Human Rights, Conflict and Migration

In contemporary world politics, nation-states are not only increasingly entangled with each other–sometimes violently–but are also impacted by transnational and other non-state actors, which raises philosophical and practical questions about issues related to state sovereignty, citizenship, and international human rights. That is why Montclair State researchers seek to understand the flux of national borders and identities, mobile populations, continuums of violence and force, international norms and instruments, and judicial and non-judicial mechanisms for addressing human rights abuses in peacetime and war. Scholars conduct research in fields that address such issues as peacebuilding, war and terrorism, genocide, transitional justice, stateless and refugee populations, human trafficking and modern slavery, immigration, state-building, and diplomacy, among others.

Associated Faculty

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Livia Alexander

Associate Professor, Art and Design

Phone
973-655-4167
Email
alexanderli@montclair.edu
Location
Life Hall, 0434
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Enza Antenos

Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-7943
Email
antenosconfe@montclair.edu
Location
Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 222

Chedia Ayari

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Educational Leadership, Educational Leadership

Email
ayaric@montclair.edu
Location
University Hall
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Antonella Calarota-Ninman

Director, Center for Latine and Spanish Academic Success and Excellence (CLASE), Spanish and Latino Studies

Email
calarotaa@montclair.edu
Location
Conrad J. Schmitt Hall
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Elenice De Souza Oliveira

Associate Professor, Justice Studies

Email
desouzaolive@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 321
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Elizabeth Emery

Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-4452
Email
emerye@montclair.edu
Location
Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 241J
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Teresa Fiore

Professor and Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-7292
Email
fiorete@montclair.edu
Location
Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 241D
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Jerise Fogel

Adjunct, Classics and General Humanities

Email
fogelj@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 104
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Reva Jaffe-Walter

Associate Professor, Educational Foundations

Phone
973-655-7216
Email
jaffewalterr@montclair.edu
Location
University Hall, 2144
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Yanick Joseph

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Email
josephy@montclair.edu
Location
The School of Nursing and The Graduate School
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Fawzia Afzal-Khan

Professor, English

Phone
973-655-7309
Email
khanf@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 454
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Arnaud Kurze

Associate Professor, Justice Studies

Phone
973-655-7960
Email
kurzea@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 352
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Francesca Laguardia

Professor, Justice Studies

Phone
973-655-5149
Email
laguardiaf@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 316
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Julie Landweber

Associate Professor, History

Phone
973-655-7482
Email
landweberj@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 412
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Fanny Lauby

Associate Professor, Political Science and Law

Email
laubyf@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 205
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Katherine McCaffrey

Professor, Anthropology

Phone
973-655-7560
Email
mccaffreyk@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 108
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Daniel Mengara

Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-5143
Email
mengarad@montclair.edu
Location
Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 241G
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Bryan Murdock

Associate Vice President for Community Partnerships, Office of the President

Phone
973-655-6831
Email
murdockb@montclair.edu
Location
Sprague Library, 140A
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Benjamin Nienass

Associate Professor, Political Science and Law

Email
nienassb@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 209
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Zsolt Nyiri

Associate Professor, Political Science and Law

Phone
973-655-4238
Email
nyiriz@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 211
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Sangeeta Parashar

Associate Professor, Sociology

Phone
973-655-7168
Email
parashars@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 310

Vania Penha-Lopes

Professor of Sociology, Academic Affairs

Email
penhalopesv@montclair.edu
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Daniela Peterka-Benton

Associate Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Phone
973-655-7557
Email
peterkabentd@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 323

Alison Price-Rom

Adjunct, Educational Foundations

Email
priceroma@montclair.edu
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Gabriel Rubin

Professor, Justice Studies

Phone
973-655-5319
Email
rubing@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 324
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Stephen Ruszczyk

Associate Professor, Sociology

Email
ruszczyks@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 313
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Vikas Singh

Associate Professor, Sociology

Email
singhv@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 308
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Marissa Silverman

Professor, Cali School of Music

Phone
973-655-7779
Email
silvermanm@montclair.edu
Location
Chapin Hall
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John Soboslai

Associate Professor, Religion

Phone
973-655-7415
Email
soboslaij@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 452
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Tony Spanakos

Professor, Political Science and Law

Phone
973-655-7575
Email
spanakost@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 203
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Ethne Swartz

Professor, Management

Email
swartze@montclair.edu
Location
School of Business
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Kate Temoney

Chairperson, Religion

Phone
973-655-3778
Email
temoneyk@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 446

Mireya Vilar-Compte

Associate Professor, Public Health

Email
vilarcomptem@montclair.edu
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James Woodard

Professor, History

Email
woodardj@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 320