- Ms. Mische has taught courses in Peace and World Order Studies at Columbia University Teachers College, the University of Notre Dame, Georgetown, and Seton Hall University. She is the co-founder and President Emeritus of Global Education Associates, a network of people in some 90 countries collaborating in research and educational programs related to the advancement of peace, social justice, human rights and ecological integrity. Her recent areas of research include the contributions of religion to a culture of peace (in collaboration with UNESCO and as a visiting fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame); and relationships between ecology and peace, with a special focus on case studies in Malaysia, the Philippines and Japan (made possible by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation). She lived and taught for several years in East Africa, and continues to be involved in projects in Kenya promoting the empowerment of rural women in sustainable development.