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Seth Freeman
Uris Hall, Room 310A
Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
Phone: 212-854-3403
Fax: 212-854-7900
sf124@columbia.edu
Biography:
Seth Freeman, J.D., is an adjunct Professor at Columbia University where he teaches courses at the School of International and Public Affairs and at the Business School. He teaches a variety of courses on negotiation and conflict management.
He is also an assistant clinical professor at NYU's Stern School of Business. He also serves as a visiting professor of International Negotiation at several programs abroad, including Bordeaux Ecole de Management (BEM) in France and Zhongshan University's Executive MBA program in Guangzhou, China. He has also taught at Beijing University's Executive MBA program in Beijing and Shenzhen, and the World Economic Forum.
Prof. Freeman also serves as a trainer and consultant on negotiations for organizations such as Avaya, Polo RalphLauren, Seedco, Acumen Fund, and the New York City Board of Education. He's been an active student of mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, and has served as a mediator for the Queens Mediation Center.
His columns and op-eds have appeared in the Christian Science Monitor and USA Today. He is at work on a book, Promises: Making Commitments More Reliable in Business and Beyond. Some of his teaching materials have been published by Harvard's Program on Negotiation and are used by its law school and around the world.
He practiced corporate and securities law in large New York firms for six years following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984. His work in private practice included transactions involving initial public offerings, corporate restructurings, and aircraft financing. He graduated from Cornell University in 1981 with an undergraduate degree in economics.