Directory

William Paul Simmons §

Founder and Executive Committee Member, Human Rights Practice Program

Contact person for Global Collaborative Initiatives, Human Rights Practice Program

Professor, Gender & Women's Studies

williamsimmons@email.arizona.edu

Mayra Patricia Aguilar

Human Rights Practice MA alum

Pronouns:

She/Her/Hers/Ella

Robin Al-haddad

HRTS MA alum

Sommer Aldulaimi

Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine

aldulaim@arizona.edu

Alberto Arenas

Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Education

arenasa@arizona.edu

Santa Arias

Professor and Head in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

sarias@email.arizona.edu

520-621-3123

Onur Bakiner §

Adjunct Instructor, Human Rights Practice

bakinero@seattleu.edu

Serge Bambara (Smockey)

Hip Hop artist

activist

founder/owner of Studio Abazon in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Warda Belkass

Human Rights Practice MA student

wbelkass@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she, her, hers

Victoria Bennett

HRTS MA Student

Beth E. Boyett

HRTS MA Alum

Joyceen Boyle

Country Specialist for Amnesty Internationsl, USA

Associate Dean of UA College of Nursing (Retired)

jboyle@nursing.arizona.edu

520-626-6154

Connie Bracewell

Human Rights Practice MA student

conniejb@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she, her, hers

Victor Braitberg

Associate Professor, Honors College

victorb@email.arizona.edu

520-621-0175

Alex Braithwaite

Professor and Director, School of Government and Public Policy

abraith@email.arizona.edu

520-621-7600

Mette Brogden §

Assistant Professor of Practice, Human Rights Practice Program

Executive Committee Member

Graduate Student Advisor

metteb@arizona.edu

520-621-5026

Sheena Brown

Assistant Professor

Program Director, Human Services

Program Director, Family Studies and Human Development

Program Director, Military Faculty Program

sheenab@email.arizona.edu

520-440-3809

Anton Burkov

Director and Principal Attorney of the human rights NGO Strategic Litigation Center

Nolan Cabrera

Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice

Associate Professor, American Indian Studies-GIDP

Associate Professor, Social / Cultural / Critical Theory - GIDP

ncabrera@arizona.edu

520-621-3083

Maritza Cárdenas

Associate Professor of English

mcardena@email.arizona.edu

Megan Carney

Associate Professor, School of Anthropology

Director, UA Center for Regional Food Studies

mcarney@arizona.edu

520-621-2585

Monica Chadha

Associate Professor, School of Journalism

monicachadha@arizona.edu

Lisa Chavez

Human Rights Practice MA student

lisawchavez@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she, her, hers

Priscilla Yagu Ciesay

Co-Founder and Senior Technical Advisor of Women’s Association, Women & Victims’ Empowerment (WAVE-Gambia)

Janell Clemente

Human Rights Practice MA student

janellclemente@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she, her, hers

Cristina Coc

Maya Leaders Alliance co-spokesperson

Founder and Program Director for Julian Cho Society

Mary Carol Combs

Professor, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies

combs@arizona.edu

520-626-3771

Bradford Conroy

HRTS MA Alum

Mitch Conroy

Human Rights Practice MA alum

conroym@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

they/them

Michelle L. Cook

Founder, Divest Invest Protect

Co-Director of the Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegations

Ana Isabel Cornide §

Associate Professor of Spanish

cornide@email.arizona.edu

520-621-3629

Shery Crater

Undergraduate Academic Advisor

craters@arizona.edu

520-621-9331

Nicole Crevar

Graduate Associate, Department of English

ncrevar@arizona.edu

Sam Darling

Human Rights Practice MA student

samanthadarling@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she, her, hers

Yair Davidowitz

Human Rights Practice MA student

ydavidowitz@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

he, him, his

Aviva Doery §

Adjunct Instructor in Human Rights Practice

HRTS MA Alum

avivadoery@arizona.edu

Ashley Dominguez

Assistant Professor of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies

ashddominguez@arizona.edu

520-621-2928

Peter Donaldson

HRTS MA Alum

Suzanne Dovi

Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Policy

sdovi@arizona.edu

Ted Downing

Research Professor, Social Development, Department of Research, Innovation, and Impact

downing@u.arizona.edu

520-621-2025

Mara Duran Dominguez

Human Rights Practice student

Lena Yanina Estrada Añokazi

Researcher UNESCO and Chair, Sustainability Institute, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)

