Anthony Wanis-St. John

Education
Ph.D. Political Science, The Fletcher School, 2001
Certificate in Int'l Management Consulting, The Fletcher School, 1997
M.A. Law and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, 1996
B.S. School of Education and Human Services, St. John's University, 1987

Anthony Wanis-St. John is a consultant with Accordence. He is a Research Associate with the Center for International Conflict Resolution, Columbia University, and a Research Affiliate at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.

Experience

He has consulted and provided training and coaching on negotiation and conflict management challenges of clients such as Bombardier, BMC Software de México, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Capital One, CNN, Counterpane, Eli Lilly, The MathWorks, HP Consulting (South East Asia and North America), PricewaterhouseCoopers, Visa International and many others. In this capacity, he helps executives, business managers, engineers, consultants, account representatives, and sales forces increase their negotiation skill while building valuable relationships inside and outside of their own organizations. He has also worked with several not-for-profit clients including the Social Justice Leadership Collaborative, the Strategic Account Management Association, universities and school districts throughout the United States.

Dr. Wanis-St. John also consults with the World Health Organization and The World Bank. He also taught negotiation skills to hundreds of lawyers at the Program of Instruction for Lawyers at Harvard Law School and taught on the faculties of Seton Hall University, Tufts University, University of Massachusetts and Clark University. He has trained diplomats from numerous countries. He is the author of “Cultural Pathways in Negotiation,” which appeared in the Handbook of Dispute Resolution, published by Jossey-Bass, 2005. His articles have appeared in journals such as Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Negotiation Journal, Fletcher Forum of World Affairs and International Peacekeeping and the Journal of Public and International Affairs. His doctoral research broke new ground on the practice of “back channel diplomacy,” and is the first thesis based on rigorous study of the secret multiple negotiation channels in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process.

He is fluent in Spanish, French and conversational Arabic.