Research Projects

All Reiff Center students have the opportunity to assist the director in conducting research for publication in academic journals. To date, Reiff Center students have contributed to the following projects:

• • "Balancing Justice: Damages Awarded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights" (Review of International Organizations, 2025)
    Kate Bennett, Alexandria Brooks, Louise Byrne, Allie Fiul, Maggie Flanagan, Hunter Lang, Ann Silva
  • "The Price of Justice: Compliance and Damages Awarded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights" (Journal of Law and Courts, 2025)
    Louise Byrne, Callie Davidson, Allie Fiul
    
  • "Quasi-Judicial Reasoning: Citation Practices in UN Treaty Bodies"
    Alese Cowardin, Kate D'Amato, Sam Ellyson, Nicole Farrace, Maggie Flanagan, Sharayah McDonald, Caroline Mills, Melodie Moore, Aleigh Puckett
  • "The Promise and Peril of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights"
    Kate Bennett, Louise Byrne, Matias Copeland, Kate D'Amato, Stefani Lopez, Susana Medina Guardado, Estefany Reyes
  • "Gendering Justice: Women Victims and Inter-American Court of Human Rights Reparations"
    Alese Cowardin, Susana Medina Guardado, Melodie Moore, Sydney Ryan
  • "Consequential Histories: A Field Experiment at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum"
    Sam Ellyson, Nicole Farrace, Sharayah McDonald, Susana Medina Guardado, Caroline Mills, Melodie Moore, Sydney Ryan

  External Partnerships

  All Reiff Center students have the opportunity to contribute to the work of external partners in the advancement of human rights scholarship and practice. To date, current and former students have been involved with the following:

  • Conversations Textbook Companion Website
    Kate Bennett, Sam Ellyson, Maggie Flanagan, Allie Fiul, Cole Lepler, Sydney Ryan
  • Divest Invest Protect
    Kate D'Amato, Nicole Farrace, Maggie Flanagan, Allie Fiul, Cole Lepler, Sharayah McDonald
  • Pink Triangle Legacies Project
    Sam Ellyson (Public History Intern)

  We are always interested in new partnerships. If you are interested in partnering with us, please email reiffcenter@cnu.edu.