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title: The Innovating Peace Blog | Rowan Hepps Keeney
description: Rowan Hepps Keeney (they/them) is a graduate in the MS in Conflict Management program. They are a nonbinary educator and activist with a background as a trans advocate and public speaker. Their advocacy work can be found in publications such as MTV News and Seventeen. They moved to San Diego in 2018 after completing their bachelor’s degree in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (major) and Activist Theatre (concentration). They have since worked professionally in immigration law and in the nonprofit sector, focusing on LGBT activism.
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##### Thursday, June 5, 2025

2025 Class Speaker: MSCMR Graduate Rowan Hepps Keeney

The following speech was delivered by Rowan Hepps Keeney, Class Speaker for the MS in Conflict Management and Resolution program at the 2025 Kroc ...

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##### Monday, July 8, 2024

Crossing the Divide: Challenging Perceptions of the American South

When my graduate school, the Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego, announced a practicum traveling across the southern U.S. by ...

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