Associates

Director

Wilson, Richard A.

Director, Human Rights Institute
Co-Director, Foundations of Humanitarianism Research & Teaching Program
Gladstein Committee Member
ANTH 298: Truth, Reconciliation and Justice
ANTH 390: Cultural Rights
HRTS 301: Contemporary Debates in Human Rights
Richard.Wilson@uconn.edu

Associate Director

Coundouriotis, Eleni

Associate Professor, English
http://english.uconn.edu/directory/personal_pages/coundouriotis_e.html
Associate Director, Human Rights Institute
Gladstein Committee Member
ENGL/HRTS 241 Literature and Human Rights
Eleni.Coundouriotis@uconn.edu

Eleni Coundouriotis received her BA in English at Georgetown University and her PhD in Comparative Literature from Columbia University. Before coming to the University of Connecticut in 1993, she taught for two years for the Committee on Degrees in Literature at Harvard University. She has been affiliated with the Human Rights Program at the University of Connecticut since 2001.

Her research interests are interdisciplinary with a particular focus on methods of historical narration across different disciplines and in a comparative context. In Claiming History: Colonialism, Ethnography and the Novel (1999), Coundouriotis proposes a literary history for the emergence and development of African fiction in the context of ethnography, the traditions of European narrative history, and the colonial encounter. A sustained theme of the book is the role that violence played in defining the subject matter of the African novel and the insistence of Africans on the historicist mission of their fiction. This dual interest in violence and history has shaped her turn to human rights. Africa remains an important focus of her research.

Currently she is completing a manuscript entitled Humanitarian Fictions that examines humanitarian agency in nineteenth and twentieth-century novels from Europe, the US, and Africa. An essay from this book project is forthcoming in Human Rights Quarterly.

HRI Joint Faculty

Gilligan, Emma

Assistant Professor, Joint Hire History and Human Rights
http://www.history.uconn.edu/faculty/gilligan.html
Gladstein Committee Member
HRTS/HIST 253 History of Human Rights
Emma.Gilligan@uconn.edu

After completing her doctoral studies in Russian history at the University of Melbourne, Australia, Emma Gilligan was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of History at the University of Chicago from 2003-2006. During this time, she completed her book Defending Human Rights in Russia; Sergei Kovalyov Dissident and Human Rights Commisioner, 1969-96 (Routledge, 2004). Her second book, War Crimes in Chechnya (Princeton University Press, forthcoming 2008) examines the war crimes committed by Russian soldiers against the civilian population of Chechnya. Emma Gilligan is the author of articles for the Chicago Tribune, 'Why there is no Peace in Chechnya,' 2005 and 'US Loses High Ground on Human Rights', 2006 and the International Herald Tribune.

Hertel, Shareen

Assistant Professor, Joint Hire Political Science & HRI
http://www.polisci.uconn.edu/people/faculty/hertel.htm
Gladstein Committee Member
Economic Rights Reading Group Member
HRTS/POLS 125: Intro to Human Rights
POLS/HRTS 258 Comparative Perspectives on Human Rights
POLS/HRTS 390: Economic Rights
Shareen.Hertel@uconn.edu

Shareen Hertel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Connecticut, jointly appointed with the Human Rights Institute at UConn. Her research focuses on changes in transnational human rights advocacy, with a focus on labor and economic rights issues. She has conducted fieldwork in factory zones along the US-Mexico border, in Bangladesh's garment manufacturing export sector, and in the multilateral trade arena.

Parekh, Serena

Assistant Professor, Joint Hire Philosophy and Human Rights
http://www.philosophy.uconn.edu/department/parekh/index.htm
Gladstein Committee Member
HRTS/POLS 125 Intro to Human Rights
HRTS/PHIL 219 Topics in Philosophy and Human Rights
serena.parekh@uconn.edu

Serena Parekh received a PhD from Boston College and an MA from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. She specializes in social and political philosophy, the philosophy of human rights and continental philosophy. She has authored articles in journals such as The Journal of Human Rights and Philosophy and Social Criticism. Her current research focuses on the themes of conscience, woman’s rights and the contributions of phenomenology to human rights.

Faculty Associates of HRI

Courses Listed are those offered in the HR Minor or HR Graduate Certificate.

