Sonia D. Galloway, Ph.D.
U.S. Army veteran. Conflict resolution specialist. Mentor. Researcher. Author. For more than twenty years, Sonia has helped individuals, organizations, and communities turn conflict into an opportunity for reconciliation.
Turning two decades of service into a practice of reconciliation
Founded by Sonia D. Galloway, Ph.D. in 2015, Restorative Hope, LLC is a company that facilitates individuals, groups, and national and global organizations in resolving intractable conflict using effective non-violent communication training that teaches leadership and collaboration skills.
Sonia has over twenty years of experience as a conflict management and resolution specialist, mentor, social justice advocate, youth advocate, researcher, author, and consultant, in addition to her roles as a mother, a U.S. Army veteran, and an educator. Her dynamic personality, intuitive communication skills, and creative intellect have enabled her to successfully analyze conflict and bring about peaceful reconciliation.
Sonia began analyzing, developing, and creating training modules to address current conflicts while completing her doctorate at Nova Southeastern University. She has also completed a minimum of 40 hours of Basic Mediation and Conflict Transformation Skills Training in the Transformative Approach to resolving intractable conflict.
An avid traveler, Sonia combines her passion for travel with cross-cultural skills within her career of facilitating peace through reconciliation. Her unique set of creative and interpersonal skills allows her to connect with diverse groups of individuals while employing critical thinking in problem-solving scenarios. Her goal is to globally promote cooperative and collaborative peace-building to resolve conflict through constructive reconciliation.
Recognized as a community honoree for her work in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
Education & Training
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Ph.D., Conflict Analysis & Resolution
Specialization in International Peace and Conflict
Nova Southeastern University
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M.S., Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Wilmington University
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M.Ed., Secondary School Counseling
Wilmington University
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M.Ed., Curriculum & Instruction
National-Louis University
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B.A., Political Science
Tennessee State University
A journey of service, scholarship, and reconciliation
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Service
U.S. Army
Discipline, leadership, and a commitment to something larger than herself. Foundations formed in uniform that still shape how Sonia leads difficult conversations today.
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Foundations
B.A., Political Science, Tennessee State University
An education in how power, policy, and people interact, and the first lens through which she began understanding conflict.
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Educator & Counselor
Three master's degrees in education and counseling
Curriculum & Instruction at National-Louis University, then Secondary School Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Wilmington University. Years spent helping students and families navigate their hardest moments.
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Scholar
Ph.D., Conflict Analysis & Resolution, Nova Southeastern University
Doctoral research on religion, gender, and equality, published in 2014, and the beginning of the training modules that would become Restorative Hope's curriculum. Followed by 40+ hours of Basic Mediation and Conflict Transformation Skills Training.
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2015
Restorative Hope, LLC is founded
A practice built on one conviction: conflict, when understood, becomes an opportunity to learn and reconcile our differences.
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Author
Published works
Religion and Gender Roles: A Re-Examination of Religious Texts (2017) and the Group Facilitation Training Manual & Toolkit (2018) bring her research into classrooms and boardrooms.
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Community
Scholarships and youth mentoring
Eight college scholarships awarded to graduating seniors facing economic hardship, and a free youth mentoring academy training the next generation of peacebuilders.
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Today
Peace through reconciliation
Consultation, facilitation training, and coaching for workplaces and communities, carrying the same mission into every engagement.
“We all understand conflict is a natural part of life. However, when understood, conflict can become an opportunity to learn and reconcile our differences.”
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