Barbara Peterson is a veteran activist for social justice. Some of her works includes joining NH Peace Action to combat nuclear proliferation, supporting AFSC's fight for fair banking practices and their opposition to the death penalty, and working with local groups to protest the Iraq War. In graduate school, she became interested in the history, theories, and methods of nonviolent action written extensively about by Gene Sharp from the Albert Einstein Institute. Her doctoral work at UNH involved researching, writing, and publishing about peace education, and as a high school teacher, she created and taught a Peace Studies course. Since earning her Ph.D., she writes and publishes in the area of nonviolent citizen action, and she continues her work as an activist, joining several Resistance groups to protect democracy against the rise in oppression and authoritarianism.
