Research Funds
and Opportunities
Past Awardees

2007 Human Rights Institute
Graduate Student Research Funding

Malia Bajpai, Political Science
“International Human Rights Norms Internationalization and Implementation”
$1,225.00

Kate Hawkins, Anthropology
“Evaluating Retributive Justice in Post Conflict Croatia”
$1,600.00

Chaka Uzondu, Political Science
“Bellyful of Justice: Food Sovereignty and Human Rights”
$2,500.00

Marisa Prosser, Anthropology
“Social boundaries and cultural identity in Costa Rica”
$2,500.00

2007 Human Rights Institute
Faculty Research Funding

Emma Gilligan, History
“War Crimes in Chechnya”
$2,500.00

Kathryn Libal, Women Studies
“Politics of Educating Girls in Turkey”
$2,500.00

Maya Beasley, Sociology
“South Africa Contemporary Race Relations”
$2,500.00

2006 Human Rights Institute
Graduate Student Research Funding

Laura (Kat) Burmeister, Anthropology
“Follow the Australian Indigenous Children: Social Justice in Education, Curriculum and Welfare”
$1,000

Blaire O. Gagnon, Anthropology
“Federal Indian Policy, Art, and Economic and Cultural Rights”
$1,000

Katharine B. Hawkins, Anthropology
“Revenge and Retribution in Response to Ethnic Cleansing in Croatia: A Preliminary Study”
$2,420

Christine N. Newkirk, Anthropology
“Dignity and Domestic Care Work in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil”
$2,500

Michael Rindge, History
"Cold War Organizers: The Chilean Labor Movement, the AFL-CIO, and the Globalization of Human Rights, 1964-1980"
$2,440

Thomas Westerman, History
“Anglo-Saxons of the Western World”
$1,500

Questions about the competition should be directed to Rachel Jackson at the Human Rights Institute, Tel: 486-5393, Fax: 486-6332, Email: humanrights@uconn.edu.

2006 Human Rights Institute
Faculty Research Funding

Francoise Dussart, Anthropology and Women's Studies
“Living with Chronic Illness in Aboriginal Australia: Engendered Health Practices, Beliefs and Aspirations at Yuenduma, Northern Territory”
$2,500

Questions about the competition should be directed to Rachel Jackson at the Human Rights Institute, Tel: 486-5393, Fax: 486-6332, Email: humanrights@uconn.edu.

2006 Human Rights Institute
Socio-Economic Rights Research Funding

Oksan Bayulgen, Political Science
"Banking the 'Unbankable,' Empowering the 'Powerless':
Microfinance and Economic Rights in Central Asia and the Caucasus"
$1,360

Bandana Purkayastha, Sociology
"Gender and Human Rights: (Re)Presenting the Voices of the Marginalized"
$1,000

Lyle Scruggs, Political Science
"Social Welfare Rights in the United States: State Unemployment Insurance Policies, 1939-2006"
$1,140

Questions about the competition should be directed to Lanse Minkler, Socio-Economic Rights Director, Department of Economics, U-1063, Email: ALANSON.MINKLER@uconn.edu; Phone Number 860 486-4070.

2005-2006 Human Rights
Programming Funding

The Thomas J. Dodd Center and the Human Rights Institute announce the following awards for human rights research and programming in 2005-6. This year the annual Human Rights Initiative funding from the Provost’s Office has been combined with Human Rights Institute awards made possible by a generous endowment by UConn Alumni Gary Gladstein and his wife Judi Gladstein. This has meant an exceptional level of financial support for human rights teaching and research at the University of Connecticut. The goal of these awards is to encourage primary research on human rights issues by graduate students, and to facilitate events that facilitate a broad discussion of human rights issues across campus. These awards, with a combined total of over $20,000, build upon the excellent program of activities and research undertaken by faculty and students in recent years, and they raise the human rights program to a new level of significance at UConn and in the wider community.

Erin Andrew -- Undergraduate Philosophy Club & PR/LACC
Film Screening of "The Take" & lecture by co-director and
co-producer Avi Lewis
$2,430.00

John Bauer, Clinical Professor of Law -- UConn Law School
Presentation to Uconn undergraduate students by the Uconn Law School's Asylum & Human Rights Clinic.
$1,000.00

Shelley Buchbinder, VP of Social Justice -- Hillel (UConn)
Film Screening of "Hotel Rwanda" & lecture by Paul Rusesabagina
$1,000.00

Fe Delos-Santos -- UConn Asian American Studies Institute
Film Screening: "Claiming Our Human Rights" -- The Japanese Latin American World War II Internment and the Campaign for Justice, Redress and Reparations.
$2,200.00

Kathy Fluckiger, The Women's Leadership Committee
Seminar Series: “21st Century Field Work- Women as Change Agents in Stem Cell Research”
$1,000.00

