John-Robert Curtin, Ph.D. is a Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the 4Civility Institute, Louisville, Kentucky, and 4Civility Institute, Limited, Dublin Ireland. He is also a faculty member at the University of Louisville and at Indiana University and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in mediation, restorative justice, and alternative dispute resolution. He is the author of An Exploratory Study of Existing State Anti-Bullying Statutes, (2016), Lambert Academic Press, and a contributing author to a two-volume set, "Workplace Bullying and Mobbing" ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, California, January 2018.4Civility Institute provides mediation training, ombuds training, certifications, software reporting systems, restorative justice, and behavioral transition practice solutions to schools, businesses, and organizations. He has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution, restorative justice, education, training, and in anti-bullying efforts. He also is the founder of the Connected Learning Network, an education-based company, which has provided online services to over 120 schools, colleges, businesses, and organizations worldwide. In that capacity, he has been a sub-contractor to 8 European Commission-funded projects and numerous U.S.-funded projects. Mr. Curtin is also known for his work in public television, as an Emmy award-winning producer and station president. He has over 200 local, national, and international programs to his credit. His Ph.D. is from the University of Louisville in Alternative Dispute Resolution. His academic background also includes degrees in creative writing and oceanography. He describes himself as a "serial social entrepreneur with an over-commitment addiction". John-Robert Curtin began writing as an undergraduate at Syracuse University and had the great good fortune to be in Syracuse University's poetry writing program and study with Donald Justice, Phillip Booth, and W.D. Snodgrass.