HRI Faculty
Davis Chacón Hurtado
Co-Director Engineering for Human Rights Initiative
Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Human Rights
José Falconi
Co-Chair, Research Program on Arts and Human Rights
Assistant Professor, Art History and Human Rights
Elizabeth Holzer
Director of Undergraduate Programs, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
Associate Professor, Sociology and Human Rights
Molly Land
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Catherine Roraback Professor of Law
Professor, Human Rights
Erica Laplante
Director, Human Rights Research Hub
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
David Richards
Director of Graduate Programs, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
Associate Professor, Political Science & Human Rights
Sara Silverstein
Co-Director, Research Program on Humanitarianism
Associate Professor, History and Human Rights
Sandra Sirota
Director, Human Rights Close to Home
Assistant Professor in Residence, Experiential Global Learning and Human Rights
James Waller
Acting Director, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice
Professor, Literatures, Cultures, & Languages
Margaret Walsh
Director of Research Development, Institute of the Environment and Energy
Research Professor, Institute of the Environment and Energy
Affiliates
Robert Bird
Eversource Energy Chair in Business Ethics
Professor of Business Law
Research Fellow, School of Law
Member, Institute for Systems Genomics
Davis Chacón Hurtado
Co-Director Engineering for Human Rights Initiative
Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Human Rights
Jessica Cooperman
Doris & Simon Konover Chair in Judaic Studies
Director, Center for Judaic Studies & Contemporary Jewish Life
Associate Professor, Literatures, Cultures, & Languages
Predrag Dojčinović
Adjunct Professor & Research Affiliate, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
Senior Consultant and Research Advisor in International Criminal Justice
Heather Elliott-Famularo
Department Head, Digital Media and Design
Professor, Digital Film/Video Production
José Falconi
Co-Chair, Research Program on Arts and Human Rights
Assistant Professor, Art History and Human Rights
Elizabeth Holzer
Director of Undergraduate Programs, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
Associate Professor, Sociology and Human Rights
Brendan Kane
Co-Director, Democracy and Dialogues Initiative
Professor, History and Literature, Cultures, and Languages
Molly Land
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Catherine Roraback Professor of Law
Professor, Human Rights
Erica Laplante
Director, Human Rights Research Hub
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
Jacqueline Loss
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
Professor, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
Laura Mauldin
Director, Graduate Certificate in Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Mark Overmyer-Velázquez
Campus Dean and Chief Administrative Officer, UConn Hartford
Professor, History and Latino and Latin American Studies
David Richards
Director of Graduate Programs, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
Associate Professor, Political Science & Human Rights
Sara Silverstein
Co-Director, Research Program on Humanitarianism
Associate Professor, History and Human Rights
Sandra Sirota
Director, Human Rights Close to Home
Assistant Professor in Residence, Experiential Global Learning and Human Rights
Fiona Vernal
Associate Director, Africana Studies Institute
Associate Professor, Africana Studies Institute
Manuela Wagner
Associate Dean for Humanities, Faculty Inclusion and Success
Professor, German Studies and Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies
Scott Wallace
Associate Professor, Journalism
Affiliate Faculty Member, El Instituto: UConn’s Institute of Latino/a, Caribbean and Latin American Studies
James Waller
Acting Director, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice
Professor, Literatures, Cultures, & Languages
Margaret Walsh
Director of Research Development, Institute of the Environment and Energy
Research Professor, Institute of the Environment and Energy
Sarah Willen
Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology
Co-Director, Research Program on Global Health and Human Rights
Professor, Anthropology
Richard Wilson
Gladstein Distinguished Professor of Human Rights
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Law and Anthropology
