Meet our team!
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| Photo | Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | César Abadía-Barrero | Associate Professor, Anthropology and Human Rights | cesar.abadia@uconn.edu | |
 | Saah Agyemang-Badu | Graduate Assistant | saah.agyemang-badu@uconn.edu | |
| Ghada Almashaqbeh | Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering | ghada.almashaqbeh@uconn.edu | ||
 | Nana Amos | Director of Community Outreach & Engagement Co-Director, Democracy & Dialogues Initiative | nana.amos@uconn.edu | 860‑486‑3054 |
 | Emmanouil Anagnostou | Director, Eversource Energy Center Applied Research Director, Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Eversource Energy Endowed Chair in Environmental Engineering | manos@uconn.edu | |
| Zehra Arat | Professor, Political Science | zehra.arat@uconn.edu | |
 | Anamaria Arteaga | Graduate Assistant | anamaria.arteaga@uconn.edu | |
| Carol Atkinson-Palombo | Director, Environmental Studies Program Associate Professor, Geography | carol.atkinson-palombo@uconn.edu | ||
| Marisa Auguste | Driver Behavior Analyst Connecticut Transportation Institute | marisa.auguste@uconn.edu | ||
| Amvrossios Bagtzoglou | Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | amvrossios.bagtzoglou@uconn.edu | ||
| Kaushik Basu | C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics and Director, Program on Comparative Economic Development: Cornell University | |||
| Jon Bauer | Clinical Professor of Law and Richard D. Tulisano '69 Scholar in Human Rights | jon.bauer@uconn.edu | |
| Oksan Bayulgen | Department Head and Professor, Political Science | oksan.bayulgen@uconn.edu | |
 | Megan Berthold | Professor, Social Work | megan.berthold@uconn.edu | |
 | Robert Bird | Eversource Energy Chair in Business Ethics Professor of Business Law Research Fellow, School of Law Member, Institute for Systems Genomics | rbird@business.uconn.edu | |
 | Mark Boyer | Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Geography | mark.boyer@uconn.edu | |
 | Alexis Boylan | Professor of Africana Studies, Art and Art History | alexis.boylan@uconn.edu | |
 | Mike Brand | Professor of Horticulture and Plant Breeding Nursery Extension Specialist | mike.brand@uconn.edu | |
 | Alex Branzell | Events & Communications Coordinator, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute | alex.branzell@uconn.edu | |
 | Boris Bravo-Ureta | Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics | boris.bravoureta@uconn.edu | |
 | Richard Brown | Emeritus Professor, History | richard.brown@uconn.edu | |
| Thomas Buckley | Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus, Pharmacy Practice | thomas.e.buckley@uconn.edu | |
 | Daniel Burkey | Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | daniel.burkey@uconn.edu | |
 | Heather Cassano | Assistant Professor, Digital Film/Video Production | heather.cassano@uconn.edu | |
 | Clarissa Ceglio | Associate Professor, Digital Culture | clarissa.ceglio@uconn.edu | |
| Diego Cerrai | Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | diego.cerrai@uconn.edu | ||
 | Davis Chacón Hurtado | Co-Director Engineering for Human Rights Initiative Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Human Rights | davis.chacon-hurtado@uconn.edu | |
 | Rachel Chambers | Director, Business and Human Rights Initiative Assistant Professor, Business Law | rachel.chambers@uconn.edu | |
| Audrey Chapman | Professor, Public Health Sciences | achapman@uchc.edu | |
| Laura Chapman Rubbo | Director, Responsible Governance & Supply Chain The Walt Disney Company | |||
 | Carmel Christy K J | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute | carmel_christy.kattithara_joseph@uconn.edu | |
 | Maria Chrysochoou | Professor and Department Head, Civil & Environmental Engineering | maria.chrysochoou@uconn.edu | |
| Janie Cole | Assistant Professor of Musicology | janie.cole@uconn.edu | |
 | James Coltrain | Assistant Professor, Game Design | james.coltrain@uconn.edu | |
 | Jessica Cooperman | Doris & Simon Konover Chair in Judaic Studies Director, Center for Judaic Studies & Contemporary Jewish Life Associate Professor, Literatures, Cultures, & Languages | js.cooperman@uconn.edu | |
| Eleni Coundouriotis | Professor, English | eleni.coundouriotis@uconn.edu | |
