Introduction to the special issue on human rights in higher education

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Shareen Hertel and Catherine Buerger for their support and advice in compiling this special issue. We are also grateful to the participants in the Human Rights in Higher Education Workshop sponsored by the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut, including Holly Atkinson, Kristina Eberbach, Rachel Jackson, Kathryn Libal, Jane McPherson, Kristi Rudelius-Palmer, Marian Schlotterbeck, William Simmons, and Sandra Sirota.

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Sarita Cargas

Sarita Cargas, D. Phil is an assistant professor in the Honors College at the University of New Mexico. She earned her doctorate at Oxford University. Her teaching focus is on human rights and critical thinking. Cargas’ researches and publishes on the pedagogy of human rights. She has a forthcoming book, Human Rights Education: Forging an Academic Discipline, University of Pennsylvania Press autumn 2019.

Glenn Mitoma

Glenn Mitoma is an Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Education, jointly appointed with the Human Rights Institute and the Neag School of Education Department of Curriculum and Instruction. He is also Director of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. Glenn’s scholarship has focused on the history of human rights and human rights education. His first book, Human Rights and the Negotiation of American Power, was published in 2013 by the University of Pennsylvania Press. As Director of the Dodd Center, he oversees programs designed to promote a culture of human rights, including initiatives in K-12 human rights education and business and human rights.