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Lou Gieszl is an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore’s Program on Negotiations and Conflict Management. Lou has taught numerous graduate-level courses for nearly 20 years, and more recently has been teaching undergraduate conflict management courses for incarcerated students enrolled in UB's Second Chance Program at the Jessup Correctional Institution, a maximum security prison for men. Lou's full-time work is as Assistant State Court Administrator for Programs at the Maryland Judiciary, where he oversees innovative court-related agencies that support mediation and conflict resolution, juvenile and family services, equal justice, problem-solving courts, access to justice, and policy research for trial and appellate courts statewide. Prior to this, Lou served for 16 years as the Deputy Executive Director of the Maryland Judiciary’s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office, a statewide resource for conflict resolution programs and mediator excellence. A skillful mediator, facilitator, trainer, and conflict consultant, Lou is active in mediation at the national and local level. Lou is a past-President and former Diversity and Equity Officer of the Association for Conflict Resolution, the leading organization for all conflict resolution practitioners. He is also a former-secretary of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation’s board of directors. Lou holds undergraduate degrees in English, Philosophy, and Political Science, and a Master of Public Policy, all from UMBC, an Honors University in Maryland. Lou lives in Lutherville with his wife Ellie Hughes, various teen/young adult children, two cats, and one dog.
PUBLICATIONS
“Engaging Communities for Equal Justice,” co-authored with Hon. Vicki Ballou-Watts, Trends in State Courts 2023, National Center for State Courts, pp. 32-41.
“Drafting and Using Negotiation Skills in Legislation” in International Legislative Drafting Handbook, ed. David Marcello (CITY: Carolina Academic Press, 2020) pp. 114-124.
“Diversity of Practice and Assumptions We Make About Each Other” ACResolution: The Quarterly Magazine of the Association for Conflict Resolution VOL. 12, no. 1 (Winter 2013), pp. 30–32.
“Mind Matters: Emotional, Cognitive & Biological Influences on Conflict” ACResolution: The Quarterly Magazine of the Association for Conflict Resolution VOL. 10. No. 1 (Summer 2011) p.4.
“Learning from the Past – Looking to the Future” ACResolution: The Quarterly Magazine of the Association for Conflict Resolution VOL 9, 4 (Fall 2010), p. 5.
“Foreword,” in Transformative Mediation: A Sourcebook: Resources for Conflict Resolution Practitioners and Programs, ed. Joseph P. Folger, Robert A. Baruch Bush, Dorothy J. Della Noce (Hempstead NY: Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, Inc. 2010), p. 1.
“Trouble in Paradise: Conflict in Common Ownership Communities” ACResolution: The Quarterly Magazine of the Association for Conflict Resolution VOL. 6, no 4 (Summer 2007), pp. 14–17.
“MACRO Update,” co-authored with Rachel Wohl, Maryland Bar Journal 36, no. 4 (July–August, 2003), pp. 14–19.
“Join the Resolution,” co-authored with Rachel Wohl, Practical Dispute Resolution 2, no. 1 (2000), pp. 44–49.