Taylor Rae Roman, HRSMA '25 reflects on her experience teaching at the Metropolitan Detention Center, a maximum security federal prison in Brooklyn, through Just Ideas - a program supported by ISHR.
Congratulations to Maia Borchardt, Human Rights Studies M.A. '25, for publishing the article "Can the 'human rights economy' rebalance power in our politics?" in Open Global Rights.
HRSMA Alumna Ishita Petkar joins a panel of alumni at the 10th installment of GSAS SynThesis competition where they shared their experience and offered advice to current students.
ISHR is delighted to announce that Tatiana Kotlyarenko, ’07 Human Rights Studies M.A. received the GSAS Dean’s Award for Distinguished Achievement.
ISHR wishes to congratulate the winners of the 2026 Human Rights Thesis Competition.
Katherine Beall, Human Rights Studies MA, ‘15, shares an update with ISHR including the publication of her new book "New Regional Authorities: Self-Determination and the Global South."
On March 4, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, with support from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, hosted a reunion for graduate and undergraduate human rights alumni.
Read our interview with Skylar (Sky) Lingo, Human Rights Studies M.A. ‘24.
M.A. Human Rights Studies graduate, Johanna Wassong, shares her experience in the program and the work she is currently doing.
Avner Gvaryahu, Human Rights Studies M.A. ‘17, is the recipient of the 2025 New Israel Fund’s Human Rights Award, a recognition that highlights his courageous leadership and unwavering commitment to justice.
Carly Sandstrom graduated from the Human Rights Studies M.A. (HRSMA) program in 2024. She shares her experience during her time as a student at Columbia.
Uni Valdivieso Wooldridge, a Master’s Student in Human Rights Studies at ISHR, is one of three students participating in ISHR’s Student Volunteer Program (SVP) this summer.