Congratulations to Students Awarded Honors and Prizes

Thursday, May 29, 2025

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates the following human rights students who received departmental honors and prizes: 

Phi Beta Kappa Inductees 

Luna Sadoun, General Studies

Makayla Gubbay, General Studies

Emelie Beckman, General Studies

Josephine Koch, General Studies
Jake Arlia, Columbia College
Andrada Nicolae, Columbia College
Leila Sheridan, Columbia College, Human Rights Concentrator 
Denizcan Ozdemir, Columbia College, Human Rights Concentrator 

Undergraduate Human Rights Departmental Honors 

Bokyung Jeon, General Studies

Emelie Beckman, General Studies
Laura Giselle Romero, Columbia College
Maria-Vera Azadian, Columbia College
Andrada Nicolae, Columbia College 

Myra Kraft Prizes for Superior Academic Achievement in the Study of Human Rights

Jake Arlia, Columbia College

Caroline Mendoza, Columbia College

Myra Kraft Prize for Exceptional Practical Experience in Human Rights Advocacy

Rolihlahla Nyirenda, Columbia College, Center for Strategic Litigation, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Human Rights Research Awards

Leo Palacios, GSAS, M.A. Human Rights Studies

Faculty: Shourideh Molavi
Anna Pilgrim, GSAS, M.A. Human Rights Studies
Faculty: Jackie Dugard
Aya Hachimi, GSAS, M.A. Human Rights Studies
Faculty: Harry Verhoeven 
Mara Bulzan, General Studies
Faculty: Christian De Vos
Caroline Mendoza, Columbia College
Faculty: Evan McCormick
Mukudzeiishe Madzivire, Columbia College
Faculty: Tim Wyman-McCarthy
Mara Beteagu, General Studies
Faculty: Garnett Russell

Additionally, you can see our previously-announced human rights thesis competition winners and essay contest winners here and here.