The Global Human Rights Hub brings together ASU faculty members from across ASU’s four campuses, who are actively researching issues related to global human rights.
The Hub Fellows program provides networking and mentoring opportunities for ASU graduate students. ASU graduate students at any level and from any discipline whose work touches on human rights are invited to get involved in our work and be a part of our programming and publication opportunities.
The Hub features biographies of each Hub Fellow on the GRH Hub website for the academic year. Fellows write a series of blog entries on topical issues in the field of human rights that are connected to their research. Our goal is to highlight the important work that ASU graduate students are doing while providing them with mentoring and networking opportunities.
2026–27 fellows
Abraham Oyewole
Abraham Oyewole is a Presidential Graduate Fellow and PhD student in sociocultural anthropology at Arizona State University. His research explores education, migration and displacement, focusing on how displaced youth pursue schooling and imagine their futures.
Andrea Borbon
I’m a PhD student in Arizona State University’s School of Transborder Studies. My research explores immigration, identity and political mobilization among Latino communities along the U.S.-Mexico border, bringing a personal and community-centered perspective to transborder issues.
C.A. Langerud
C.A. Langerud is a PhD candidate in Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. Her research examines censorship and inclusive curricula in K–12 public education, with a focus on students’ knowledge construction and democratic agency.
Zoya Kaleem
Zoya Kaleem is a PhD student in political science at Arizona State University. Her research examines why people with disabilities run for public office and the barriers they face, connecting political representation, disability rights and democratic inclusion.2025–26 fellows
Gaukhar Baltabayeva
Gaukhar Baltabayeva is a PhD candidate in political science in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. Her research examines migration, exile politics and transnational activism, with a focus on Russian citizens who left the country following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Through her dissertation and published scholarship, Gaukhar explores the civic and political engagement of Russian migrants across the South Caucasus and European Union, contributing to broader discussions on migration and resistance under authoritarianism.
Nadia Patricia Gutiérrez Gallardo
Nadia Patricia Gutiérrez Gallardo is a doctoral student in justice and social inquiry in the School of Social Transformation. She holds a master’s degree in social sciences with a focus on education from FLACSO Argentina and has held teaching, research and leadership roles in prison education programs across Mexico, Argentina and the United States. Nadia is a certified facilitator of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, co-founder of Mexico’s National Prison Education Network (RECEPEM), and an active member of several international prison education and research networks.
Sarai Richter
Sarai Richter is a PhD student in sociology and a graduate of Arizona State University’s human rights and social justice program. Their research explores how Khmer feminist NGOs use co-mentorship as a form of resistance to donor constraints and neoliberal governance, drawing on feminist, Buddhist and posthuman theories to reimagine care, solidarity and social change. Sarai has presented at major sociology and peace research conferences, published interdisciplinary scholarship, and serves in leadership roles with several professional associations. Beyond academia, they bring extensive experience in refugee resettlement, feminist NGO leadership and community-based arts practice in Cambodia and the United States.
Victoria Desimoni
Victoria Desimoni is a PhD student in education policy and evaluation at the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation. Drawing on a background in education, religious studies and cultural and educational policy, her research explores how formal and non-formal education can challenge colonial frameworks and support more just and pluralistic futures. With experience in teaching, nonprofit and philanthropic work, Victoria focuses on educational approaches that honor diverse ways of knowing and foster individual and collective transformation in response to global challenges.
Yohanes Damaiko Udu
Yohanes Damaiko Udu is a graduate student in the Master of Arts program in social justice and human rights at Arizona State University. Trained in philosophy, his research focuses on environmental justice, Indigenous land rights and development politics in Eastern Indonesia. Through advocacy-based research, ethnographic fieldwork and public scholarship, Yohanes examines the social and environmental impacts of extractive industries and tourism development while amplifying community-led resistance and envisioning more just and sustainable futures.2024–25 fellows
Dilraba Anayatova
Dilraba Anayatova was a 2024–25 Global Human Rights Hub fellow and educational policy and evaluation doctoral candidate whose work connected ecological knowledge, education and climate justice, particularly in Kazakhstan.
