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Jacobson Piece on Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan Published in TIME

"The U.S. Turned Away Jewish Refugees in 1939. We Must Not Repeat History With Afghans Fleeing the Taliban," co-authored by Assistant Dean of Washington Programs Mark Jacobson, was published in TIME. 
September 14, 2021

See related: Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Government, Human Rights, International Affairs, Refugees

McCormick quoted in Al Jazeera article on use of spyware in Mexico

Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history and Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations, is included in the Al Jazeera article, "Rights group calls for moratorium on the use of spyware in Mexico." 
July 30, 2021

See related: Human Rights, Latin America & the Caribbean

Gueorguiev quoted in SCMP piece on Chinese human rights abuses, UN

Dimitar Gueorguiev, associate professor of political science, is included in the South China Morning Post article, "US agency urges UN to move on investigation of alleged human rights abuses in China." 
July 6, 2021

See related: China, Human Rights, International Governmental Organizations

New Book by Armstrong Offers Insights About Harriet Tubman’s Life Following Self-Emancipation

Douglas V. Armstrong

Douglas Armstrong, professor of anthropology, has published a new book, “The Archeology of Harriet Tubman’s Life in Freedom” (Syracuse University Press, 2022). 

June 21, 2021

See related: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Race & Ethnicity

Abdelaaty study on human rights, refugee protection published in IJHR

Lamis Abdelaaty
February 12, 2021

See related: Human Rights, Refugees

Gueorguiev quoted in South China Morning Post on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Dimitar Gueorguiev was quoted in the South China Morning Post article "U.S. lawmakers nominate Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement for the Nobel Peace Prize."
February 4, 2021

See related: China, Government, Human Rights

DeCorse talks to the Sunday Times about Sierra Leone's Bunce Island

November 19, 2020

See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Colonialism, Human Rights

Exec Ed alum links Syracuse’s disability rights work with Uzbekistan

“I am truly impressed by how the academic and research environment for persons with disabilities is advanced and promising for replication in Uzbekistan,” said Mirjakhon Turdiev, a current social science Ph.D. candidate. “A rights-based approach to persons with disabilities and disability understanding in general is something I planned to export to Uzbekistan.” 

October 20, 2020

See related: Central Asia, Disability, Human Rights, Student Experience

Jackson discusses forced sterilizations, criminalization via Truthout

"The United States’s commitment to eugenics, medical abuse and forced sterilizations depicts the complex nature of perceived criminality in this country," writes Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science. "By marking certain people’s bodies as inherently...anti-patriotic, the state casts a veil over the grave human rights infringements and institutional abuses it enacts against nonwhite, non-wealthy, non-male, non-normative people."

September 17, 2020

See related: Gender and Sex, Human Rights, State & Local, United States

Monde-Anumihe featured in Guardian Woman

Chinenye Monde-Anumihe ’13 BA (IR) was recently featured in Guardian Woman, in a Q&A highlighting her efforts to bring international relations and human rights work together with business and development.
April 21, 2020

See related: Human Rights, International Affairs

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