Alethia Fernández de la Reguera Ahedo §

Associate Researcher, Research Center for Gender Studies, UNAM

alethiaf@arizona.edu

Melissa Fitch

University Distinguished Professor

mfitch@email.arizona.edu

Kelsey Flores

Human Rights Practice MA student

kflores32@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she, her, hers

Hannah Gentry

Gender-Based Violence Grad Certificate student

hgentry26@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she, her, hers

Lucero Gonzaléz Alvarado

HRTS MA Student

Anastasia Gordienko

Assistant Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies

gordienko@arizona.edu

520-621-9790

Linda Green

Professor, School of Anthropology

lbgreen@email.arizona.edu

520-621-3258

Manissha Kaur Gurubachan Singh

Human Rights Practice MA student

manisshakaur@arizona.edu

Edita Habibic

HRTS MA Alum

Leonard Hammer §

Co-Founder and Executive Committee Member, Human Rights Practice Program

Senior Lecturer, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies

lhammer@email.arizona.edu

520-626-5785

Andia Haxhi

Human Rights Practice MA student

andiahaxhi@arizona.edu

Savo Heleta

Researcher and Educator, Durban University of Technology, South Africa

Jhonathan Henao-Muñoz

Assistant Professor of Practice

jhenaomunoz@arizona.edu

Celia Hildebrand

Contributing Faculty Member

celhildebrand@arizona.edu

Seanna Howard

Clinician and Professor of Practice, College of Law, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

showard@email.arizona.edu

520-626-8223

Su Htun §

Adjunct Instructor, Human Rights Practice

suhtun@arizona.edu

Leila Hudson

Associate Professor, Modern Middle East Culture and Political Economy

lhudson@email.arizona.edu

520-621-8013

Kristine A. Huskey

Clinical Professor of Law

Director, Veterans' Advocacy Law Clinic, James E. Rogers College of Law

khuskey@email.arizona.edu

520-626-6095

Itzel Anahí Íñiguez, Ed.D

Program Manager, Office of General Education

iiniguez@arizona.edu

Evgeniy Karyakin

Human Rights Practice Graduate Certificate student

Karyakin@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

he, him, his

Liudmila Klimanova

Assistant Professor, MA Program in Russian Studies, University of Arizona

Affiliated Faculty, SLAT Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program, University of Arizona

klimanova@email.arizona.edu

520-626-4007

Wanda Kolomyjec §

Adjunct Faculty, Human Rights Practice

wandak@arizona.edu

Amy Kraehe

Associate Professor, School of Art, University of Arizona

akraehe@email.arizona.edu

520-621-1778

Benjamin N. Lawrance

Professor of African History

benlaw@email.arizona.edu

520-621-1586

Jamie A. Lee

Associate Professor of Digital Culture, Information, and Society, School of Information

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, School of Information

jalee2@arizona.edu

520-626-6984

Jenny Lee

Professor, Center for the Study of Higher Education

jennylee@arizona.edu

520-621-0954

Mandy Loader

Adjunct Instructor, School of Journalism

Program Associate, Center for Border & Global Journalism

mandyloader@arizona.edu

Tommie Lorene

Human Rights Practice MA student

Colleen Lucey

Associate Professor, Department of Russian and Slavic Studies

luceyc@email.arizona.edu

520-621-3608

Eithne P. Luibheid

Professor, Gender and Women's Studies

eithne@email.arizona.edu

520-626-2746

Elisa Marchi §

Human Rights Practice Executive Committee Member

Professor of Practice, UA James E. Rogers College of Law, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

elisamarchi@email.arizona.edu

520-621-1373

Daniel Martinez

Associate Professor, School of Sociology

daniel.martinez@arizona.edu

520-621-3506

Kamila Mateeva

Associate Professor of Law Program

Director of the LL.M program, American University of Central Asia

Prof Matthew Abraham

Professor of English

mabraham1@email.arizona.edu

520-621-1836

Marsha McDowell

Human Rights Practice MA Student

mcdowell7870@arizona.edu

Neish McLean

Co-Founder, TransWave Jamaica

Carmen Mestizo-Castillo

cmestizo@arizona.edu

Shefali Milczarek-Desai

Director, Workers' Rights Clinic

Associate Clinical Professor of Law

Co-Chair, Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program

shefalimdesai@arizona.edu

520-621-9206

Liz Miller

Professor, Communications Studies, Concordia University

Documentary Film Maker

Lisa Molomot §

American Documentary Producer, Director and Editor

lmolomot@email.arizona.edu

Amália Mora §

Adjunct Faculty Member, Program in Human Rights Practice

amaliacmora@arizona.edu

Kaitlin Murphy

Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Associate Professor of Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory

kaitlinmmurphy@email.arizona.edu

520-626-3195

Sarah Nassiwa

HRTS MA Alum

Venkatesh Nayak

Coordinator of Access to Information, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