| Kelly Dennis | Associate Professor, Visual Studies | kelly.dennis@uconn.edu | |
| Manisha Desai | Professor, Sociology & Asian and Asian American Studies Department Head, Sociology | manisha.desai@uconn.edu | ||
 | Predrag Dojčinović | Adjunct Professor & Research Affiliate, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute Senior Consultant and Research Advisor in International Criminal Justice | ||
| Zoi Dokou | Assistant Research Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | zoi.dokou@uconn.edu | ||
 | John Dunn | Visiting Assistant Professor, Education and Human Rights | jkdunn@uconn.edu | |
| Stephen Dyson | Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science Professor, Political Science | stephen.dyson@uconn.edu | |
 | Kristina Eberbach | Strategy and Curriculum Specialist, Human Rights Close to Home | kristina.eberbach@uconn.edu | |
 | Ayaa Elgoharry | Academic Advising Liaison | ayaa.elgoharry@uconn.edu | |
 | Heather Elliott-Famularo | Department Head, Digital Media and Design Professor, Digital Film/Video Production | heather@uconn.edu | |
| Gary English | Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Dramatic Arts | gary.english@uconn.edu | |
| José Falconi | Co-Chair, Research Program on Arts and Human Rights Assistant Professor, Art History and Human Rights | jose.falconi@uconn.edu | |
| Michael Freeman | Professor Michael Freeman BA (Cambridge), LLB (Stanford), PhD (Essex), University of Essex, UK | |||
| Norman Garrick | Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | norman.garrick@uconn.edu | ||
 | Krystyna Gielo-Perczak | Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering | krystyna.Gielo-Perczak@engr.uconn.edu | |
| Robin Greeley | Co-Chair, Research Program on Arts and Human Rights Professor, Art History | robin.greeley@uconn.edu | |
 | Oscar Guerra | Assistant Professor, Digital Film/Video Production | oscar.guerra@uconn.edu | |
| Louis Hanzlik | Alice Murray Heilig Music Chair Department Head, Music Professor, Trumpet | louis.hanzlik@uconn.edu | |
 | Sara Harvel | Graduate Assistant | sara.harvel@uconn.edu | |
 | Lynne Healey | Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Emerita, Social Work | lynne.healy@uconn.edu | |
 | Mark Healey | Associate Professor and Department Head, History | mark.healey@uconn.edu | |
 | Shareen Hertel | Wiktor Osiatyński Chair of Human Rights Professor, Political Science and Human Rights | shareen.hertel@uconn.edu | |
 | Richard Hiskes | Professor Emeritus, Political Science and Human Rights | hiskesr@gvsu.edu | |
 | Elizabeth Holzer | Director of Undergraduate Programs, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute Associate Professor, Sociology and Human Rights | elizabeth.holzer@uconn.edu | |
 | Rojda Idil Arslan | Charles E. Scheidt Graduate Assistantship for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention | hwz24001@uconn.edu | |
 | John Ivan | Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | john.ivan@uconn.edu | |
 | Rachel Jackson | Director of Operations, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute | rachel.jackson@uconn.edu | 860‑486‑5393 |
 | Blair Johnson | Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Psychology | blair.johnson@uconn.edu | |
| Derek Johnson | Senior Lecturer in Residence, Economics | derek.johnson@uconn.edu | |
 | Brendan Kane | Co-Director, Democracy and Dialogues Initiative Professor, History and Literature, Cultures, and Languages | brendan.kane@uconn.edu | |
 | Prakash Kashwan | Former Co-Director, Research Program on Economic & Social Rights Former Associate Professor, Political Science | prakash.kashwan@uconn.edu | |
 | Kazem Kazerounian | Dean, UConn School of Engineering Professor, Mechanical Engineering | kazem.kazerounian@uconn.edu | |
 | Heejoo Kim | Assistant Professor, Motion Design and Animation | heejoo.kim@uconn.edu | |
| Christine Kirchhoff | Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | christine.kirchhoff@uconn.edu | ||
| Henry Krisch | Emeritus Professor, Political Science | henrykrisch@gmail.com | ||
 | Jin Kwon | PhD Student Political Science | ye_jin.kwon@uconn.edu | |
 | Molly Land | Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Catherine Roraback Professor of Law Professor, Human Rights | molly.land@law.uconn.edu | |
