Summer Human Rights Fellows
The Rapoport Center will support the following JD and graduate students this summer to work with human rights organizations and inter-governmental institutions around the world. Learn more about Summer Human Rights Fellowships.
Katherine Bartos
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (2024)
Rooha Hagharmehdiabadi
Law; Human Rights Scholar (2024-25); WPS Editorial Committee (2024-25); Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, American Gateways (2024); Global Justice Cohort Member (2023-24)
Miriam Jewell
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (2024)
Former Summer Human Rights Fellows
Samantha Acuña
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (2020)
Kristian Aguilar
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Washington, DC), 2012
Iman Ali
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Legal Resources Centre (Cape Town, South Africa), 2016
Lissette Almanza
Solidarity Center (2018)
Natalia Arizmendi
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Observatorio para la Equidad de las Mujeres (2023)
Rachel Belkin
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
Daniel Benowitz
Khmer Rouge Tribunal Phnom (Penh, Cambodia), 2016
Kara Blomquist
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, The Bronx Defenders (2018)
Caitlin Boehne
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Arusha, Tanzania), 2012
Metzeri Camacho
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services (2020)
Gabrielle Camilleri
Equal Justice Center (2021)
Stacy Cammarano
Human Rights USA (Washington, DC), 2012
Rodrigo Cantú
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica), 2014
Creighton Chandler
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2008)
Kelsey Chapple
American Civil Liberties Union (Washington, DC), 2015
Josh Clark
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2007)
Kali Cohn
ACLU of Northern California (San Francisco, CA), 2013
Elizabeth Coleman
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (Weslaco, Texas), 2012
Jane Collins
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Ministry of the Environment (Brasília, Brazil) (2005)
Skyler Collins
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (Austin, TX), 2015.
Nina Colombotos
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow; Workers Defense Project (Austin, TX) (2022)
Allen Cooper
Human Rights Scholar (2005-2006); Summer Human Rights Fellow, International Labor Rights Fund (2005)
Camila Cossío
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (San José, Costa Rica), 2015
Alicia Danze
Geography & the Environment; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Tahirih Justice Center (2019)
Melina De La Garza
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Kosovo Law Centre (2005)
Jeremy Dean
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2009)
Burton DeWitt
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (Dallas, TX), 2013
Whitney Drake
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica), 2013
Ashley Eddy
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Sin Fronteras (2006)
Kari Erickson
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Kurdish Human Rights Project (2007)
Allison Kaplan Fink
Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow; Centre for Natural Resource Governance (Harare, Zimbabwe) (2021)
David Fisher
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Washington, DC), 2013
Michelle Garza
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) (2007)
Mihret Getabicha
Ghana Center for Democratic Development (Accra, Ghana), 2015
Kate Gibson
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services (2021)
Leah Glowacki
Mental Health Advocacy Services (Los Angeles, CA), 2014
Meredith Glueck
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2009)
Sophia Golvach
Disability Rights Texas (Austin, TX), 2013
Johnathan Gooch
Chagos Refugee Group (2019)
Rowan Gossett
Law; Human Rights Scholar (2023-24); Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Northwest Workers’ Justice Project (2023)
Noam Greenspan
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, Inc. (2008)
Aaron Groth
Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow (2017); Geography & the Environment
Andrea Guttin
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2006)
Rhiannon Hamam
Orleans Public Defenders (New Orleans, LA), 2014
Elizabeth Hamilton
Human Rights Scholar (2019-2020); Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow, Dentons (2019)
Elise Harriger
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Amnesty International (Washington, DC) (2006)
Kalani Hawks
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Sin Fronteras (2006)
Lora Hollingsworth
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2008)
Melvin Huang
Human Rights Scholar (2009-2010); Summer Human Rights Fellows, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program (2008)
Emily Jolly
Summer Human Rights Fellow, CARE International (2005)
Karim [undisclosed]
Lawyers for Human Rights (2018)
Brett Kaufman
Human Rights Scholar (2007-2008); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Costa Rica) (2007)
Helen Kerwin
Human Rights Scholar (2015–2016); Summer Human Rights Fellow, UNHCR (2015 & 2016)
Duriba Khan
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Reprieve (Washington, D.C.) (2022)
Kirsten Kumar
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (2020)
Christopher Lamoureux
Icelandic Human Rights Center, Reykjavík, Iceland Human Rights Law Network, (New Delhi, India), 2014
Oriane Leake
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services / Reprieve (2019)
Rachel Lopez
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2006)
Annelies Lottman
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, International Consortium for Law and Development (2006)
Audrey Lynn
Equal Justice Center (Austin, TX), 2012
Dave Mauch
Farmworker Justice (Washington, DC), 2013
Bridgett Mayeux
Human Rights Scholar (2008-2009); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Legal Research Project and Advocacy Forum (Kathmandu, Nepal) (2008)
Haley McCay
