Here, you can browse the research, field experiences and addresses given at the University of Dayton Human Rights Center's Social Practice of Human Rights conferences. Note: Most of the items in the collection are working papers or abstracts for papers that have not yet been published. For completed papers, contact the individual authors.
This biennial conference provides a unique space for scholars, practitioners and advocates to engage in collaboration, dialogue and critical analysis of human rights advocacy — locally and globally. Learn more about the Human Rights Center at the University of Dayton >>>.
Proposals from 2021
Miami Dade County’s CEDAW Ordinance: A Tool of Local Transformation toward Gender Justice?, Susanne Zwingel and Jennifer Hill
Proposals from 2019
Facing Human Rights: Theorizing out of the Experience of Suffering, Patrick Ahern
Decolonizing Human Rights: Sovereignty. Disruption. Tactics., A. Kayum Ahmed
Delinking the "Human" from Human Rights: Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism and the Future of Human Rights, A. Kayum Ahmed
International Surrogacy Arrangements: A Human Rights Case, Marisa Araújo
Biafra and the Politics of Humanitarian Consumption, Chi-Chi Ayalogu
The Right to Religious Freedom and its Political Significance: Catholic and Islamic Approaches, Matthew Bagot
Wounds, Remembrance, Sutures: Performing Existence in Times of Gore Capitalism, Christina Baker
Innovations in Corporate Accountability, Joanne Bauer, Paul Rissman, and Charity Ryerson
Obstacles to Excellence: Academic Freedom and China's Quest for World-Class Universities, Chelsea Blackburn Cohen
Pre-Service Teachers and Middle School Students: A Collaboration for Social Justice Art Education, R. Darden Bradshaw
Partnering with Faith Communities: Challenges of Religious and Secular Literacy, Rob Brodrick, Kelly S. Johnson, Anwar Khan, Leocadie Lushombo, and Edith Tapia
Grassroots Activism in Resolving Intractable Human Rights Problems: Theory and Case Studies from Ghana and Barcelona, Mette Brogden, Phyllis Taoua, Rashid Abubakar Iddrisu (Wari), Durado Brooks Jr, and Francis M. Abugbilla
Rights in Small Places? Participation, Rights and Power in Northern Ireland, Nicola Browne
Gender, Research, and Advocacy: What We’ve Learned and What Work Lies Ahead, Alexandra Cosima Budabin, Natalie Florea Hudson, Sinead McGrath, Jessica Pierson, Jamie Small, and Julie Arostegui LeMaster
From Birmingham to Lima: Expanding Mobility for Persons with Disabilities, Shane Burns
Critiquing and Constructing HRE in Higher Education, Sarita Cargas, Kristina R. Eberbach, Glenn Mitoma, Kristi Rudelius-Palmer, and Sandra Sirota
On the Need for Human Rights to Constitute Structural Change: Lessons for Colombia from the Arab Spring’s Failures, Anthony Chase
How Can Human Rights Activism Help Tackle Economic Inequality? Lessons from Mining Affected Communities in South Africa, Allison Corkery
Feminicides, Trans-Feminicides, and Violence from a Human Rights Perspective, Counterpart International, El Salvador
Violence, Migration, and Vulnerable Groups: A Critical and Intersectional Approach, Counterpart International, El Salvador
The Campus Human Rights Index: Measuring University Commitment to Human Rights, Charles Crabtree, Volha Chykina, Kiyoteru Tsutsui, and Michelle Bellino
Innovative Collaboration to Further Community Self-Determination, Matthew Currie and Amaha Sellassie
The Human Right to a Healthy Environment: Pushing the Boundaries in the Inter-American System, Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak
Addressing Mass Atrocity in Chile: Learning and Unlearning as a Function of Social Memory, Irving Epstein
