Petra Molnar
Associate Director · Refugee Law Lab, Osgoode Hall Law School
Refugee and migration issues; technology and human rights; immigration detention; and the relationship between law, society, and culture
Technology and human rights Anthropology of Migration Ethnography and Ethnographic Writing Women's Rights Refugee and Human Rights Issues
Jon Bauer, J.D.
Clinical Professor of Law · University of Connecticut
Expertise: Asylum and Refugee Law, Immigration Law, Employment and Housing Discrimination, and Legal Ethics
Asylum and Human Rights Employment and Housing Discrimination Asylum and Refugee Law Immigration Law Legal Ethics
Karen Musalo
Professor of Law, International Law Professorship Chair and Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: musalok@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4720 / Office 403-100
Refugee Law and Policy Gender Asylum Women's Rights Child Migrant's Rights Gender Justice / Central America
Stephanie J. Silverman
Bora Laskin National Fellow in Human Rights Research
Professor Silverman is an international expert on immigration control, particularly immigrant detention and community monitoring programs.
Immigration Policy Immigration Detention Refugee Studies Alternatives to Detention Public Policy Analysis
Nabil Al-Tikriti
Associate Professor of History & American Studies · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Al-Tikriti has firsthand experience with Middle Eastern affairs, as a researcher, humanitarian and election monitor.
Forced Migration (Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons) Genocide Higher Education Humanitarian Affairs History of the Ottoman Empire
Stephanie Nawyn
Associate Professor and Co-director of Center for Gender in Global Context · Michigan State University
Stephanie Nawyn specializes in migration and refugees, human trafficking and migrant labor exploitation.
Gender Immigration Refugees Resettlement
Dr Katie Bales
Lecturer in Law · University of Bristol
Addressing the legal complexities of forced migration in a globally hostile environment
Human Rights Low Pay Detention Centres Detainees Refugees
John Aerni-Flessner
Assistant Professor of African History · Michigan State University
John Aerni-Flessner is a historian of 20th century Africa, specializing in the history of Lesotho and the history of the Lansing area.
Urban Renewal in Lansing Decolonization Development History Lesotho Southern African History
S. Megan Berthold, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor and Director of Field Education · University of Connecticut School of Social Work
Prof. Berthold's clinical and research expertise is with refugee and asylum seeking survivors of torture and the Cambodian genocide.
refugees and asylum seekers vicarious trauma and resilience human rights approach to social work co-ocurring health and mental health conditions post torture and genocide Trauma and Recovery
Lucy Wilson
Emeritus Professor of English · Loyola Marymount University
Advanced Essay Writing Pre-Major Poetry Twentieth-Century Literature
Daniel Reichman
Associate Professor · University of Rochester
Expert on the cultural responses to economic change, especially the anthropology of trade and globalization in Latin America
Latin American Development Trade and Globalization in Latin America Latin America Politics Latin American Immigration Cultural Anthropology
Muneeza Sheikh
Partner · Levitt LLP
Muneeza Sheikh practices in the area of labour and employment law
Canadian Politics Diversity Engagement in the Workplace Human Rights in Canada Labour Law in Canada Employment Law in Canada
Richard A. Boswell
Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: boswellr@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4633 / Office 350-200
Statutory Interpretation Immigration Law Immigrants' Rights Clinic Refugee Law & Policy
Jessie Thomson
Senior Director, Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Team · CARE Canada
Leading expert in humanitarian assistance and refugee protection
Humanitarian Assistance International Development Refugee Protection Forced Migration Gender and Emergencies
Louis DeSipio
Professor and Chair · UC Irvine
Louis DeSipio examines how democratic nations incorporate new members, including policymaking in the areas of immigration.
U.S. Electoral Politics Immigration Ethnic Politics Latino Politics Latino Studies
Elaine Hanson, PhD, JD
Doctoral Faculty - Clinical Psychology · Fielding Graduate University
Neuropsychological assessment; psychosocial support to victims of armed conflict, natural disasters, political strife and epidemics
Neuropsychological Assessment Disaster Psychology Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd) Forensic Psychology Personality Assessment
Laila Hlass
Professor of Practice · Tulane University
Professor Hlass focuses on law, policy and practices that affect access to justice within the immigration law regime.
Experiential Learning Asylum Law Children Access to Justice Immigration Law
Karla McKanders
Clinical Professor of Law · Vanderbilt University
Expert in refugee and immigration Law. Runs Vanderbilt's Immigration Practice Clinic.
Asylum Law Refugees Civil Rights Refugee Law Immigration
Kathryn Libal, Ph.D.
Director, Human Rights Institute and Associate Professor, Social Work & Human Rights · University of Connecticut
Professor Libal researches human rights norms and practices, including the ability to secure adequate food and housing.
Asylum Seekers Women's Rights Refugees and resettlement Social Mobilization Refugees
Dr. Trevor McCrisken
Associate Professor, Politics and International Studies · University of Warwick
US presidential politics, US foreign policy, US elections; politics in popular culture; US military force, counterterrorism and drones
US-Russia Relations US-Europe Relations Presidential Election Politics Drones for Targeting Killing US Policy Towards Iraq