Bruce Pearson is Program Manager at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), where he supports online learning, fieldwork, fellowships, writing, and publishing on the use of civil resistance by movements to secure rights, freedom, and justice. With ICNC Press, he has coordinated the publication of twenty monographs, special reports, and resources for practitioners—for which fourteen he was volume editor. He is also the series editor for books in the Activist-Author Series, including New Blood: How Youth in Zambia Are Reclaiming Politics. Bruce also manages the moderated and participant-led online courses and supports courses by ICNC partners and teaching fellows.
Bruce is a 2023 Professional Fellow with the National Council on US–China Relations, working with civil society organizations in Mongolia that advance rights for all. He holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from American University’s School of International Service, with an emphasis on international negotiation and conflict resolution, and studied in Jerusalem during his graduate program. He has traveled extensively, visiting more than 35 countries on four continents.