 | Erica Laplante | Director, Human Rights Research Hub Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute | erica.laplante@uconn.edu | |
| Emily Larned | Associate Professor, Graphic Design | emily.larned@uconn.edu | |
| Sahil Laul | Digital Media Producer, Human Rights Institute | sahil.laul@uconn.edu | |
 | Thomas Levine | Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction | thomas.levine@uconn.edu | |
 | Baikun Li | Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | baikun.li@uconn.edu | |
| Cuihong Li | Department Head and Professor Operations and Information Management | cuihong.li@uconn.edu | ||
 | Kathryn Libal | Director, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute Professor, Social Work and Human Rights | kathryn.libal@uconn.edu | 860‑486‑8739 |
| Bert Lockwood | Director of the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights and University of Cincinnati Editor in Chief of Human Rights Quarterly | |||
| Jacqueline Loss | Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages Professor, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages | jacqueline.loss@uconn.edu | |
| Nicholas Lownes | Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | nicholas.lownes@uconn.edu | ||
 | Asif Majid | Assistant Professor, Dramatic Arts and Human Rights | asif.majid@uconn.edu | |
 | Alan Marcus | Professor, Curriculum and Instruction University of Connecticut Teaching Fellow | alan.marcus@uconn.edu | |
| J. Paul Martin | Professor and Director of Human Rights Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University | |||
 | Samuel Martínez | Director, El Instituto Professor, Anthropology | samuel.martinez@uconn.edu | |
 | Catherine Masud | Assistant Professor In-Residence, Human Rights Documentary Filmmaking | catherine.masud@uconn.edu | |
| Laura Mauldin | Director, Graduate Certificate in Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies | laura.mauldin@uconn.edu | |
| Jeffrey McCutcheon | Professor and Executive Director, Fraunhofer USA Center for Energy Innovation Al Geib Professor, Environmental Engineering Research and Education | jeffrey.mccutcheon@uconn.edu | ||
| Laurent Michel | Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering | laurent.michel@uconn.edu | ||
| Alanson Minkler | Emeritus Professor, Economics | alanson.minkler@uconn.edu | |
 | Sage Montana | Graduate Assistant | sage.montana@uconn.edu | |
 | Craig Mortley | Ph.D. Student, Graduate Assistant, and Adjunct Instructor in the School of Social Work | craig.mortley@uconn.edu | |
 | Gaurav Mukherjee | Visiting Assistant Professor, Law Stuart F. Smith Teaching Fellow | gaurav.mukherjee@uconn.edu | |
| Danielle Nadeau | Graduate Assistant | danielle.j.nadeau@uconn.edu | |
| Michael Orwicz | Co-Chair, Research Program on Arts and Human Rights Associate Professor, Art History | michael.orwicz@uconn.edu | |
| Eleanor Ouimet | Assistant Professor, Anthropology | eleanor.ouimet@uconn.edu | |
 | Mark Overmyer-Velázquez | Campus Dean and Chief Administrative Officer, UConn Hartford Professor, History and Latino and Latin American Studies | mark.velazquez@uconn.edu | |
 | Desen Özkan | Assistant Professor Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | desen.ozkan@uconn.edu | |
| Rupal Parekh | Assistant Professor, School of Social Work | rupal.parekh@uconn.edu | |
 | Stephen Park | Associate Professor, Business Law | stephen.park@uconn.edu | |
| Richard Parnas | Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | richard.parnas@uconn.edu | ||
| Ugur Pasaogullari | Professor, Mechanical Engineering | ugur.pasaogullari@uconn.edu | ||
 | Avinoam Patt | Director, Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies Associate Professor, Literatures, Cultures, and Languages | avinoam.patt@uconn.edu | |
 | Laurel Pehmoeller | Visiting Assistant Professor, Digital Media and Design | laurel.pehmoeller@uconn.edu | |
| Malaquías Peña | Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | mpena@uconn.edu | ||
 | Jeremy Pressman | Professor, Political Science | jeremy.pressman@uconn.edu | |
 | Susan Randolph | Associate Professor Emerita, Economics | susan.m.randolph@gmail.com | |
