How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?
Does shaming human rights violators shape attitudes at home?
Research
Race, shaming, and international human rights
Can human rights organizations (HROs) shame governments without fueling racism against diasporas or appearing racist?
Publication: Reconciling Multi-Level Rights-Based Commitments in Development: Assessing the Legal and Administrative Imperatives of Responding to Education, Health Care, and Environment Protection Cha
The principles of sovereignty, equality, and self-determination – which have long been the basis for nonintervention in the affairs of sovereign states – have more recently been widened to condemn out
Human Rights Organizations and Shaming Tactics: Using Anti-Racist Cues to Hone the Messaging
Human Rights Organizations (HROs) often use a criticism tactic, known as shaming, to pressure foreign governments that commit human rights violations to stop their abuses.
Bias, Distrust, and Trauma: Racial Disparities in Boston Residents’ Experiences with Law Enforcement and Related Outcomes
George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officers was followed not only by global protests for racial justice but also by the promise of reforms meant to curtail anti-Black law enforcement patterns
Dealing with Guilt and Shame in International Politics
State and non-state actors often try to provoke moral emotions like guilt and shame to mobilize political change.
Substandard housing and the risk of COVID-19 infection and disease severity: A retrospective cohort study
In this study we examine associations between substandard housing and the risk of COVID-19 infection and severity during the first year of the pandemic by linking individual-level housing and clinical
Effects of a US Supreme Court ruling to restrict abortion rights
Previous research focused on popular US Supreme Court rulings expanding rights; however, less is known about rulings running against prevailing public opinion and restricting rights.
Can Justice Bring Peace to Ethiopia? How to Heal Divisions After Decades of War
In November 2022, the Ethiopian government signed a cease-fire with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis
We study people's willingness to trade off civil liberties for increased health security in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by deploying representative surveys involving around 550,000 responses
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