Dr. Tricia Gabany-Guerrero -- Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies;
Dr. Mark Overmyer-Velazquez -- History
Dr. Xae Reyes – Education
Seminar Series “Perspectives on Human Rights and Immigration: The Connecticut--Latin America/Caribbean Connection”
$2,500.00

Barbara Gurr -- UConn Women's Studies Program
18th Annual Women's Studies Conference -- "Sisterhood is Global: From Theory to Practice." Keynote Speaker: Winona LaDuke
$1,000.00

Gary M. English, Department Head -- Uconn Department of Dramatic Arts; Artistic Director -- Connecticut Repertory Theater
Connecticut Repertory Theater World Premire Production of “Prudence”. A new play by Barbara and Carlton Molette, about Prudence Crandall and the creation of the first school for African American girls in the United States.
$2,500.00

Nancy A. Naples -- UConn Department of Sociology & Women's Studies Institute
Workshop: “Activist Scholarship for Human Rights”
$2,500.00

Frederick S. Roden, Assistant Professor of English -- UConn Stamford
Lecture: Dr. Mark Jordan - “Homosexuality, Religion, and the Law”
$1,000.00

Angela Rola, Director -- Asian American Cultural Center
Film Screening & Discussion with Director Film Screening of "My Migrant Soul: A Story of Modern Day Slavery" with Director Yasmine Kabir
$1,000.00

Sal Scalora, Director -- William Benton Museum of Art
Exhibition & Lecture: Adam Nadel photographs -- "If My Eyes Speak: War Testimonies from Sudan, Rwanda, Bosnia, and New York." Adam Nagel will also speak at the Dodd Research Center.
$2,500.00

2005 Human Rights Institute
Graduate Student Research Awards

Human Rights Graduate Research Funding Awards 2005-2006

Adam K. Kaloides, History
“Human Rights in South Africa: A Preliminary Appraisal”
$500.00

Rebecca Aubrey, Political Science
“Human Rights Justice and Political Stability in Uruguay”
$2,000.00

Natalie S. Wagner, UConn Law
“How Restorative Justice can be Implemented into the Criminal
Justice System in Connecticut”
$1,000.00

Michelle R. Kaufman, Psychology
“Sex Trafficing in Nepal: The Maoist Insurgency and Increased
Risk for Girls and Women”
$1,000.00

C. Patrick Heidkamp, Geography
“Credence Attributes, Alternative Trade, and Human Economic
Rights: The Case of 'Fair Trade' Coffee”
$2,000.00

2004 Human Rights Institute
Faculty Research Awards

Mary Crawford, Psychology
"Developing and Evaluating Interventions to Reduce Trafficking of
Girls and Women in Nepal"
$2,000.00

Lawrence B. Goodheart, History
"A Profile of Capital Punishment in Connecticut, 1636-2004"
$5,548.78

Michelle Kaufman, Ph.D. Candidate, Psychology
"Voluntary and Involuntary Sex Trafficking in Nepal: An Investigation
into Human and Cultural Rights"
$ 4,000.00

Marita McComiskey, Women’s Studies
Conference 2005 on "The Responsibility of the Present Generations
for the Protection of Women’s Human Rights"
$3,000.00

Samuel Martinez, Anthropology
"Anthropology’s Human Rights Archive: A Preliminary Assessment
of the Documents of the AAA Committee for Human Rights"
$1,912.75

Professor Nancy A. Naples, Sociology and Women’s Studies
"Sexual Citizenship and Human Rights: A Comparative Study of
Immigration Policies in Different National Contexts"
$6,000.00

Olu Oguibe, Art and Art History
"A Decade of Freedom: Art after Apartheid 1994-2004"
$800

2004 HRI Educational Awards

Rebecca Aubrey and Maytte Restrepo-Ruiz, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Seminar Series: “Perspectives on Human Rights in Latin America”
$1,300.00

Gary English, Drama
The Connecticut Repertory Theater Production of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare”
$7,000.00

Davita Silfen Glasberg, Sociology
New Course: “Human Rights in the United States”
$10,097.53

Gregory Kneidel, English
Materials for New Course: “Literature and Human Rights”
$400

Salvatore Scalora, William Benton Museum of Art
Photographic Exhibition: “James Nachtwey: Testimony”
$ 5,000.00

2007 Human Rights Institute
Graduate Student Research Funding

2007 Human Rights Institute
Faculty Research Funding

2006 HRI Graduate Student Funding

2006 Faculty Research Funding

2006 Economic Rights Research Funding

2005-2006
Human Rights Programming Funding

2005 HRI Graduate Student Research Awards

2004 HRI Faculty Research Awards

2004 HRI Educational Awards