Judith Rafferty (nee Herrmann) ~ Senior Lecturer

Judith is a Senior Lecturer in the Conflict Management and Resolution program at JCU. She has a degree in Business Administration (University of Applied Science Gelsenkirchen, Germany) and holds a Master of Conflict and Dispute Resolution (JCU). Judith is also a PhD candidate, assessing the experiences of female survivors of sexual violence in armed conflict with transitional justice processes. Judith's research focuses on Rwandan women who experienced sexual violence during the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994 and who participated in a local justice process afterwards. In 2016, Judith gave a TEDx talk relating to her research in Rwanda which can be viewed here.

In 2011 Judith spent several months as a consultant with International Rescue Committee (IRC) in the Central African Republic evaluating the traditional conflict resolution processes of tribal chiefs and how they interacted with the more formal conflict resolution processes in the court system. Judith was also engaged in the design of mediation processes and relevant training resources to train village chiefs as conflict resolution practitioners.

Judith is also a nationally accredited mediator trained in the facilitative model, and is a trained conflict coach and facilitator.

Research Disciplines

• Law (1801)
• Education Systems (1301)
• Curriculum and Pedagogy (1302)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Justice and the Law (9404)
• Community Service (9401)
• Learner and Learning (9301)

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Journal Articles

• Mo A, Holland C and Rafferty J (2018) Enhancing the student experience through the creation and use of authentic and accessible conflict scenarios. Australian Journal of Clinical Education, 4 (1), pp. 1-17.
• Rafferty J (2018) "I wanted them to be punished or at least ask us for forgiveness”: justice interests of female victim-survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and their experiences with gacaca. Genocide Studies and Prevention, 12 (3), pp. 95-118, DOI:10.5038/1911-9933.12.3.1556.
• Herrmann J and Holland C (2017) Co-creating mediation models: adapting mediation practices when working across cultures. Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal, 28 (1), pp. 43-50.
• Herrmann J (2017) Experiences, challenges, and lessons learned; interviewing Rwandan survivors of sexual violence. Griffith Journal of Law & Human Dignity, 5 (1), pp. 165-188.
• Herrmann J (2012) A comparison of conflict coaching and mediation as conflict resolution processes in the workplace. Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal, 23 (1), pp. 43-51.
• Herrmann J (2012) A critical analysis of the transitional justice measures incorporated by Rwandan gacaca and their effectiveness. James Cook University Law Review, 19, pp. 90-112.

Other research outputs

• Herrmann J and Holland C (2016) Co-creating mediation models to meet cultural needs: two trainers' perspectives. Australian Dispute Resolution Research Network Blog, 26 September 2016 , p. 1.

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• Rafferty, J. (2017) Needs and experiences of Rwandan women who raised a case at a gacaca court about sexual violence committed against them during the genocide in Rwanda. James Cook University