Michael D. Lang

For 40 years, as a practitioner, educator, author, and advocate for mediation, Michael’s has been a leading voice in the profession of mediation. In October 2020 he was awarded the Outstanding Professional Family Mediator award by the Academy of Professional Family Mediators; and in 2012 he received the John Haynes award from the Association for Conflict Resolution His recent book, The Practitioners Guide to Reflective Practice in Conflict Resolution (2019) is the first in the Practitioners Guide Series, a joint venture of the Association for Conflict Resolution and the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield. He is also the series co-editor. Michael also co-authored The Making of a Mediator: Developing Artistry in Practice, (2000). Michael and Peter Nicholson co-created and co-edited a collection of essays from 75 family experts from 10 countries, Living Together, Separating, Divorcing: Surviving During a Pandemic (2020). This book provides practical advice and helpful tips for families who experiencing intense stress and conflict as a consequence of the pandemic. He co-authors a series of Kindle books, Divorce and Separation: A Practical Guide to Making Smart Decisions, Editions have been published for Florida, Vermont, Oregon, California, Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. As a mediator Michael has assisted divorcing couples, helped resolve probate and other family conflicts and mediated disputes in businesses, government agencies, universities, and other workplace settings. As an educator, Michael created one of the first graduate programs in conflict resolution in the US at Antioch University in 1992. For 6 years he was Editor-in-Chief of Mediation Quarterly and currently serves on the Editorial Board and as Special Advisor to the Journal of Mediation and Applied Conflict Analysis at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute at NUIM in Ireland.