Student Profiles

Student Highlight
Gabriella Levy
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Gabriella Levy is a senior majoring in Political Science with a double concentration in Human Rights and Hispanic Studies. She will also be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society, on May 16, 2017. Levy has been accepted into a Ph.D program in Political Science at Duke University.

Student Highlight
Jennifer Millett-Barrett, M.A. 2017
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Jennifer Millett-Barrett is a graduate student in the Human Rights Studies M.A. program. She is the founder of the non-profit Dream On International.

Why did you pursue human rights for your academic and professional path?

2017 Graduates Presented Theses
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

ISHR celebrated the end of another successful academic year with the annual end of year reception on Thursday, April 27th. Four graduating students presented their theses:

Grace Beya, Human Rights Studies M.A. Program

  • Sexual Violence Beyond the War: Dismantling and Addressing Domestic Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo 

Iva Gumniska, Human Rights Major

Student Highlight
Kunal Kanodia
Monday, April 24, 2017

Kunal Kanodia is a Human Rights Major at Columbia College graduating in May 2017.

Careers in Human Rights: Insights From the Field
New Rightsviews article by Bárbara Matias
Monday, March 20, 2017

In a new Rightsviews article, graduate student Bárbara Matias examines the challenges and opportunities of the human rights field. Building on the discussion of panelists at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights' annual Career Panel, Matias explores how students can benefit from the insights of human rights practitioners in the field.

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