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
Karrin Hanshew
Associate Professor & Graduate Director · Michigan State University
An expert in the Holocaust, Karrin Hanshew examines persecution and genocide in Europe, perpetrators, victims, bystanders, and resistors.
Modern and Contemporary European history 20th Century Europe Persecution Genocide The Holocaust
Michael Jecks
Partner · Michael Jecks Partnership
Experienced speaker, presenter, motivator and novelist for business or literary functions.
Writing Crime Stories in Today's Market Writing Series Novels The Knights Templar and Medieval England History of Computing Effects of Drug Prohibition
Natasha Bakht
Associate Professor · University of Ottawa
Professor Bakht’s research interests are in the intersecting area of religious freedom and women’s equality.
Law Culture Rights Minority Rights Religious Freedom Women's Equality
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
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
Kirstin Noreen
Professor of Art History, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University
Professor of Art History at Loyola Marymount University
Italian Renaissance Art History Medieval Art Art History Italian Medieval Art History Italian Baroque Art History
Marleen Wong
David Lawrence Stein/Violet Goldberg Sachs Professor of Mental Health Senior Vice Dean of Field Education Clinical Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Clinical Professor focused on children, youth, and families and specializing in behavioral health, mental health, and military social work.
Crisis Intervention Crisis and Disaster Military Social Work Behavioral Health Social Work
Stanley Gehrt
Associate Professor & Wildlife Extension Specialist I Agricultural and Environmental Sciences · The Ohio State University
Dr. Stanley Gehrt operates within the School of Environment and Natural Resources in the Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Laboratory.
Wildlife Conservation Wildlife Research Urban Wildlife Mammalian Ecology Wildlife Disease
Mr. Craig Mokhiber
Chief, Development & Economic & Social Issues Branch (DESIB) · Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
Craig Mokhiber is a human rights defender, activist, international lawyer, and specialist in human rights law, policy and methodology.
Addressing Inequalities International Development Humanitarian Affairs United Nations Social Issues
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.
Morris Ratner
Academic Dean and Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: ratnerm@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8853 / Office 354-200
Higher Education Administration Civil Procedure Legal Ethics Law Practice Management Complex Litigation
Barry Trachtenberg
Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History and Director of Jewish Studies Program · Wake Forest University
Trachtenberg can comment on the Holocaust and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as a range of issues facing Jews around the world.
Yiddish culture and language Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Nazism Race, immigration policy and Judaism American Jewish history
Deborah M. Weissman, J.D.
Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law, School of Law · UNC at Chapel Hill
Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law
Refugees Women's Issues Poverty Law - Legal Services Immigration and Citizenship Human Rights Civil Rights
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
Shanea Thomas
Senior Lecturer of Social Work Virtual Academic Center · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Shane'a Thomas has expertise in life transitions, bereavement, depression, women’s issues, and various lifestyle identities.