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Human Rights

Projects

A black and white photo of a man holding a sign written in Dutch that reads Refugees Welcome in Enschede

Immigration, Toleration, and Human Rights

Human Rights, Immigration
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Access to Information as a Human Right

Human Rights, Latin America, Peace, Violence, and Security
White text reading "Human Rights" set against a blue background made up of associated words like "Freedom" and "Justice"

Human Interactions and Normative Innovation

History, Human Rights, Philosophy, Political Science
Protest by detained African asylum seekers in Holot detention facility in Israel, 2014.

Negotiating Carceral Regimes in the Global South: Crime and Punishment Across the Islamic World

21st Century, Asian Languages & Literature, Capitalism, Colonialism, Comparative Literature, Cinema & Media
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Transformative Education Behind Bars

Current Events, Democracy, Human Rights, Prison Studies
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Digital Border Technologies and Media

Human Rights, Immigration, Media Studies, Science & Technology Studies, Visual Culture

People

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Melinda Cohoon (she/her/hers)

Melinda Cohoon researches Iranian and Iranian-American gamers using virtual ethnographic methods.

Human Rights, Media Studies, Middle East, Technology
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Carrie Bassett (she/her/hers)

As Communications Manager, Carrie Bassett leads organizational storytelling and communications strategy for the Simpson Center.

Communication, Digital Humanities, Environment, Environmental Humanities, Feminisms, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Human Rights, Identity and Culture, Social Justice