{"id":40802257432,"date":"2021-08-04T13:47:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802257432"},"modified":"2021-09-21T15:21:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:21:29","slug":"senior-anastasia-francisquini-published-by-njapm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/senior-anastasia-francisquini-published-by-njapm\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Anastasia Francisquini Published by NJAPM"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Anastasia Francisquini, senior political science major and president of Monmouth\u2019s Pre-Law Club, was published by the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM) for her essay, \u201cA Call for Cultural Competency in Mediation<\/a>.\u201d She\u00a0is the first student-author\u00a0to have her work approved for publication on\u00a0the NJAPM website<\/a> for review by mediators, attorneys, judges, and other professionals.\u00a0The essay was submitted by Lawrence Jones, adjunct professor in the department of Political Science and Sociology.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cI\u2019m really grateful to have been given this opportunity from Professor Jones,\u201d said Francisquini. \u201cTo be published as an undergraduate is a great honor, especially in an area like law where the traditional model of research is different from the sciences or even social sciences.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Jones, who taught the course, Law and Society, that Francisquini originally wrote the essay for, emphasizes to his students that they do not need to wait until graduation to begin contributing their works to the public in a constructive and meaningful fashion. \u201cThe NJAPM is one of the most recognized and respected professional organizations in the state for mediation and dispute resolution issues. As such, Anastasia’s accomplishment sets a very valuable example and precedent for other undergraduate students, graduate students, and law students in New Jersey on the ability of dedicated students to work hard and possibly have the fruits of their research and writing professionally published before graduation,\u201d he said. \u201cPut another way, hard work pays off.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Francisquini\u2019s essay discusses cultural competency\u2014which encourages understanding and empathy towards people of different cultures and backgrounds\u2014and its increasingly significant role in the practice of mediation, a method of conflict resolution in which both parties\u2019 issues are heard and an impartial third party offers a fair solution. \u201cShould parties be of a regional, linguistic, or other culture unfamiliar to counsel,\u201d she argues, \u201cthe person overseeing their situation needs to be aware and understanding of possible cultural nuances in order to be fully capable of answering the issue at hand.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cAs a person looking to go into law, I believe mediation is a great alternative that more people need to know about to make help in legal matters more accessible,\u201d Francisquini said, noting that she hopes mediators who read her work will embrace cultural competency. \u201cThe use of cultural competency in any field is essential to the proper diagnosis and care of clients. Applying it to the legal profession allows for more long-term sustainability of the resolution.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Jones added, \u201cIn a world where diversity, inclusion, and belonging are so important, Anastasia\u2019s\u00a0writing sheds a very relevant\u00a0light on this topic.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Francisquini, who hopes to attend law school after graduation, feels that Monmouth prepared her for this next step through relevant coursework and opportunities to connect with faculty and working professionals. \u201cOverall, Monmouth has helped to develop my confidence in my academic abilities by allowing me to put myself up for different opportunities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Jones, who describes Francisquini as a top student with remarkable focus and analytical skills, thinks the sky is the limit for this Hawk. \u201cThere is no doubt that she has the abilities to be not only an outstanding attorney, but\u00a0she\u00a0likely\u00a0can go even further as a public leader if she chooses to pursue such a path in life.\u201d<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anastasia Francisquini, senior political science major and president of Monmouth\u2019s Pre-Law Club, was published by the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM) for her essay, \u201cA Call for Cultural Competency in Mediation.\u201d She\u00a0is the first student-author\u00a0to have her work approved for publication on\u00a0the NJAPM website for review by mediators, attorneys, judges, and other professionals.\u00a0The essay was submitted by Lawrence Jones, adjunct professor in the department of Political Science and Sociology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":40802257450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,176,444,191,423,170],"tags":[1957],"person":[2017,1916],"audience":[14,386,11,8,50,1961,128,47],"school":[59,26],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802257432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-excellence","category-diversity-and-inclusion","category-monmouth-now","category-personalized-education","category-faculty-perspectives","category-research","tag-campusesp","person-anastasia-francisquini","person-lawrence-jones","audience-alumni","audience-community","audience-current-student","audience-faculty","audience-graduate-student","audience-parent","audience-prospective-undergraduate-student","audience-undergraduate-student","school-political-science-sociology","school-school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences"],"squareimage":{"id":40802257438,"rendered":"\"\"","original":{"url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/08\/Anastasia-Francisquini-square.jpg","width":1170,"height":1170}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802257432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802257432"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802257432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802258549,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802257432\/revisions\/40802258549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802257450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802257432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802257432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802257432"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=40802257432"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=40802257432"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=40802257432"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=40802257432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}