 | David Richards | Director of Graduate Programs, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute Associate Professor, Political Science & Human Rights | david.richards@uconn.edu | |
| Celina Romany | Director, Center for Human Rights of the Inter-American University School of Law, Puerto Rico | |||
 | Michael Rubin | Assistant Professor, Political Science and Human Rights | michael.a.rubin@uconn.edu | |
 | Cory Runstedler | Graduate Assistant | cory.runstedler@uconn.edu | |
 | Swayam Sampurna Panigrahi | Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellow (2025-27) | spm25002@uconn.edu | |
| Christopher Sancomb | Assistant Professor, Industrial Design | christopher.sancomb@uconn.edu | |
| Lyle Scruggs | Professor, Political Science | lyle.scruggs@uconn.edu | |
| Sophie Shao | Associate Professor of Cello | sophie.shao@uconn.edu | |
 | Helena Silva | Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering & Materials Science | helena.silva@uconn.edu | |
 | Sara Silverstein | Co-Director, Research Program on Humanitarianism Assistant Professor, History and Human Rights | sara.silverstein@uconn.edu | |
 | Sandra Sirota | Director, Human Rights Close to Home Assistant Professor in Residence, Experiential Global Learning and Human Rights | sandra.sirota@uconn.edu | |
| Jeffrey Smith | Founding Director, Vanguard Africa Class of 2003 Human Rights Alumni | |||
 | Vidya Sri | Graduate Assistant | mvq25002@uconn.edu | |
 | Ranjan Srivastava | Professor and Department Head, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | rs@uconn.edu | |
 | Graham Stinnett | Archivist, Human Rights and Alternative Press Collections | graham.stinnett@uconn.edu | 860‑486‑2384 |
| Christine Sylvester | Professor Emeritus, Political Science | christine.sylvester@uconn.edu | |
| Amy Thompson | Associate Professor in Residence, Systems Engineering | amy.2.thompson@uconn.edu | ||
 | Jacqueline Thompson | Financial Assistant, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute | jacqueline.thompson@uconn.edu | |
| Lynne Tirrell | Professor, Philosophy | lynne.tirrell@uconn.edu | |
| Tim Vadas | Director, Environmental Engineering Program Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | timothy.vadas@uconn.edu | ||
| Fiona Vernal | Associate Director, Africana Studies Institute Associate Professor, Africana Studies Institute | fiona.vernal@uconn.edu | |
 | Katharina von Hammerstein | Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Emerita, German Studies | von.hammerstein@uconn.edu | |
 | Manuela Wagner | Associate Dean for Humanities, Faculty Inclusion and Success Professor, German Studies and Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies | manuela.wagner@uconn.edu | |
 | Scott Wallace | Associate Professor, Journalism Affiliate Faculty Member, El Instituto: UConn’s Institute of Latino/a, Caribbean and Latin American Studies | scott.wallace@uconn.edu | |
 | James Waller | Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice Director, Dodd Human Rights Impact Programs Professor, Literatures, Cultures, & Languages | james.waller@uconn.edu | |
| Margaret Walsh | Director of Research Development, Institute of the Environment and Energy Research Professor, Institute of the Environment and Energy | margaret.walsh@uconn.edu | |
 | Guiling Wang | Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | guiling.wang@uconn.edu | |
 | Alyssa Webb | Educational Program Administrator, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute | alyssa.webb@uconn.edu | |
| Thomas Weinland | Emeritus Professor, Education | thomas.weinland@uconn.edu | ||
 | Sarah Willen | Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology Co-Director, Research Program on Global Health and Human Rights Professor, Anthropology | sarah.willen@uconn.edu | |
 | Richard Wilson | Gladstein Distinguished Professor of Human Rights Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Law and Anthropology | richard.wilson@uconn.edu | |
 | Sarah Winter | Co-Director, Research Program on Humanitarianism Professor, English | sarah.winter@uconn.edu | |
 | Sebastian Wogenstein | Associate Professor, German Studies | wogenstein@uconn.edu | |
 | Arash Zaghi | Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | arash.esmaili_zaghi@uconn.edu | |
| Jin Zhu | Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering | jzhu@uconn.edu |