Jacob Gallegos
Jacob Gallegos was a 2024–25 Global Human Rights Hub fellow and political science doctoral student whose research examined LGBTQ+ public opinion, policing and the intersections of race, identity and social movements in the United States.
Liming Liu
Liming Liu was a 2024–25 Global Human Rights Hub fellow and communication doctoral student whose research explored the social and cultural implications of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and data governance.
Salah Hamdoun
Salah Hamdoun was a 2024–25 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose research examined development, modernization and the unequal distribution of risk in North Africa, with a particular focus on Morocco.2023–24 fellows
Adnan Turan
Adnan Turan was a 2023–24 Global Human Rights Hub fellow and educational policy and evaluation doctoral student whose work examined refugee education, assimilation and the role of nongovernmental organizations.
Dominik Drabent
Dominik Drabent was a 2023–24 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose research examined queer Muslim experiences in Somalia, Iraq and diaspora communities at the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion and race.
Gonzalo Galindo-Delgado
Gonzalo Galindo-Delgado was a 2023–24 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose research explored law, social movements and progressive politics in Latin America, drawing on a background in human rights advocacy.
Ilkem Gok Karci
Ilkem Gok Karci was a 2023–24 Global Human Rights Hub fellow and economics doctoral student whose research examined gender pay and employment disparities, reproductive policies and family outcomes.
Namrata Namrata
Namrata Namrata was a 2023–24 Global Human Rights Hub fellow and doctoral student whose research focused on girlhood, girls’ education and the intersections of caste, class and gender in the Global South.2022–23 fellows
Cherra Mathis
Cherra Mathis was a 2022–23 Global Human Rights Hub fellow and social work doctoral candidate whose research focused on immigration, asylum and the role of interdisciplinary advocacy in advancing human rights.
Hannah Blair
Hannah Blair was a 2022–23 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose research centered on human trafficking, sexual exploitation and survivor leadership, informed by her work as a lived-experience expert and survivor consultant.
Khampha Stempel
Khampha Stempel was a 2022–23 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose research examined sustainable infrastructure, institutional priorities and the social and environmental injustices associated with development.
Kimberly Curry
Kimberly Curry was a 2022–23 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose research examined persecution, genocide risk and barriers facing refugees and asylum seekers, alongside work in refugee resettlement.
Noha Siraj Labani
Noha Siraj Labani was a 2022–23 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose work connected education access, social justice and humanitarian rhetoric, particularly in relation to Syrian refugees.2021–22 fellows
Brittany Romanello
Brittany Romanello was a 2021–22 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose writing examined Mormon communities, Latina experiences and the relationships among religion, race, gender and political identity in Arizona.
Leah Goldmann
Leah Goldmann was a 2021–22 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose writing challenged colonial power structures in international development and examined expertise, accountability and solidarity in the aid sector.
Phil Berry
Phil Berry was a 2021–22 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose work connected climate action, sustainable development and human rights, drawing on decades of experience in government, business and supply chains.
Simon A. Lee
Simon A. Lee, who also wrote as S.A.L., was a 2021–22 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose essays examined U.S. foreign policy, international institutions and the protection of human rights.
Sinmyung Park
Sinmyung Park was a 2021–22 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose writing examined resistance to Myanmar’s military coup, civil society and transnational solidarity, including connections with Gwangju, South Korea.2020–21 fellows
Aryanna Chutkan
Aryanna Chutkan was a 2020–21 Global Human Rights Hub fellow and political science master’s student whose research focused on postcolonial statehood and legal systems in Africa and the Caribbean.
Camila Páez Bernal
Camila Páez Bernal was a 2020–21 Global Human Rights Hub fellow and Fulbright scholar whose research examined women’s political participation and political violence in Latin America through critical and feminist perspectives.
Gabrielle Lout
Gabrielle Lout, also known as Gabby, was a 2020–21 Global Human Rights Hub fellow whose work connected marine conservation, sustainable development and the rights and well-being of people dependent on marine environments.
Matthew Smoldt
Matthew Smoldt was a 2020–21 Global Human Rights Hub fellow and political science doctoral student whose interests included migration, immigration policy, international finance and migrants’ remittances.