Eli McCarthy

Eli McCarthy is a Professorial Lecturer in the Peace Studies program at George Washington University. His work focuses on integrating Catholic social teaching with nonviolent peacemaking strategies, particularly in U.S. policy contexts. He has conducted fieldwork in Haiti, worked with marginalized communities in Boston and Washington, D.C., and monitored Palestinian elections in 2006 with the Nonviolent Peaceforce. McCarthy is actively involved in the DC Peace Team, providing training in nonviolent conflict intervention, restorative justice, and unarmed civilian protection.

• Education: PhD (specific discipline not specified in text)

His research interests include the ethics of nonviolence, truth and reconciliation processes, and the application of justpeace frameworks to global conflicts. He has published a book, Becoming Nonviolent Peacemakers: A Virtue Ethic for Catholic Social Teaching and U.S. Policy (2012), and contributed articles on topics such as unarmed civilian protection in Israel/Palestine, justpeace responses to Syria, and the role of nonviolence in U.S. domestic policy.

McCarthy collaborates with national religious advocacy coalitions to shape U.S. policies on peacebuilding and has engaged in community mobilization efforts to address social justice issues.