Institute Core Team and Staff

Institute faculty include award winning authors, educators, and journalists who partner with one of the most diverse student bodies in the country and some of the most impressive organizations in the region to inform policy and practice according to international human rights law, standards, and scholarship. The Institute is administered by the Core Team and informed by an Advisory Board of over 50 Faculty, Center Directors, and Staff--the Human Rights Working Group


Michael Dao, Ph.D.,

Michael Dao, Ph.D.,

Director

Assistant Professor & Associate Chair
Department of Kinesiology

Office: Spartan Complex 113

Phone: 408.924.2904

Dr. Audrey Shillington

Dr. Audrey Shillington

Supervising Administrator Dean

College of Health and Human Sciences

Edith Kinney, Ph.D., J.D.

Legal Action Coordinator

Associate Professor, Justice Studies

Office: MH 525A

Miranda Worthen, Ph.D.

Miranda Worthen, Ph.D.

Research Coordinator

Associate Professor, Public Health & Recreation

Soma de Bourbon, Ph.D.

Soma de Bourbon, Ph.D.

At-large Core Team Member

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Christopher Cox, M.A.

At-large Core Team Member

Lecturer, Sociology

Jodie Warren, Ph.D.

Jodie Warren, Ph.D.

At-large Core Team Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Studies

John Halushka, Ph.D.

John Halushka, Ph.D.

At-large Core Team Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Studies

Grace Howard, Ph.D

Grace Howard, Ph.D

At-large Core Team Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Studies