Carl Stauffer
After completing his university education in 1985, Stauffer worked in the Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse fields. In 1994, Stauffer became the first Executive Director of the Capital Area Victim-Offender Mediation Program in Richmond. In 1994, Stauffer and his family moved to South Africa under the
auspices of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), a faith-based
international relief and development agency. In South Africa, Stauffer
worked with various transitional processes such as the Peace Accords,
Community-Police Forums, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and
Local Community Development structures. From 2000 to 2009, Stauffer was
appointed as the MCC Regional Peace Adviser for the Southern Africa
region. His work has taken him to twenty African countries and ten other
countries in the Caribbean, Middle East, Europe, and the Balkans.Stauffer’s academic interests focus on narratology, transitional justice, and post-war reconstruction and reconciliation. His research concentrates on the critique of transitional justice from a restorative frame, and the application of hybrid, parallel indigenous justice systems.




