Alumni

Patrick Aana
Human Rights Scholar (2017-2018)
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2009)
iman ali
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Legal Resources Centre (Cape Town, South Africa), 2016
Lissette Almanza
Solidarity Center (2018)
Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2020; Fall 2020)
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2007)
Cain-Rapoport Fellow, ICTY (2007-2008)
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2019; Spring 2020)
Lauren Beccue
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2017)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, World Organization for Human Rights USA (2007)
dan benowitz
World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland), 2017; Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), 2016
Human Rights Scholar (2019-2020)
Barbara Harlow Intern in Human Rights & Social Justice (Summer 2020); Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2020)
Kara Blomquist
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, The Bronx Defenders (2018)
Sofie Bonilla
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2017; Spring 2018)
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Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2016)
Latin American Studies; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2017)
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2008)
Aaron Burroughs
Undergraduate Intern (Spring & Summer 2018)
Emily Cantwell
Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2017)
Human Rights Scholar (2010-2011)
samantha chammings
Human Rights Scholar (2015-2016)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2008)
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Barbara Harlow Intern in Human Rights & Social Justice (Fall 2018); Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2019)
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Human Rights Scholar (2018-2019)
croslen
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2016)
Staff Attorney, Montana Legal Services Association
Geography & the Environment; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Tahirih Justice Center (2019)
natalie davidson
Research Fellow (2015-2016)
Graduate Summer Fellow (2009)
Sociology; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2018, 2019)
Xavier Durham
Barbara Harlow Intern in Human Rights & Social Justice (Spring 2018)
Anthropology; Graduate Summer Fellow (2020); Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2019)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Kurdish Human Rights Project (2007)
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2008)
Undergraduate Intern (2007-2008)
Graduate Summer Fellow (2020); Public Affairs
Human Rights Scholar (2008-2009)
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2009)
Undergraduate Intern (2007-2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) (2007)
mihret getabicha
Human Rights Scholar (2015-2016)
Graduate Summer Fellow (2009)
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2008)
Chagos Refugee Group (2019)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, Inc. (2008)
Aaron Groth
Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow (2017); Geography & the Environment
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2019; Spring 2020)
Human Rights Scholar (2019-2020); Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow, Dentons (2019)
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Amnesty International (Washington, DC) (2006)
Kyla Harrison
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2017)
Executive Director, Lone Star Justice Alliance
alisa hernandez
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2016)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2008)
Human Rights Scholar (2009-2010); Summer Human Rights Fellows, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program (2008)
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2007 & 2008)
Human Rights Scholar (2009-2010)
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Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2018; Spring 2019)
Francis Kaifala
Human Rights Scholar (Fall 2017)
karim
Lawyers for Human Rights (2018)
Human Rights Scholar (2007-2008); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Costa Rica) (2007)
Undergraduate Intern (2007-2008)
helen kerwin
Human Rights Scholar (2015–2016); Summer Human Rights Fellow, UNHCR (2015 & 2016)
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (2020)
Human Rights Scholar (2019-2020)
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services / Reprieve (2019)
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2006)
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, International Consortium for Law and Development (2006)
Sociology; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2017)
Leonel Mata
Human Rights Scholar (2016-2017)
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2007)
Human Rights Scholar (2008-2009); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Legal Research Project and Advocacy Forum (Kathmandu, Nepal) (2008)
Phill Melton
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (Laredo, Texas), 2017
Graduate Summer Fellow (2010)
Mehdia Mrabet
Barbara Harlow Intern in Human Rights & Social Justice (Summer 2018); Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2018)
Global Policy Studies; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Center for Migration Studies (2019)
Graduate Summer Fellow (2010)
History; Graduate Summer Fellow (2019)
Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2020; Fall 2020)
Graduate Summer Fellow (2019); African & African Diaspora Studies
Human Rights Scholar (2020-2021); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Lawyers for Human Rights (2019)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Wellington Community Law Center (2008)
safa peera
Human Rights Scholar (2015-2016)
Sociology; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2016)
briana perez
Human Rights Scholar (2016-2017)
Barbara Harlow Intern in Human Rights & Social Justice (Spring 2019); Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2019)
Sociology; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2017)
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2008-Fall 2009)
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar, ACLU of Northern California (2019)
Adjunct Researcher, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES); Law Professor, University of Palermo
Human Rights Scholar (Spring 2020)
Maria Victoria Ricciardi
Human Rights Scholar (2016-2017)
adrienne rivers
Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2016)
Anna Roberson
Southern Migrant Legal Services (2018)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union (Texas) (2007)
Amy Rodriguez
Human Rights First (Houston), 2016
Leah Rodríguez
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (2018)
Sociology; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2019)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Legislative Assembly (Costa Rica) (2007) and Checchi and Company Consulting (La Paz and Sucre, Bolivia) (2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2007)
cristian sanchez
ACLU of Southern California (Los Angeles), 2016
Government; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2016, 2018)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (2008)
Elizabeth Schmelzel
Human Rights Scholar (Spring 2018); Summer Human Rights Fellow, American Gateways (2017)
Juvenile Justice Advocates International (2019)
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2019)
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2009)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Bridges Across Borders (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) (2007)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Bridges Across Borders (Thailand and Cambodia) (2008)
Law; Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2020)
margaret Siu
Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2018)
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2007)
Emily Spangenberg
Graduate Summer Fellow (2016); Human Rights Scholar (2008-2009)
Scott Squires
Graduate Summer Fellow (2016); Global Policy Studies and Journalism; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (2017)
Human Rights Scholar (2007-2008)
Human Rights Scholar (2008-2009); Graduate Summer Fellow (2009)
Graduate Summer Fellow (2010)
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2008)
Kate Taylor
Postgraduate Fellow (2017-2019)
Graduate Summer Fellow (2009)
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2009)
Aleks Tinkovski
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2016)
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2008 and Spring 2009)
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Human Rights Scholar (2018-2019)
Human Rights Scholar (2007-2008); Summer Human Rights Fellow, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Washington, DC) (2007)
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2009)
Mia Uhunmwuangho
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2017)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Centre for Governance and Development (2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union (El Paso) (2006) and Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at Hastings College of Law (2008)
Barbara Harlow Intern in Human Rights & Social Justice (Spring 2020)
Ricardo Velasco
Latin American Studies; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2016); Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow (2018)
Associate Attorney, Employee Justice Legal Group, Los Angeles, CA
Brian Watson
Bronx Defenders (New York), 2016
Reina Wehbi
Human Rights Scholar (2016-2017)
Undergraduate Intern (Spring and Summer 2008)
Julie Wilson
Human Rights Scholar (2017-2018); WPS Editorial Committee (2017-2018); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (2017)
Leslie Wise
American Gateways (2018); Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, ProBAR (2017)
Deputy State Public Defender, Colorado Office of the State Public Defender
David Wood
Legal Resources Centre (Accra, Ghana), 2017
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Human Rights Scholar (2018-2019)
Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2008)
Senior Staff Attorney, ABA’s Children’s Immigration Law Academy
Anthropology; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2018)
Undergraduate Intern (Spring 2009)
Barbara Harlow Intern in Human Rights & Social Justice (Fall 2019)
Rachel Zein
Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2017)
karina zemel
Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2016)
Harjeen Zibari
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (2018)