Human Rights Faculty @ Columbia

Professors featured on this page include Columbia University faculty who engage in research or teaching in the field of human rights. Faculty who wish to update their information or would like to be added to the list below are encouraged to contact us at humanrightsed@columbia.edu.

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Lia Abu-Lughod
Lila Abu-Lughod
Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science
Department of Anthropology
Rachel Adams
Rachel Adams
Professor
Department of English and Comparative Literature
Dale Buscher
Dale Buscher
Adjunct Associate Professor
Wendy Chavkin
Special Lecturer, Professor Emerita
Joy L. Chia
Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science
Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Political Science
Belinda Cooper
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Professor
Lena Edlund
Lena Edlund
Associate Professor
Yasmine Ergas
Yasmine Ergas
Senior Lecturer and Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Katherine Franke
Katherine Franke
Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law
Marianne Hirsch
Marianne Hirsch
William Peterfield Trent Professor of English
Dorchen A. Leidholdt
Dorchen A Leidholdt
Lecturer
Eugenia McGill
Eugenia McGill
Lecturer
Terry McGovern
Terry McGovern
Professor
Christia Mercer
Christia Mercer
Gustave M. Berne Professor of Philosophy
Celia E. Naylor
Celia E. Naylor
Associate Professor
Lourdes Rivera
Adjunct Assistant Professor
susan russell
Susan Russell
Assistant Professor
Magda Schaler-Hayes
Adjunct Associate Professor
Patricia Williams
Patricia Williams
James L. Dohr Professor of Law