Mary Elizabeth King (born July 30, 1940)[1] is a professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the United Nations affiliated University for Peace, a political scientist, and author of several publications. She is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and received a doctorate in international politics from Aberystwyth University in 1999.[2] She is also a Fellow of the Rothermere American Institute and a distinguished Scholar at the American University Center for Global Peace in Washington D.C.[3]
She received the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award in 2003.[4] In 2009 she was awarded the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize.[5] In May 2011, her alma mater Ohio Wesleyan University awarded her a doctor of laws (honorary) degree.[3]