Nancy Geist Giacomini

Nancy Geist Giacomini (she/her) is a groundbreaking educator, mediator, andsystems consultant whose teaching, publications and advocacy have transformed studentconduct and conflict management practice for over three decades. She provides onlineadjunct graduate instruction, subject matter expertise and doctoral candidatementoring for institutions including St. Bonaventure University (NY) and SullivanUniversity (KY) and is a veteran mediator of special education disputes withthe Pennsylvania...See more

Nancy Geist Giacomini (she/her) is a groundbreaking educator, mediator, andsystems consultant whose teaching, publications and advocacy have transformed studentconduct and conflict management practice for over three decades. She provides onlineadjunct graduate instruction, subject matter expertise and doctoral candidatementoring for institutions including St. Bonaventure University (NY) and SullivanUniversity (KY) and is a veteran mediator of special education disputes withthe Pennsylvania Office for Dispute Resolution. She earned her doctorate in educationalleadership from the University of Delaware while a conflict resolution program associatein the Institute for Public Administration, where she served as a statewidemediator, and graduate practicum instructor for student affairs practice in highereducation. Her career includes over a decade as assistant dean of students atthe University of Delaware where she managed the Student Conduct office; pilotedthe Student Government Mediation program; chaired the Appeals Board, Councilfor Judicial Affairs, and Sexual Assault Awareness Weeks; and was awarded theInstitutional Award for Women's Equity. Giacomini champions integrated conflictand conduct management initiatives in education. She balances an activeconflict management and teaching practice with educational consulting, conflictcoaching, and interim student affairs roles in higher education, including anappointment as interim student conduct and Title IX respondent case manager andgrievance advisor for Swarthmore College (PA). She is a credentialed expert acrossconflict coaching; group facilitation; mediation; restorative practices; victim-offenderconference facilitation; due process; Title IX; and ombudsperson roles.Giacomini is an award-winning leader in the Association for Student ConductAdministration (ASCA) with Board of Director roles culminating in a three-yearturn as president. She pioneered the integration of conflict resolution, mediation, restorative justice, and inclusive excellence principles andpractices into traditional student conduct professional development programsoffered by the association in roles as conference chair, training instituteprogram chair, and faculty. Nancy founded the Community of Practice for Womenin Student Conduct, served on the ASCA Foundation Board, was appointed to the DiversityTask Force, and lent expertise at the inaugural Conflict Resolution StrategicPlanning Summit. Additional memberships include the International OmbudsmanAssociation, Association for Conflict Resolution, Pennsylvania Council ofMediators, ACPA College Student Educators International, and the Pennsylvania ODRStakeholder's Council; she is also on the editorial board of the Journal ofConflict Management ( JOCM ). See less