Human Rights
Social Work, CLAS Professors Co-Lead Effort to Promote a Policy Agenda for Latino and Puerto Rican Communities in Connecticut
'The Latino Summit has not only marked a significant milestone in our collective journey towards empowerment but also established a new benchmark for meaningful dialogue and action'
March 7, 2024 | Ziba Kashef
New Book From CLAS Professor Explores Being ‘Black in the Ivory’ (Tower)
The collection of more than 60 essays edited by Shardé M. Davis, associate professor of communication, reflects on her #BlackintheIvory hashtag and movement to expose anti-Black racism in academia
March 7, 2024 | Christine Buckley
Stress of Being Outed to Parents and Caregivers: What Are the Mental Health Consequences?
'Policymakers should be aware of the harms that bills targeting LGBTQ+ youth have on the well-being of students and strongly argue for their right to disclose their identities on their own terms'
February 29, 2024 | Danielle Faipler
UConn Pop-up Courses Launching Soon on Islamophobia, Antisemitism
'An important part of providing a world-class education is preparing our students to become global citizens'
February 27, 2024 | Stephanie Reitz
Pandemic Journaling Project Archive Opens for Research
A repository of data detailing the personal experiences of more than 1,800 people living during the COVID-19 pandemic is available to researchers for the first time
February 15, 2024 | Mac Murray
UConn DMD Professor Documents Story of Latino Mental Health through Humanities Institute Fellowship
Oscar Guerra's new project explores mental health and the social, cultural, and political factors that affect it
January 2, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance
Human Rights Close to Home: A Unique Civics Education Program for K-12 Students, Supported By the Redstone Family Foundation, Launched at UConn
'I think we fundamentally underestimate how much our kids can learn even about the biggest and most important issues of today. We just need to teach them in ways that are relatable'
December 12, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
Memories of the Past, to Support the Future: UConn Presents 2023 Dodd Prize with Sweeping Conversation about Global Democracy
'This year’s recipient of the Dodd Prize embodies the understanding that human rights are a cause that cannot be limited to individual countries'
October 26, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
Inaugural Human Rights Summit Comes to The Dodd Center with Critical Focus on Global Assault on Democracy
UConn community and leaders, activists, academics, artists, policymakers, and students from across the country and around the world will come together in Storrs to place critical focus on human rights at the inaugural Human Rights Summit at The Dodd Center
October 23, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
New Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice to Direct Dodd Impact Programs
James Waller, eminent scholar of the Holocaust and genocide studies, will combine classroom learning with human rights practice
August 17, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance