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.
Natalia Arizmendi
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Observatorio para la Equidad de las Mujeres (2023)
Rowan Gossett
Law; Human Rights Scholar (2023-24); Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Northwest Workers’ Justice Project (2023)
Katherine Spry
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (2023)
Former Summer Human Rights Fellows
Samantha Acuña
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (2020)
Iman Ali
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Legal Resources Centre (Cape Town, South Africa), 2016
Lissette Almanza
Solidarity Center (2018)
Dan Benowitz
World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland), 2017; Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), 2016
Kara Blomquist
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, The Bronx Defenders (2018)
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)
Nina Colombotos
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow; Workers Defense Project (Austin, TX) (2022)
Alicia Danze
Geography & the Environment; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Tahirih Justice Center (2019)
Allison Kaplan Fink
Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow; Centre for Natural Resource Governance (Harare, Zimbabwe) (2021)
Kate Gibson
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services (2021)
Johnathan Gooch
Chagos Refugee Group (2019)
Aaron Groth
Geography & the Environment; Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow (2017)
Elizabeth Hamilton
Human Rights Scholar (2019-2020); Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow (2019); Law
Karim [undisclosed]
Lawyers for Human Rights (2018)
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)
Oriane Leake
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services / Reprieve (2019)
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)
Sadikshya Nepal
Global Policy Studies; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Center for Migration Studies (2019)
Billy Pavord*
Human Rights Scholars, WPS Editorial Committee, Summer Human Rights Fellows (2019), Affiliated Graduate Students, Alumni
Enrique Ramirez
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar, ACLU of Northern California (2019)
Anna Roberson
Southern Migrant Legal Services (2018)
Amy Rodriguez
Human Rights First (Houston), 2016
Leah Rodríguez
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (2018)
Mackenzie Salter
Centre for Natural Resource Governance (Harare, Zimbabwe) (2021)
Cristian Sánchez
ACLU of Southern California (Los Angeles), 2016
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)
Carson Smith
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (San Antonio, TX) (2022)
Scott Squires
Graduate Summer Fellow (2016); Global Policy Studies and Journalism; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (2017)
Josue Teniente
Equal Justice Center (2020)
Kevin Trahan
Human Rights Scholar (2018–2019); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (2018)
Ricardo Velasco
Latin American Studies; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2016); Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow (2018)
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
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
Harjeen Zibari
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (2018)