Professional Bio
Dr. Manousso's baccalaureate was from Brown University, Master of Public Health, from the University of Texas School of Public Health, doctorate in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University, and she attended South Texas College of Law, but stopped to get an Mrs, instead of JD.
Currently, she is the host of Manousso Musing on Podcast and YouTube, interviewing the Titans of mediation and negotiation in 25 minutes of skills and ideas in conflict management. She trains and lectures worldwide.
Dr. Barbara Sunderland Manousso, a Texas Distinguished Credentialed Mediator and Certified Collaborative Law Mediator, received the Adams Award from the Texas Association of Mediators 2019, A Woman Who Means Business from the Houston Business Journal 2019, and a Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 from ACR Houston. She was the 2016 to 2018 ACR International Section Chair for Education, Research, and Training; Past-president of the Association of Conflict Resolution Houston chapter and current board member; served as co-chair of the ACR Workplace section; and served on the national ACR Standards Committee for Elder Care Mediation Training. She was the 2011-2015 co-chair of the ACR Healthcare Section. She has been in practice since 1993 as a mediator, arbitrator, mediator trainer, conflict resolution coach, author, and lecturer, especially in the specialty of elder and adult mediation. She is also a member of the World Symposium on Elder Mediation, Fellow in the World Mediation Organization, Association for Family Conciliation Courts, and Practitioners of Family Mediators.
She has authored a chapter in Organizational Mediation, edited by LaVena Wilkins. Her book Critical Race Theory and Important Facts of Elder Mediation will be published in spring of 2023.
