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. The Institute is administered by the Core Team and informed by an Advisory Board of over 50 Faculty, Center Directors, and Staff--the Human Rights Working Group.

Michael Dao, Ph.D.,
Director
Assistant Professor & Associate Chair
Department of Kinesiology
Office: Spartan Complex 113
Phone: 408.924.2904
Email: michael.dao@sjsu.edu

Supervising Administrator Dean
College of Health and Human Sciences
Email: audrey.shillington@sjsu.edu
Legal Action Coordinator
Associate Professor, Justice Studies
Office: MH 525A
Email: edith.kinney@sjsu.edu

Research Coordinator
Associate Professor, Public Health & Recreation
Email: miranda.worthen@sjsu.edu

At-large Core Team Member
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Email: soma.debourbon@sjsu.edu

At-large Core Team Member
Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Studies
Email: jodie.warren@sjsu.edu

At-large Core Team Member
Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Studies
Email: john.halushka@sjsu.edu

At-large Core Team Member
Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Studies
Email: grace.howard@sjsu.edu