Associate Professor
Ph.D. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1997
Fields: conflict resolution, human rights, social movements, religion and politics, public policy and dispute resolution, mediation processes, nongovernmental organizations
Director: Center for Applied Conflict Management
Editor of the annual research series, Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Elsevier Science/JAI Press
Professor Coy teaches courses for both the Department of Political Science and the Center for Applied Conflict Management. Current research projects include a longitudinal and comparative study of the discourses of fifteen major U.S. peace movement organizations during five conflict periods from 1990-2005, an examination of Thomas Merton’s philosophy of nonviolence, a comparative analysis of the international nonviolent protective accompaniment practices of various organizations, a comparative analysis of the conflict resolution dimensions of the white-tailed deer management policies of parks and municipalities in Northeast Ohio, and an analysis of how the U.S. environmental movement has resisted cooptation from the state and vested interests. Dr. Coy’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the American Sociological Association, the Hewlett Foundation, the Albert Einstein Institution, and by the University Research Council of Kent State University.
Dr. Coy currently serves on the Council of the International Peace Research Association, the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Mediation Center and recently served on the National Council of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and on the Board of Directors of the Peace History Society. Dr. Coy is on the Council of the American Association of University Professors-KSU Chapter.
Among Dr. Coy's most recent publications:
- "Discursive Legacies: The U.S. Peace Movement and 'Support the Troops,'" Social Problems, Vol. 55, Issue 2, 2008 (with Lynne M. Woehrle and Gregory M. Maney).
- Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change (editor), Volume 27, Elsevier Science/JAI Press, 2007.
- Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change (editor), Volume 26, Elsevier Science/JAI Press, 2005.
- Harnessing and Challenging Hegemony: The U.S. Peace Movement after 9/11, Sociological Perspectives, Vol. 48, No. 3, 2005 (with Gregory M. Maney and Lynne M. Woehrle).
- A Stage Model of Social Movement Cooptation: Community Mediation in the United States,The Sociological Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2005 (with Timothy Hedeen).
- Consensus Decision Making, Northern Ireland, and Indigenous Movements (editor), Volume 24, Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Elsevier Science/JAI Press, 2003.
- "Contesting Patriotism by the Post-9/11 Peace Movement in the United States." Peace Review: A Transnational Quarterly, Winter 2003 (Vol 15, No 4) (with Gregory M. Maney and Lynne M. Woehrle).
- "Negotiating Identity and Safety Under the Gun: Consensus Decision Making on Peace Brigades International Teams," in Consensus Decision-Making, Northern Ireland, and Indigenous Movements, Patrick G. Coy, editor, Volume 24 of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Elsevier Science/JAI Press, 2003.
- Political Opportunities, Social Movements and Democratization (editor), Volume 23, Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Elsevier Science/JAI, 2001.
- Shared Risks and Research Dilemmas on a Peace Brigades International Team in Sri Lanka," Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Vol. 30, No. 5, October 2001.
- "An Experiment in Personalist Politics: The Catholic Worker Movement and Nonviolent Direct Action," Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 26, No. 1, January, 2001.
- "Community Mediation and the Court System: The Ties that Bind,"Mediation Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2000 (with Timothy Hedeen).
- Social Conflicts and Collective Identities (co-editor, with Lynne Woehrle), Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2000.
- Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change (editor), Volume 22, JAI Press, 2000.
e-mail: pcoy@kent.edu