Barnes, Robin

Professor, UConn Law
http://www.law.uconn.edu/faculty/rbarnes/
LAW 838 Constitutional Law/Individual Rights
robin.barnes@uconn.edu

Bauer, Jon

Clinical Professor of Law, Law School
http://www.law.uconn.edu/faculty/jbauer/
LAW 609 Asylum & Human Rights Clinic
Jon.Bauer@uconn.edu

Bayulgen, Oksan

Assistant Professor, Political Science
http://web.uconn.edu/bayulgen/
Economic Rights Reading Group Member
Email: Oksan.Bayulgen@uconn.edu

Birmingham, Robert

Professor, UConn Law
http://www.law.uconn.edu/faculty/rbirming/
LAW 759 The Nuremburg Trials
Robert.Birmingham@uconn.edu

Bloomfield, Paul

Assistant Professor, Philosophy
http://www.philosophy.uconn.edu/department/bloomfield/index.htm
PHIL 215: Ethics
phsb@uconn.edu

Brown, Richard D.

Professor, History
http://www.history.uconn.edu/faculty/brown.html
Director, UC Humanities Institute
Co-Director, Foundations of Humanitarianism Research & Teaching Program
Richard.D.Brown@uconn.edu

Boyer, Mark

Professor, Political Science
http://www.polisci.uconn.edu/people/faculty/boyer.htm
Economic Rights Reading Group Member
Mark.Boyer@uconn.edu

Bystrom, Kerry

Assistant Professor, English
Foundations of Humanitarianism Research & Teaching Program
Gladstein Committee Member
ENGL 215: Literature and Human Rights
kerry.bystrom@uconn.edu

Campbell, Jacqueline G.

Assistant Professor, History
http://www.history.uconn.edu/faculty/campbell.html
HIST 238: African American History to 1865
Jacqueline.G.Campbell@uconn.edu

Cazenave, Noel

Associate Professor, Sociology
http://sociology.uconn.edu/socifaculty/cazenave.html
SOCI 235: African Americans and Social Protest
SOCI 236: White Racism
SOCI 249: Sociological Perspectives on Poverty
Noel.Cazenave@uconn.edu

Chapman, Audrey

Professor, UConn Health Center
http://www.commed.uchc.edu/faculty/chapman/
Gladstein Committee Member
achapman@uchc.edu

Dailey, Anne

Professor, UConn Law School
http://www.law.uconn.edu/faculty/adailey/
LAW 923 Law and Theories of Human Nature
Anne.Dailey@uconn.edu

Dudden, Alexis

Associate Professor
Director, Foundations of Humanitarianism Research & Teaching Program
alexis.dudden@uconn.edu

Dussart, Francoise D.

Associate Professor, Anthropology
http://www.anth.uconn.edu/faculty/dussart/
ANTH 228: Australian Aborigines
ANTH 315: Gender and Culture
Francoise.Dussart@uconn.edu

Erickson, Pamela

Professor, Anthropology
http://www.anth.uconn.edu/faculty/erickson/
ANTH 377 Anthropology and International Health
Pamela.Erickson@uconn.edu

Fox, Karla

Professor, School of Business
http://www.business.uconn.edu/cms/p461/u166/mc/r
BLAW 375 Business Ethics
Karla.Fox@uconn.edu

Glasberg, Davita Silfen

Professor, Sociology
http://sociology.uconn.edu/socifaculty/glasberg.html
Gladstein Committee Member
SOCI/HRTS 269: Political Sociology
Davita.Glasberg@uconn.edu

Gustafson, Kaaryn

Associate Professor, UConn Law
http://www.law.uconn.edu/faculty/kgustafs/
LAW 767 Critical Identity Theory
Kaaryn.Gustafson@uconn.edu

Hiskes, Anne

Associate Professor, Philosophy
http://www.philosophy.uconn.edu/department/hiskes/valh.html
Director of Science and Human Rights Program @ HRI
Gladstein Committee Member
anne.hiskes@uconn.edu

Hiskes, Richard

Professor, Political Science
http://www.polisci.uconn.edu/people/faculty/hiskes/hiskes.htm
Director, Human Rights Minor
Editor, Journal of Human Rights
Economic Rights Reading Group Member
HRTS/ POLS 205: The Theory of Human Rights
Richard.Hiskes@uconn.edu

Jain, Subhash

Professor, Business School
http://www.business.uconn.edu/cms/p461/u176/mc/r
Gladstein Committee Member
sjain@business.uconn.edu

