Institute Core Team and Staff

Institute faculty include award winning authors, educators, and journalists who partner with one of the most diverse student bodies in the country and some of the most impressive organizations in the region to inform policy and practice according to international human rights law, standards, and scholarship. 

Michael Dao, Ph.D.,

Michael Dao, Ph.D.,

Director

Assistant Professor & Associate Chair
Department of Kinesiology

Office: Spartan Complex 113

Phone: 408.924.2904

Marie Haverfield

Marie Haverfield

Research Coordinator

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies

Dr. Anji Buckner

Anji Buckner, Ph.D

At-large Core Team Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health

Christopher Cox, M.A.

At-large Core Team Member

Lecturer, Department of Sociology

Soma de Bourbon, Ph.D.

Soma de Bourbon, Ph.D.

At-large Core Team Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

John Halushka, Ph.D.

John Halushka, Ph.D.

At-large Core Team Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Studies

Grace Howard, Ph.D

Grace Howard, Ph.D

At-large Core Team Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Studies

Megan Iaconis

Megan Iaconis

Graduate Assistant

Graduate Student, Department of Occupational Therapy

Edith Kinney, Ph.D., J.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Justice Studies

Dr. Audrey Shillington

Dr. Audrey Shillington

Supervising Administrator Dean

College of Health and Human Sciences

Jodie Warren, Ph.D.

Jodie Warren, Ph.D.

At-large Core Team Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Studies

Miranda Worthen, Ph.D.

Miranda Worthen, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Public Health & Recreation