Dr. Vilma “Nina” Balmaceda is the associate director of the Duke Center for Reconciliation and an administrative faculty at Duke Divinity School, where she teaches Theology and Practice of Conflict Transformation and directs the Certificate in Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation, the Americas Initiative for Transformation and Reconciliation, and the Certificate on Faith-based Advocacy, Organizing, and Social Transformation.
Nina also serves as president/CEO of Peace and Hope International (PHI), a faith-based peacebuilding nonprofit dedicated to preventing violence and other forms of injustice through local teams serving in marginalized communities in Latin America.
As a Latinx scholar-practitioner, Nina’s work and research focus on interdisciplinary leadership formation for civic leadership development for just peace and reconciliation in the Americas.
A former Fulbright scholar, Nina holds a PhD in Political Science, MA in International Peace Studies, MA in Government and International Studies, all from the University of Notre Dame; and a Licentiate in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru’s School of Law, where she previously taught courses on International Human Rights.