As an interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. John Shuford is interested in the interplay of moral psychology and embodied cognition in constructive/destructive conflict. He also examines the roles of law and policy, ethical norms, social institutions, and civil society actors in social conflict, conflict transformation, and peacebuilding. He teaches in the Portland State University Conflict Resolution undergraduate program and the Royal Roads University (Canada) Justice Studies program. Shuford previously taught philosophy and law at Gonzaga University, where he directed its Institute for Hate Studies and edited the peer-reviewed Journal of Hate Studies. Government agencies, (I)NGOs and media outlets such as the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud of Norway, The New York Times, ESPN.com and the Toronto Star have utilized his professional perspective. Shuford coined the peacebuilding concepts of "compassionate migration" and "immigration regionalism," and he has given invited talks at the Coventry University Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations, the University of Notre Dame Kroc Institute and Oxford University Contextual Theology Centre, the Oslo and Ashkerhus University College of Applied Sciences, the UN CSW NGO, and the University of Indiana Law School.