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Student Highlight
Elena Cata
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Elena Cata shares her experience as a student in the Human Rights Studies M.A. Program so far. 
In which program are you enrolled and when is your expected graduation date?
Human Rights Studies M.A., will graduate in December 2024.
What is your research focus? What drew you to this particular issue/set of issues?
HRSMA Alum Awarded Davis Fellowship
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Daniil Alekseev, a recent graduate from the M.A. in Human Rights program, was awarded the Davis Fellowship. This fellowship is a merit award funded by a $10 million bequest from the late Kathryn Wasserman Davis, 1931 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
2024 Human Rights Research Award
Monday, September 16, 2024
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) is inviting faculty to submit proposals for the Human Rights Research Award.
The Human Rights Research Award supports Columbia University faculty conducting research related to human rights and will provide students with an opportunity to gain valuable experience. In the 2024-2025 academic year, ISHR will award a limited number of research stipends to students in the amount of $1,500.
Faculty Highlight: Jackie Dugard
Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Jackie Dugard is a Senior Lecturer in the discipline of Human Rights and Director of Graduate Studies at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights. She joined ISHR in the Fall of 2022. With a background in law and social sciences - BA (Hons) & LLB (Wits); MPhil & PhD (Cambridge); and LLM (Essex) - Jackie focuses on power and exclusion. She has published widely on socio-economic rights (especially the rights to housing, land, and water), property law, access to justice, the role of law and courts in social change, protest and social movements, and gender-based violence.

Undergraduate Alum Chosen for Kristof Award and FASPE Ethics Fellowship
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Trisha Mukherjee, Human Rights major CC ‘21, has been chosen to receive  Nicholas Kristof’s “Win a Trip” Award. Kristof, a New York Times Opinion columnist, selects one student from an American university to accompany him on an international reporting trip. Trisha, who also graduated from Columbia Journalism School in May 2024, will travel and report with him in Madagascar, Mauritius, and Kenya for 2 weeks this winter.

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