John K. Roth Human Rights Research Fellowship Program

Research fellows work with a faculty advisor on a year-long or semester-long project related to human rights, Holocaust, or genocide studies.

All majors and class years are eligible for fellowships as well as seniors working on relevant honors theses.

Join us as we hear from this year’s fellows who will share highlights and conclusions from their research projects:

Claire Moore ’26 - The Evolution of International Law and War Crime Litigation

Floribert Rugambage ’27 - Breaking the Cycle of Post-Genocide Trauma and Other Detriments: Healing Youth Affected by the 1994 Tutsi Genocide

Adam Guggenheim ’26 - From Kyiv and Konstanz - A Comparative Exploration of Human Rights Violations that Impacted the Maternal and Paternal Sides of My Family

Anuj Patel ’27 - The Social Obstacles to Oral Health in Native Communities

Evan Sevaly ‘26 - Economic Warfare: How Sanctions Contribute to Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis

Charlotte Jordan ’27 - Exploring the Resurgence of LGBTQ+ Stigma Within the Historical Context of Aggression Toward the Gay Community During the AIDS Epidemic