
Alumni Highlight
Sharon Song, a 2021 Human Rights M.A. graduate, published an article titled "Digital feminism: In the aftermath of #MeToo, what's next for workplace equity for women'' in the Journal of Human Rights. The article is based on Sharon’s graduate thesis.
Now that years have passed since the viral episode of #MeToo, the research tackles one pressing question: Did the benefits of the #MeToo movement produce changes for female workers in the U.S. most vulnerable to experiencing harassment in the workplace? The article seeks to analyze the aftereffects of the digital phenomenon by surveying how federal and state courts across the U.S. have attempted to improve gender equality through legal obligations, and whether their attempts targeted the correct groups. Click here to read the full article.