches to counteracting violence.

In teaching, she specializes in interdisciplinary pedagogy, equipping diverse student groups to address complex violence and peacebuilding challenges through practical and theoretical frameworks. While no awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the text, her research bridges global and local contexts, highlighting citizen agency in peace processes.