Engaging and Mobilizing Men to Promote Women's Human Rights, Rus Ervin Funk
The Human Right to Science, Brian K. Gran, Anne Bryden, Mark Frezzo, and John Dale
Human Rights, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Faith Values and Ethics: Building Stronger Partnerships for the Common Good by Understanding the Differences, Theresa Harris, Leanne M. Jablonski, Sarah Fortner, and Malcolm Daniels
Why Love Matters for Human Rights, Lena Khor
Rehumanization among Veterans of the Yugoslav Wars: Rethinking Reconciliation and Post-Conflict Justice, Jordan N. Kiper
Human Rights and Economic Democracy: Reinvigorating the Human Rights Movement, Curtis T. Kline
Deep Fakes: Preserving Truth & Human Rights in an Era of Truth Decay, Virginia Kozemczak
“Water Is a Human Right”: Exploring the Paradox of Framing Water as a Human Right in a Hostile Political Climate, Sabrina Kozikis
Power and Participation in Philanthropy: Human Rights as a Goal or a Process?, Katy Love, Diana Samarasan, and Allistair Mallillin
The Impacts of Warming Coffee: The Climate Change-Coffee-Migration Nexus in the Northern Triangle of Central America, Connor Lynch
Hate Music on Youtube: The Dark Side of Advancing Digital Freedom in Myanmar, Heather MacLachlan
Does the Right to Equality Extend to Economic and Social Rights?, Gillian MacNaughton
Fear and Resistance Far from the Border: Human Rights and Student Engagement in Immigrant and Refugee Communities in Dayton, Ohio, Theophile J. Majka and Miranda Cady Hallett
Gender, Displacement and Urban Resilience, Sinéad McGrath
Faking the News: Antiwar Activists, the Italo-Ethiopian War, and the Practice of Human Rights, Caroline Waldron Merithew
Exploring Sustainable Fish Farming as An Income Generating Activity: Creating Wealth and Protein Stability through Larger Scale Sustainable Production, Marigrace Moses
The Strategies and Risks of Performing Citizenship And Rights Through Music, Carolin Mueller
Memoria y Resistencia: Sharing UD experiences at the Encuentro to Close the School of the Americas, Mary Niebler and Christina Baker
Human Rights Litigation and Anti-Sodomy Laws in Kenya and Botswana, Andrew Novak
Counter-Diffusion: Does Russian Propaganda Wind Up in America?, Christopher F. Patane and Marc S. Polizzi
Risking Rescue: The Politics of Precarity in Mediterranean Crossing, Eleanor Paynter
Abortion as a Human Right in the United States: Exploring the Role of CEDAW Cities in Challenging the Hyde Amendment, Jessica Pierson
Ethics and Methods of Human Rights Work: Exploring Both Theoretical and Practical Approaches, Shayna Plaut, Maritza Felices Luna, Christina Clark Kazak, Neil Bilotta, and Lara Rosenoff Gauvin
Central America, Human Rights, and Displacement, Nelson Portillo, Jeanne Rikkers, Amelia Frank-Vitale, Abby Wheatley, and Miranda Cady Hallett
Reclaiming Impact in the Age of Awareness-raising for Human Rights, Azadeh Pourzand and Ali Arab
Ferguson to Geneva: Bringing an American Movement for Racial Justice to the World, Joel Pruce
Human Rights and the Smart City, Tina Reuter
Achieving Energy Justice in Low Income Communities: Creating a Community-Driven Program for Residential Energy Savings, Anya Galli Robertson, Kevin Hallinan, and Jennifer Hoody
Firing Queer Teachers from Catholic Schools: Ethical and Theological Considerations, Ish Ruiz
Institutionalizing Rights: The Rise and Fall of the Human Rights Paradigm in Managing Migration, Todd Scribner
Male Fishing Culture: Constructs of Masculinity in Providing for Himself and His Family, Josh Segalewitz
Modeling Resilience in Resettled Syrian Refugees with Disabilities, Nicholas Sherwood
Grassroots Globalism: Human Rights Cities and Local Human Rights Implementation, Jackie Smith