Janis, Mark

Professor, UConn Law School
http://www.law.uconn.edu/faculty/mjanis/
Gladstein Committee Member
LAW 653 European Human Rights
LAW 679 International Law
Email: Mark.Janis@law.uconn.edu

Kay, Richard

Professor, UConn Law School
http://www.law.uconn.edu/faculty/rkay/
Richard.Kay@uconn.edu

Kimenyi, Mwangi

Associate Professor, Economics
http://www.econ.uconn.edu/kimenyi/SKimenyi.htm
Economic Rights Reading Group Member
s.kimenyi@uconn.edu

Krisch, Henry

Professor Emeritus, Political Science
Gladstein Committee Member
POLS 258: Comparative Perspectives on Human Rights
POLS 397: The Politics of Human Rights in Contemporary Europe
Henry.Krisch@uconn.edu

Libal, Kathryn

Professor in Residence, Women’s Studies
Gladstein Committee Member
Economic Rights Reading Group Member
HRTS 125/POLS 125: Intro to Human Rights
Kathryn.Libal@uconn.edu

Minkler, Alanson

Associate Professor, Economics
http://www.econ.uconn.edu/minkler/minkler.htm
Director of Socio-Economic Rights Research Program @ HRI
Gladstein Committee Member
Economic Rights Reading Group Member
ECON 207: Beyond Self Interest
ECON/HRTS 390: Economic Rights
Alanson.Minkler@uconn.edu

Naples, Nancy

Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies
http://sociology.uconn.edu/socifaculty/naples.html
SOCI 305: Gender, Politics and the State
WS 395: Sexual Citizenship
Nancy.Naples@uconn.edu

Omara-Otunnu, Amii

Associate Professor, History
http://www.history.uconn.edu/faculty/otunnu.html
HIST 226: International Human Rights
Amii.Omara-Otunno@uconn.edu

Palaniswamy, Usha Rani

Assistant Professor, Allied Health/Health Promotion
AH 215/AASI 215: Critical Health Issues of Asian Americans
Usha.Palaniswamy@uconn.edu

Paul, Jeremy

Professor and Dean of UConn Law School
http://www.law.uconn.edu/faculty/jepaul/
LAW 923 Law and Theories of Human Nature
Jeremy.Paul@uconn.edu

Oquendo, Angel

Professor, UConn Law School
http://www.law.uconn.edu/faculty/aoquendo/
Gladstein Committee Member
LAW 872 Latin American Law
LAW 878 International Law
Angel.Oquendo@law.uconn.edu

Overmyer-Velazquez, Mark

Assistant Professor, History
http://www.history.uconn.edu/faculty/velazquez.html
mark.velazquez@uconn.edu

Purkayastha, Bandana

Assistant Professor, Sociology
http://sociology.uconn.edu/socifaculty/purkayastha.html
Economic Rights Reading Group Member
HRTS/SOCI 215: Human Rights in the United States
SOCI 222/AASI 222: Asian Indian Women: Activism & Social Change
Bandana.Purkayastha@uconn.edu

Randolph, Susan M.

Associate Professor, Economics
http://www.econ.uconn.edu/randolph/randolph.htm
Economic Rights Reading Group Member
ECON 247: Economic Development
Susan.Randolph@uconn.edu

Scruggs, Lyle

Associate Professor, Political Science
http://vm.uconn.edu/%7Escruggs/index.html
Economic Rights Reading Group Member
Lyle.Scruggs@uconn.edu

Silvestrini, Blanca

Professor, History
http://www.history.uconn.edu/faculty/silvestrini.html
Gladstein Committee Member
HIST 382 Historical Literature of Latin America: Human Rights in the late Twentieth Century
Blanca.Silvestrini@uconn.edu

Weinland, Thomas

Professor Emeritus, School of Education
Gladstein Committee Member
Thomas.Weinland@uconn.edu

Wogenstein, Sebastian

Assistant Professor, Modern and Classical Languages
http://www.languages.uconn.edu/faculty/details.php?id=73
Gladstein Committee Member
Sebastian.Wogenstein@uconn.edu

Zimmermann, Christian

Associate Professor, Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/zimm/
Economic Rights Reading Group Member
Christian.Zimmermann@uconn.edu

Administrative Associates of HRI

Love, Valerie

Curator for Human Rights and the Alternative Press Collection
http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/about/valerie_love.htm
about/valerie_love.htm
Gladstein Committee Member
Valerie.Love@uconn.edu