Below is a listing of our articles – with links to full text – published in various journals through the past 20 years.
Academy of Family Mediators
- Should a Mediator Draft Settlement Agreements?(Fall 2000) *
ACResolutions
- Katrina: Turning Problems Into Opportunities (Fall 2005) *
- Conflict Transformation for Separating Couples (Summer 2005) *
- The Interrelationship of Ethics, Emotional Intelligence and Self Awareness (Spring 2004) *
American Bar Associations I Can Relate! Blog
- I Can Relate! (April 2019)
- I Can Relate! (January 2019)
- I Can Relate! (December 2018)
- I Can Relate! (November 2018)
- I Can Relate! (September 2018)
- What’s Love Got To Do With It? (July 2018)
- Tribe Think (June 2018)
- I Have A Dream (May 2018)
- Try, Try Again (March 2018)
- I Can Relate (February 2018)
Arts & Sciences
- We Can Work It Out (January 2005) *
Maryland Bar Journal
- Portrait of a Good Mediator (July/August 2003) *
Penn State Law Review
Daily Record Articles:
- “About Mediation”, September 2004
- “Thoughts For Attorneys in Mediation. Part I”, October 2004
- “Thoughts For Attorneys in Mediation. Part II”, November 2004
- “Selecting a Mediator”, December 2004
- “Models and Philosophies of Mediation”, January 2005
- “Listening Mediator Style”, February-March 2005
- “Mediation in Discrimination Cases”, April 2005
- “Mediation: Significantly Different from a Settlement Conference”, May 2005
- “Mediation in Real Estate Cases”, June 2005
- “Mediation A Matter of Concerns”, July 2005
- “How Parties Can Prepare for Mediation” , August 2005
- “Dialogue as an Opportunity”, September 2005
- “Inviting Emotions to the Table. Mediation as Opportunity”, October 2005
- “A Relational View of Conflict Changes Situations”,November-December 2005
- “The “Rules” of Mediation–Attorneys Present or Not”, January 2006
- “Mediation … the Future”, February 2006
- “Mediation Approaches Outside the Room”, March 2006
- “What To Do About Mom’s Failing Health: Mediation for Elder Care”, April 2006
- “Marital Mediation—for Couples Wanting to Preserve their Marriage during Difficult Times and Decision Making Situations”, May 2006
- “Mediation Reluctance”, June 2006
- “Mediation – Recognition is key”, August 2006
- “Taking a Relational Approach to Mediation in Foreclosures”, January 2007
- “Mediation Two Questions to Ask of Counsel”, March 2007
- “Mediation – Three Aspects of Recognition”, April 2007
- “Why Businesses are Using Mediation as a First Process rather than as an Alternative Process“, October 2007
- “The Aftermath of Reaching Agreement”, January 2008
- “Happy 10th Birthday, Mediation in the Maryland Courts under Title 17”, February 2008
- “Fostering Humanity”, March 2008
- “Mediation and The Absent Party”, April 2008
- “Why Not be Directive”, May 2008
- “Transformative Mediation Provides Three Aspects of Recognition”, April, 2009
- “Why Mediators Should Avoid the Temptation to Give Advice“, 2009
- “Conflict and Negotiation Lessons Learned from the Recent Snow” February, 2010
Ms. Senft has authored a number of other training manuals and articles, including:
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- “When to Mediate Business Disputes”, Maryland Business Law Watch, 25, (Feb. 1998)
- Marital Mediation. Transforming Marital Conflict through Facilitated Dialogue Transformative Mediation: A Sourcebook, Chaper 14, J.P. Folger, R.A. Baruch Bush, D.J. Della Noce (eds.) Association for Conflict Resolution, 2011
- “Ten Times to Try Mediating Personal and Family Disputes,” Maryland Family Law Monthly, 5 (Apr.1998)
- “Preliminary Motion for Mediation: New Tool for Litigators,” Maryland State Bar Association, ADReport, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2002)
- Senft & Savage, ADR in the Courts: Progress, Problems and Possibilities, 101 PENN ST. L. REV.l22 (2003)
- “Marital Mediation: Transforming Marital Conflict through Facilitated Dialogue–Reclaiming Personal Strength and Marital Connectedness” (2009)
- “Conflict Transformation for Separating Couples“, (Summer, 2005, ACResolution)
- “What to Do About Mom’s Failing Health? Mediation and Elder Care” (Fall, 2006, Family Mediation Quarterly)
- “Mediating End of Life Decisions – Feeding Tubes and Other Quality of Life and Care Choices“, (Summer, 2009, ACResolution)
- “Vocation Truthfulness” (Spring 2009, ACResolution)
- “Mediation Changes People“, (September 2008)
- “Should a Mediator Draft Settlement Agreements”(Fall, 2000, Academy of Family Mediators)
- “Quality Deliberation and Decision-Making – Mediation from a Transformative Approach” (Winter 2007, ACResolution)
- “BY WHAT STANDARDS DO WE DEFINE MEDIATOR QUALITY?” (March 2003, Maryland Bar)
- “Mediation Basics for Biotech: How to Transform Your Negotiation” (February, 2010)
- “Time Out for Time Out” (May, 2010)
- “Basic Mediation I and Conflict Transformation Skills with a focus on Mediator Style and Self-Awareness”, 1994, 2004, 2005
- “Basic Mediation II and Conflict Transformation Skills with a focus on Sources of Conflict and Systems”, 1994, 2004, 2005
- “Basic Mediation III and Conflict Transformation Skills with a focus on Ethical and Legal Issues for the Mediator”, 1994, 2004, 2005
- “Advanced Mediation and Conflict Transformation Skills with a focus on Domestic Conflict and Parenting Plans”, 1995, 2005
- “Advanced Mediation and Conflict Transformation Skills with a focus on Marital Property Disputes”, 1996, 2004
- “Advanced Facilitation Skills and Systems Approach”, 1998
- “Advanced Conflict Resolution Skills for the Workplace”, 1998, 2002, 2004
- “Advanced Multi-Party Mediation Skill”, 2004
She is also co-author of the final chapter of the ADR Handbook for Judges, ed. D. Stienstra & S. Yates, American Bar Association and Federal Judicial Center (2004), and has her work of facilitating public policy conflicts featured in Chapter 3 titled “Gaining Sight of the Goal of Transformation,” of the new and revised Promise of Mediation, 2d. ed., B. Bush & J. Folger, Jossey-Bass Publishers (2004).
* Articles are in PDF format and require Acrobat Reader or compatible software.