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Frank Biess Associate Professor of History Professor Biess has a number of publications in both English and German on Germany in the twentieth century, including ones examining issues of war, trauma, and war crimes. Yen Le Espiritu Professor of Ethnic Studies Professor Espiritu researches the lives of Southeast Asians in the U.S., with particular emphasis on refugee populations and historical memory of issues such as war and violence. |
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Denise Ferreira da Silva Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies A sociologist, Professor Ferreira da Silva researches many racial issues that are related to human rights, including justice following natural disasters. |
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| Gary Fields Associate Professor of Communication Professor Fields researches geographical landscapes as expressions of power. His current research focuses on Palestine and its dispossession, arguing that it continues a pattern of territoriality. |
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| David FitzGerald Associate Professor of Sociology |
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| Fonna Forman-Barzilai Associate Professor of Political Science |
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| Emilie Hafner-Burton Associate Professor, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies Director, Laboratory on International Law and Regulation Professor Hafner-Burton has a number of publications dealing with human rights, particularly with how they can be protected and the role that international law and international legal institutions play in this protection. |
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| Valerie Hartouni Associate Professor of Communication Professor Hartouni’s research examines popular discourses on pressing current issues, many with a human rights focus including HIV/AIDS. |
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| Peter Irons Emeritus Professor of Political Science |
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| April Linton Assistant Professor of Sociology |
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| Gerry Mackie Associate Professor of Political Science Professor Mackie is a political theorist whose foray into international human rights work began with examinations of harmful practices like foot-binding in China and female genital cutting in African countries. |
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| Timothy McDaniel Professor of Sociology |
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Everard Meade Assistant Professor of History Professor Meade’s human rights research focuses on capital punishment, both in Mexico and as sentenced to Mexican nationals in the U.S. He also has a current project on immigration detention in the U.S.
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| Patrick Patterson Assistant Professor of History A historian of the Balkans and Eastern Europe, Professor Patterson’s work has covered Yugoslavia, war crimes, and genocide. |
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| Nancy Postero Associate Professor of Anthropology Previously a human rights attorney and journalist, Professor Postero has done fieldwork with indigenous populations in Bolivia and written on issues of multiculturalism and neoliberalism. Jeremy Prestholdt Associate Professor, History A historian of Africa, Professor Prestholdt is currently researching political violence in postcolonial Kenya. |
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Gershon Shafir Professor of Sociology Professor Shafir has written on issues of national security and human rights as well as on South Africa and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. |
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| John Skrentny Professor of Sociology Professor Skrentny’s current research is on human rights and globalization in East Asia. |
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| Leon Zamosc Associate Professor of Sociology |
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| Elana Zilberg Associate Professor of Communication An anthropologist, Professor Zilberg’s current work is on Salvadoran immigrant gang youth, particularly their policing and deportation and examining themes of migration, violence, and security. |