Lecturer in International Human Rights
B.A. Rutgers University
M.A., Ph.D. University of Denver
Office: Ben M Cherrington Hall, 312

Profile:

Dissertation title: "Global Human Rights in An Age of Consumerism" (defended August 2011); “Spectacle of Suffering and Humanitarian Intervention in Somalia.” In Mediating Atrocity: Media, Mobilization, and Human Rights. Edited by Tristan Anne Borer. London: Zed Books (Forthcoming); “Constituencies of Compassion: The Politics of Human Rights and Consumerism.” In as-yet unnamed collection edited by George Andreopoulos, Zehra K. Arat, and Peter Juviler. New York: Columbia University Press (Forthcoming); Invited Speaker, Columbia University Human Rights Seminar Series (2010); Managing Editor, Human Rights & Human Welfare (2006-2009); Stephen C. Poe Best Graduate Student Paper Award, International Studies Association’s Human Rights section (2009); Best Graduate Student Paper, International Studies Association West (2006)

Courses:

INTS4875, Human Rights & Foreign Policy (Fall 2011)
INTS4710-2, The Politics of Human Rights Advocacy (Fall 2011)
INTS4710-3, Human Rights & Mass Media (Spring 2012)

Research and Expertise:

Human rights: critical approaches, non-governmental organizations, advocacy and activism, and media and culture;
International relations: theory, foreign policy, and globalizationEducation