Held on December 7, 2016
Mr. Stefan Feller, a former Police Advisor to the United Nations who served as a Director in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, discusses crises which cause internal and external displacement, and the challenges of reverting displacement and migration. Moderated by Dr. Beth Counihan, Associate Professor of English at Queensborough Community College.
Until his retirement in 2020, Mr. Stefan Feller accomplished more than 43 years of professional experience in national and international policing, in particular strategic planning, operations, and policy development. He served in the State Police of North-Rhine Westphalia for more than 21 years, where he rose to the rank of Director of Operations. Since 2000, Mr. Feller has pursued an international career in peacekeeping. Among other posts, he was the Police Commissioner in the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, the Head of the Police Unit in the Council of the European Union, and from 2008 to 2012, the Head of the European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dr. Beth Counihan is as Associate Professor of English at Queensborough Community College, where she has taught since Fall 2001. Her work has been published in The Journal of Basic Writing and English Education and her interests include oral history and portrait photography.
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