Congratulations to Students Awarded Honors and Prizes

May 29, 2025

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates the following human rights students who received departmental honors and prizes: 

Phi Beta Kappa Inductees

Luna Sadoun, General Studies

Makayla Gubbay, General Studies

Emelie Beckman, General Studies

Josephine Koch, General Studies

Jake Arlia, Columbia College

Andrada Nicolae, Columbia College

Leila Sheridan, Columbia College, Human Rights Concentrator 

Denizcan Ozdemir, Columbia College, Human Rights Concentrator 

 

Undergraduate Human Rights Departmental Honors 

Bokyung Jeon, General Studies

Emelie Beckman, General Studies

Laura Giselle Romero, Columbia College

Maria-Vera Azadian, Columbia College

Andrada Nicolae, Columbia College 

 

Myra Kraft Prizes for Superior Academic Achievement in the Study of Human Rights

Jake Arlia, Columbia College

Caroline Mendoza, Columbia College

 

Myra Kraft Prize for Exceptional Practical Experience in Human Rights Advocacy

Rolihlahla Nyirenda, Columbia College, Center for Strategic Litigation, Zanzibar, Tanzania

 

Human Rights Research Awards

Leo Palacios, GSAS, M.A. Human Rights Studies

Faculty: Shourideh Molavi

Anna Pilgrim, GSAS, M.A. Human Rights Studies

Faculty: Jackie Dugard

Aya Hachimi, GSAS, M.A. Human Rights Studies

Faculty: Harry Verhoeven 

Mara Bulzan, General Studies

Faculty: Christian De Vos

Caroline Mendoza, Columbia College

Faculty: Evan McCormick

Mukudzeiishe Madzivire, Columbia College

Faculty: Tim Wyman-McCarthy

Mara Beteagu, General Studies

Faculty: Garnett Russell

Additionally, you can see our previously-announced human rights thesis competition winners and essay contest winners here and here.