<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/charles-street-chats-shelly-clay-robison.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>04/08/2026</pubDate><title>Professor interprets conflict through stories, art</title><description>Dr. Shelly Clay-Robison earned her M.S. in Negotiations and Conflict Management at The University of Baltimore before going out into the world to advance research in critical areas such as peacebuilding and atrocity prevention. Now an assistant professor for UBalt's College of Public Affairs’ School for Public and International Affairs, she shares her expertise in peace and conflict studies and helping them build connections to their local communities. </description><author>Charles Street Chats</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/shelly-clay-robison-feature.jpg" alt="Shelly Clay-Robison"/></image><image-cap/><quote>My goal isn't just to deliver information, but to help them connect theory to the kinds of questions they’re already asking about the world, conflict and peace.</quote><quote-name>Dr. Shelly Clay-Robison</quote-name><quote-info>assistant professor </quote-info><tags><tag>College of Public Affairs</tag></tags></item>