Michelle Arbid Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, MD, US

New York, NY, US

Professor, Peace and Justice Studies Program

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

New York, NY, US

San Francisco, California, US

• Consult for organizations on conflict management, change and transformation, and organizational development; services include one on one executive coaching, team coaching, group coaching, group and process.
• Coach clients in conjunction with 360 feedback reviews, DiSC, MBTI, Harrison, and Gallup Strengthsfinder.
• Create organizational alignment and maximize engagement, improve collaboration, and augment organizational effectiveness
• Analyze learning needs and design trainings to facilitate learning and growth
• Assess leadership capacity and coach executives and leaders to increase self-awareness, clarify goals, develop management skills, identify and achieve objectives, and execute well-aligned decisions
• Provide employee relations services, including Title VII and Title IX workplace investigations.

Bronx, New York, US

• Mediate disputes; counsel and facilitate constructive dialogue between parties to empower them to make use of their self-determination in the settlement of their dispute
• Facilitate collaborative settlement through collective bargaining; draft and deliver documentation encompassing term of disputants’ contracted agreements
• Quickly determine emotional state of individuals through reading behavioral patterns and body language
• Coach individual parties through various states of psychological discomfort and counsel parties in effective conflict resolution strategies and negotiation skills

Washington, DC, US

• Serve as a subject matter expert and provide consultation on dispute resolution matters to field leadership and management officials to prevent, manage, and resolve organizational conflict. Provide complex coordination.
• Supervise the substantive work of ADR professionals and support staff and provide professional guidance related to the delivery of ADR services at Federally declared disaster operations. Ensure quality assurance by.
• Review, advise on, and communicate Agency policies. Advise Agency Leadership on effective process and implementation for addressing conflicts and issues affecting FEMA employees and the interests of the Agency.
• Develop, mentor, and coach teams of new Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisors.

Washington, DC, US

• Deployed to Federally declared disaster operations and work autonomously to deliver impartial, confidential conflict prevention and resolution services including work-group conflict resolution, mediation.
• Designed, developed, and delivered training materials (visuals, manuals, guides, etc.).
• Partnered with HR to improve organizational design, perform workload analysis, and champion change.

Washington, DC, US

• Served as confidential, independent, neutral, and informal resource to aid employees, supervisors, managers, and senior executives in the resolution of systemic and policy-based conflicts.
• Elevated systemic issues, drafted reports and white papers, delivered executive briefings, and recommended policy changes to senior leadership to advance organizational fairness, engagement, responsiveness, and.
• Coached executives, leaders, and employees to clarify goals, develop management skills, identify and achieve objectives.
• Performed data collection and engagement analysis through surveys, climate assessments, and focus groups.

New York, NY, US

• Deliver person-centered and trauma-informed recovery services to meet the needs of at risk individuals including trauma survivors, active drug users, individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, and persons engaged in sex work.
• Train program participants in skills-building for self-advocacy, conflict resolution, and socialization. Train staff and participants in the Harm Reduction Model and prevention strategies.
• Provide crisis intervention as necessary.
• Develop service plans determined by goals of participants, identify progress, and revise plan as needed.

New York, US

• Launch International Graduate Fellowship Program in international psychology, global humanitarian relief, human rights, and policy development for a non-for-profit organization
• Outreach, recruitment, and screening of applicants for fellowship candidacy; hire, supervise, and train interns
• Mentor and advise admitted fellows regarding choice of fellowship track and research focus; orchestrate virtual and face-to-face meetings with fellows to discuss progress and to foster collaboration and camaraderie.
• Serve as an executive officer to the board by editing research proposals and co-publishing research papers; chair research projects, conference panels, and outreach initiatives

• Research support in a multi-disciplinary initiative researching Sustainable Peace Systems Mapping at the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity at Columbia's Earth Institute.
• Research validity of hypotheses: validating a scientific model that visualizes sustainable peace through Casual loop Diagramming and mathematical modeling (quantitative research)
• Ground-truthing in the Basque Country to challenge academic understanding by testing assumptions against stakeholders’ lived experiences within their communities (qualitative research)
• Operationalize theoretical terms and concepts
• Liaise with Queens College mathematics team to bridge two fields

Roumieh, LB

• Comprehensively managed hundreds of cases for Lebanese and foreign prisoners by attending to their psychological, social, medical, and legal needs and liaising with other offices to ensure timely delivery of.
• Effectively assessed needs of incoming prisoners through intake interviews to determine social and psychological state and implement treatment plan and counseling strategy
• Mediated conflicts between prisoners and families to strengthen prisoners’ support network
• Informed UNHCR of status of incarcerated refugees through detailed monthly reports

Bouchrieh, Beirut, LB

• Developed individualized curriculum and outcome specific education plans for children/young adults with learning disabilities to target cognitive and behavioral deficiencies
• Took initiative to learn and comprehensively understand various learning disabilities to enhance ability to create dynamic individualized curriculum
• Developed strong working relationships with students to gain commitment in implementation of plans
• Consistently improved student’s academic and/or behavioral abilities as measured through assessment

Master Of Science (M.S.), Negotiation And Conflict Resolution

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

Psychology