Pope Francis, Human Rights, and the Crises of Our Time, John Sniegocki
Literary Didacticism in Indigenous & Latinx Human Rights Literature, Tereza M. Szeghi
Community Based Global Learning, Anthony N. Talbott, Molly MacCready, and Matt Maroon
Caste, Economic Inequality, and Climate Justice in India, Dadasaheb Tandale
Call for Proposals 2019: The Social Practice of Human Rights, University of Dayton
Fiscal Citizenship: How Can Tax Efficiency and Isonomy Aid in the Promotion of Economic Rights, Social Participation, Political Accountability, and Cultural Diversity?, Gustavo Voeroes Dénes
Contesting Human Rights Defenders at the UN Human Rights Council, M. Joel Voss
Finding Restoration in the Prison Classroom: Teaching Transitional Justice on the Inside, Carrie Booth Walling
Cultivating Political Engagement on the Migrant Trail, Abby Wheatley
The Rise of ‘Right-Wing’ Human Rights Rhetoric: A Palestinian & Israeli Case Study, Leah Wilson
Toward a Human Rights Impact Assessment Tool, Mona Younis
Proposals from 2017
The Political Psychology of Environmental Civil Resistance, Stephen Arves
The Forgotten Ones: Domestic Child Soldiers in the United States, Jesse Bach
The Dignity of the Human Person: Catholic and Islamic Approaches to Human Rights, Matthew Bagot
Transnational Abolitionist Rhetoric to End Modern Slavery, Laura Barrio-Vilar
Faith-Based Approaches to Asylum: New Appeals to Accountability? Using Faith-Based Principles as Soft Law, Jinan Bastaki
Economic Rights in Catholic Social Teaching, Andrew Beauchamp and Jason Heron
The Business of Being Good: How it Pays to Be a Humanitarian State, Taylor Benjamin-Britton and Danielle Scherer
Political Asylum and Enlightened False Consciousness: The Challenges of Human Rights Advocacy in Israel, Ilil Benjamin
Providing Refuge: A Regime Analysis of Legal Protections for Displaced Persons in Sub-Saharan Africa, Natasha Bennett and Hannah K. Brown
Understanding Truth: How Commissioners Influence the Final Report of a Truth Commission, Christine Bianco
The 'Nayirah' Effect: The Role of Target States’ Human Rights Violations and Victims’ Emotive Images in War Support, Joseph Braun and Kiyoung Chang
Climate Change, Development, and the Global Commons, Robert J. Brecha
Development, Energy, and Climate Change Policy: Enabling Sustainable Development through Access to Energy, Robert J. Brecha
No Human Right to Sodomy: Christian Conservative Opposition to SOGI Human Rights, Cynthia Burack
Collective Memory of Past Human Rights Abuses-South Korea, Ñusta Carranza Ko
Democratic Civic Engagement: Transformative Local, Inclusive Decision-Making to Achieve Global Peace and Climate Solutions, Leah Ceperley
Ordinary 'Worthiness': Sex Work, Police Raids, and Human Rights Violence in Sonagachhi, Simanti Dasgupta
Invisible Women: Syrian Victims of Gender-Based Violence as a Particular Social Group in U.S. Asylum Law, Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak
Human Rights and Disability, Lowell Ewert
Mass Displacement of Destitute People: A Trigger for Non-Refoulement Protection?, Bernardo de Souza Dantas Fico and Leticia Machado Haertel
The Path to 'Never Again': Human Rights Protest in Latin America, James Franklin
From Stateless to Citizen: Trust, Disclosure, and Collaboration with Guatemalan Refugees as Human Rights Practice, Oscar F. Gil-Garcia
Overview of Current Human Rights Challenges in the Philippines and the People’s Response, Angie M. Gonzales
Construction of the Victims of Human Rights Violation: The Case of the Erased Residents of Slovenia, Barbara Gornik
Agency, Equality and Courage: A Case Study of Women on the Front Lines of Egypt’s 2011 Revolution, Carol Gray
