The Gladstein Committee

The Gladstein Committee is the heart of the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute. The committee advises the Institute on policies and future directions, faculty hiring, grant initiatives, and educational programming. The multidisciplinary committee includes faculty from the humanities, social sciences, business, education, engineering, fine arts, law, social work, and UConn Health. It assesses how UConn can best contribute to the field of human rights, and seeks to create academic programs that build upon UConn’s strengths in faculty research, teaching, and practice. The committee selects the Gladstein Visiting Professor and oversees the undergraduate and graduate programs in human rights. Subcommittees review applications for funding from UConn faculty and students in teaching and research.

César Abadía-Barrero

César Abadía-Barrero

Associate Professor, Anthropology and Human Rights

Zehra Arat

Professor, Political Science

Jon Bauer

Clinical Professor of Law and Richard D. Tulisano ’69 Scholar in Human Rights

Megan Berthold

Megan Berthold

Professor, Social Work

Davis Chacon Hurtado

Davis Chacón Hurtado

Co-Director Engineering for Human Rights Initiative
Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Human Rights

Rachel Chambers

Rachel Chambers

Director, Business and Human Rights Initiative
Assistant Professor, Business Law

Audrey Chapman

Professor, Public Health Sciences

Jessica Cooperman

Jessica Cooperman

Doris & Simon Konover Chair in Judaic Studies
Director, Center for Judaic Studies & Contemporary Jewish Life
Associate Professor, Literatures, Cultures, & Languages

Eleni Coundouriotis

Professor, English

Heather Elliott-Famularo

Heather Elliott-Famularo

Department Head, Digital Media and Design
Professor, Digital Film/Video Production

Gary English

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Dramatic Arts

José Falconi

Co-Chair, Research Program on Arts and Human Rights
Assistant Professor, Art History and Human Rights

Robin Greeley

Co-Chair, Research Program on Arts and Human Rights
Professor, Art History

Lynn Healy

Lynne Healey

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Emerita, Social Work

Shareen Hertel

Shareen Hertel

Professor, Political Science and Human Rights

Liz Holzer

Elizabeth Holzer

Director of Undergraduate Programs, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
Associate Professor, Sociology and Human Rights

Rachel Jackson

Rachel Jackson

Director of Operations, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute

Molly Land

Molly Land

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Catherine Roraback Professor of Law
Professor, Human Rights

Erica Laplante

Erica Laplante

Director, Engaged Research
Lecturer in Human Rights

Kathryn Libal

Kathryn Libal

Professor, Social Work and Human Rights

Asif Majid

Asif Majid

Assistant Professor, Dramatic Arts and Human Rights

Catherine Masud

Catherine Masud

Assistant Professor In-Residence, Human Rights Documentary Filmmaking

Michael Orwicz

Co-Chair, Research Program on Arts and Human Rights
Associate Professor, Art History

Mark Overmyer-Velázquez

Mark Overmyer-Velázquez

Campus Dean and Chief Administrative Officer, UConn Hartford
Professor, History and Latino and Latin American Studies

Jeremy Pressman

Jeremy Pressman

Professor, Political Science

Susan Randolph

Susan Randolph

Associate Professor Emerita, Economics

Ben Renley

Ben Renley

Events & Communications Coordinator, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute

David Richards

David Richards

Director of Graduate Programs, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
Associate Professor, Political Science & Human Rights

Michael Rubin

Michael Rubin

Assistant Professor, Political Science and Human Rights

Sara Silverstein

Sara Silverstein

Co-Director, Research Program on Humanitarianism
Associate Professor, History and Human Rights

Sandra Sirota

Sandra Sirota

Director, Human Rights Close to Home
Assistant Professor in Residence, Experiential Global Learning and Human Rights

Melissa Stewart

Associate Professor, Law

Jackie Thompson

Jacqueline Thompson

Financial Assistant, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute

Lynne Tirrell

Professor, Philosophy

Charles Venator-Santiago

Charles Venator-Santiago

Associate Professor, Political Science

Fiona Vernal

Associate Director, Africana Studies Institute
Associate Professor, Africana Studies Institute

Katharina von Hammerstein

Katharina von Hammerstein

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Emerita, German Studies

Manuela Wagner

Manuela Wagner

Associate Dean for Humanities, Faculty Inclusion and Success
Professor, German Studies and Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies

Scott Wallace

Scott Wallace

Associate Professor, Journalism
Affiliate Faculty Member, El Instituto: UConn’s Institute of Latino/a, Caribbean and Latin American Studies

James Waller

James Waller

Director, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
Gladstein Family Distinguished Chair in Human Rights
Professor, Literatures, Cultures &amp Languages

Margaret Walsh

Director of Research Development, Institute of the Environment and Energy
Research Professor, Institute of the Environment and Energy

Alyssa Webb, a woman with glasses and long brown hair, smiles at the camera.

Alyssa Webb

Educational Program Administrator, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute

Dan Weiner

Dan Weiner

Professor, Geography

Sarah Willen

Sarah Willen

Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology
Co-Director, Research Program on Global Health and Human Rights
Professor, Anthropology

Sarah Winter

Sarah Winter

Co-Director, Research Program on Humanitarianism
Professor, English

Sebastian Wogenstein

Sebastian Wogenstein

Associate Professor, German Studies