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Bridges Across Borders (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) (2006)
Phill Melton
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (Laredo, Texas), 2017
Grace Miller
Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow, Dentons Mauritius (2020)
Jacqueline Morales
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow; American Gateways (2021)
Desiree Morris
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2010)
Collen Mulholland
Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (San Francisco, CA), 2014
Colleen Mulholland
Lawyers Without Borders (New Haven, CT), 2013
Mohammed Nabulsi
Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, NY), 2016
Sadikshya Nepal
Global Policy Studies; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Center for Migration Studies (2019)
Anh-Thu Nguyen
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Bridges Across Borders (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) (2006)
Elizabeth Nguyen
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague, The Netherlands), 2013
Charlotte Nunes
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2010)
Mallory Owen
Protimos (London, England), 2012
Billy Pavord
Human Rights Scholar (2020-2021); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Lawyers for Human Rights (2019)
Kim Paymaster
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2008)
Lindsey Peebles
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Wellington Community Law Center (2008)
Safa Peera
Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America (Dallas, TX), 2015
Briana Perez
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (San Antonio, TX), 2015
Salima Pirmohamed
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Arusha, Tanzania), 2013
Veronica Portillo
Equal Justice Center (Austin, TX), 2014
Enrique Ramirez
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar, ACLU of Northern California (2019)
Anna Roberson
Southern Migrant Legal Services (2018)
Hannah Robertson
Summer Human Rights Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union (Texas) (2007)
Graham Robertson
Inter-American Foundation (Washington, DC), 2013
Amy Rodriguez
Human Rights First (Houston), 2016
Leah Rodríguez
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (2018)
Raegen Rogers
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Legislative Assembly (Costa Rica) (2007) and Checchi and Company Consulting (La Paz and Sucre, Bolivia) (2008)
Sylvia Romo
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2007)
Lochlin Rosen
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague, Netherlands), 2015
Mackenzie Salter
Centre for Natural Resource Governance (Harare, Zimbabwe) (2021)
Cristian Sánchez
ACLU of Southern California (Los Angeles), 2016
Jody Schechter
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)
Ramsey Schultz
Juvenile Justice Advocates International (2019)
Kristin Schulz
Tahirih Justice Center (2020)
Adelaide Schwartz
Legal Resources Centre (Cape Town, South Africa), 2014
Bianca Scott
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Washington, DC), 2014
Devin Sefton
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica), 2012
Della Sentilles
Office of the Co-Prosecutors (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), 2012
Anne Shapere
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Bridges Across Borders (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) (2007)
Timothy Shaw
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Bridges Across Borders (Thailand and Cambodia) (2008)
Kyle Shen
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), 2014
Carson Smith
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (San Antonio, TX) (2022)
Katherine Spry
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (2023)
Scott Squires
Graduate Summer Fellow (2016); Global Policy Studies and Journalism; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (2017)
Kelly Stephenson
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2009)
Albert Suarez
Robert F. Kennedy Center For Justice and Human Rights (Washington, DC), 2014
Raja Swamy
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2010)
Heather K. Teague
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2009)
Josue Teniente
Equal Justice Center (2020)
Kevin Trahan
Human Rights Scholar (2018–2019); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (2018)
Christie Turner
Human Rights Scholar (2007-2008); Summer Human Rights Fellow, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Washington, DC) (2007)
John Tustin
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Environmental Law Institute (2005)
Edward Valdespino
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Centre for Governance and Development (2008)
Karla Vargas
Summer Human Rights Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union (El Paso) (2006) and Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at Hastings College of Law (2008)
Karla Vargas
Summer Human Rights Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union (El Paso) (2006) and Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at Hastings College of Law (2008)
Ricardo Velasco
Latin American Studies; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2016); Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow (2018)
Derek VerHagen
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague, The Netherlands), 2013
Vanshika Vij
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague, Netherlands), 2014
Catherine Wagner
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), 2013
Eve Wang
Human Rights Scholar (2021-2022); Summer Human Rights Fellow, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (The Hague, Netherlands) (2021)
Brian Watson
Bronx Defenders (New York), 2016
Sarah Beth Wesley
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (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)
David Wood
Legal Resources Centre (Accra, Ghana), 2017
Radney Wood
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, United Nations Development Program (Beirut, Lebanon) (2006)
Harjeen Zibari
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (2018)