Dmitriy Nurulleyev

Assistant Professor of Government

nurullayev@arizona.edu

Dmitriy Nurulleyev

Assistant Professor of Government, College of Applied Science & Technology

Principal Investigator, Aspiring Powers Initiative

nurullayev@arizona.edu

Anna Ochoa O'Leary

Professor and Department Head, Mexican American Studies

olearya@arizona.edu

520-626-8134

Elizabeth Oglesby

Associate Professor of Geography and Latin American Studies

eoglesby@email.arizona.edu

520-621-5799

Adebayo Okeowo

Advisory Board Member, Human Rights and Documentary Media Grad Certificate

Robert Owens

HRTS MA Alum

Özlem Özgür

Adjunct Instructor, Human Rights Practice

ozlem@arizona.edu

Sarah Parkin

HRTS MA alum

V. Spike Peterson

Professor of International Relations, School of Government and Public Policy

spikep@email.arizona.edu

Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena

Commissioner, Right to Information (RTI) Commission of Sri Lanka

Shayna Plaut

Director of Research and Exhibition Development, Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Advisory Board Member, UA Program in Human Rights Practice

shayna.plaut@humanrights.ca

Ivana Radačić

Adjunct Faculty Member

ivanaradacic@arizona.edu

Robin Reineke

Robin C. Reineke §

Assistant Research Social Scientist, University of Arizona Southwest Center

Assistant Professor, School of Anthropology

Adjunct Instructor, Program in Human Rights Practice

rreineke@arizona.edu

520-626-0460

Jeannine Relly

Professor of Journalism

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Inclusion, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

jrelly@arizona.edu

520-626-8680

Jessica Retis

Professor, School of Journalism

jessicaretis@arizona.edu

520-621-9134

Darcy Román-Felix

Manager, Academic Programs

roman@arizona.edu

520-621-5657 Telephone

520-621-1533 Fax

Elaine Romero

Associate Professor, School of Theatre, Film and Television

elaineromero@arizona.edu

Mikayla Romero

Human Rights Practice BA student

mtromero@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she, her, hers

Hanna Royer

Human Rights Practice MA student

royerh@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she, her, hers

Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith

Co-Director, Binational Migration Institute

rrg@email.arizona.edu

520-626-4987

Kirssa Cline Ryckman

Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Policy

klcline@arizona.edu

Lauren Schram

Human Rights Practice MA student

laurenschram@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she, her hers

Beverly Seckinger §

Professor, School of Theatre, Film and Television

Executive Committee Member

Contact person for the Grad Certificate in Documentary Media

Social/Cultural/Critical Theory - GIDP

bsecking@arizona.edu

520-621-1239

Raymond Smith §

Acting Director, Human Rights Practice Program

Executive Committee Member and Faculty Member, Human Rights Practice Program

raymondsmith@arizona.edu

Gaye Sowe

Executive Director, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa

Phyllis Taoua

Professor of Francophone Studies

taoua@email.arizona.edu

520-626-0791

Michelle Tellez

Associate Professor of Mexican-American Studies

michelletellez@arizona.edu

520-626-0409

Rebecca A. Tsosie

Regents' Professor of Law, James E. Rogers College of Law

Faculty Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

rebeccatsosie@arizona.edu

520-621-0121

Aresta Tsosie-Paddock

Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies

atsosiepaddock@arizona.edu

(520) 621-7952

Christina Vanoverbeke

HRTS MA Alum

Yevheniia Varyvoda

Research Professional, Community, Environment & Policy, College of Public Health

varyvoda@arizona.edu

Marcela Vasquez-Leon

Director, Latin American Studies

Professor of Anthropology

Research Anthropologist

mvasquez@email.arizona.edu

Ion Vlad §

Adjunct Instructor

ion@minerandersonfamilyfoundation.org

Kah Walla

Entrepreneur, Activist and Political Leader from Cameroon

Mackenzie Waller

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

wallerm@arizona.edu

520-621-1004

Scott Whiteford

Emeritus Professor, Center for Latin American Studies

Director of the Mexican Initiative for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

eljefe@email.arizona.edu

Robert A. Williams

E. Thomas Sullivan Professor of Law

Faculty Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, Rogers College of Law

lumbee@email.arizona.edu

Aaron Womack

Human Rights Practice BA student

acwomack@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

he, him, his

Yolanda Yazzie

Human Rights Practice MA alum

Pronouns:

She, her, hers

Saha Yelebo

Human Rights Practice MA alum

syelebo@email.arizona.edu

Nicole Yuan

Associate Professor of Public Health

Program Director, Health Behavior Health Promotion

nyuan@arizona.edu

Maggy Zanger

Professor of Practice, Journalism

zanger@arizona.edu

520-621-5710

Jessica Zychowicz §

Adjunct Instructor