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.
Ariella Kissin, who is pursuing the MA in Human Rights Studies, is one of three students participating in ISHR’s Student Volunteer Program (SVP) this summer.
Vanessa Fiuza shares her experience as a student in the Human Rights Studies M.A. Program and about the research she undertook while in Chile on a Field Research Grant. Vanessa was the first recipient of the Santiago Global Center’s Field Research Grant.