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Reflection by ISHR MA Student Volunteering with HRAP Alumnus in Kenya
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Ariella Kissin, who is pursuing the MA in Human Rights Studies, is one of three students participating in ISHR’s Student Volunteer Program (SVP) this summer. SVP pairs Columbia students with volunteer opportunities at HRAP alumni-led organizations. Since 2011, more than 25 students have gained field experience through SVP in countries including Kenya, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.

Student Highlight
Vanessa Fiuza
Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Vanessa Fiuza shares her experience as a student in the Human Rights Studies M.A. Program and about the research she undertook while in Chile on a Field Research Grant. Vanessa was the first recipient of the Santiago Global Center’s Field Research Grant.

In which program are you enrolled and when is your expected graduation date?

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

ISHR hosts End of Year Event to honor student accomplishments and celebrate graduates
Thursday, May 29, 2025

On Thursday, May 1, 2025, ISHR hosted an event for its graduating students. Faculty, staff, returning and graduating students enjoyed an evening celebrating student accomplishments and were treated to special performances by graduating students. ISHR’s Executive Director, Joseph Slaughter, gave the opening remarks and Gergana Halpern, Deputy Director introduced the graduating class.  

ISHR wishes to congratulate the winners of the 2025 Human Rights Thesis Competition
Thursday, May 15, 2025
On April 23, twelve graduate and undergraduate human rights students gathered on Zoom to participate in ISHR's annual Human Rights Thesis Competition. During the event, students took hundreds of hours of thesis research in the human rights discipline and transformed it into 5-minute presentations.
Maria-Vera Azadian, (Human Rights Major, Columbia College) won the Faculty Choice Winner Undergraduate prize and Audience Choice Winner prize; Johanna Wassong, (M.A. Human Rights Studies, GSAS) won the Faculty Choice Winner Graduate prize. 

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