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Core Faculty

John Dunn

Visiting Assistant Professor, Education and Human Rights

jkdunn@uconn.edu

Asif Majid

Asif Majid

Assistant Professor, Dramatic Arts & Human Rights

asif.majid@uconn.edu

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Marvi Sirmed

Visiting Professor, Human Rights Institute

marvis@uconn.edu

<img width="1000" height="670" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg 1000w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-400x268.jpeg 400w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-768x515.jpeg 768w" data-src="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="1000" height="670" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg 1000w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-400x268.jpeg 400w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-768x515.jpeg 768w" data-src="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="1000" height="670" src="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg 1000w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-400x268.jpeg 400w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-768x515.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />

Heather Wurtz

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pandemic Journaling Project

heather.wurtz@uconn.edu

<img width="1000" height="670" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg 1000w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-400x268.jpeg 400w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-768x515.jpeg 768w" data-src="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="1000" height="670" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg 1000w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-400x268.jpeg 400w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-768x515.jpeg 768w" data-src="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="1000" height="670" src="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg 1000w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-400x268.jpeg 400w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-768x515.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />

Christopher Shay

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Human Rights Research and Data Hub

christopher.w.shay@uconn.edu

david richards

David L. Richards

Director of Graduate Programs, Human Rights Institute; Associate Professor, Political Science & Human Rights

david.richards@uconn.edu

Catherine Masud

Catherine Masud

Assistant Professor In-Residence, Human Rights Documentary Filmmaking

catherine.masud@uconn.edu

<img width="1000" height="670" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg 1000w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-400x268.jpeg 400w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-768x515.jpeg 768w" data-src="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="1000" height="670" alt="" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg 1000w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-400x268.jpeg 400w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-768x515.jpeg 768w" data-src="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="1000" height="670" src="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img.jpeg 1000w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-400x268.jpeg 400w, https://humanrights.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3236/2021/09/HRI-placeholder-img-768x515.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />

José Luis Falconi

Co-Chair, Research Program on Arts & Human Rights; Assistant Professor, Art and Art History & Human Rights Institute

jose.falconi@uconn.edu

Erica Laplante

Erica Laplante

Postdoctoral Research Associate

erica.laplante@uconn.edu