Ten Emory graduates receive
the graduate certificate in human rights
Ten students who received their degrees from
Emory University in the May 2007 Commencement will also receive
the graduate certificate in human rights. The certificate,
first awarded in 2004, recognizes the academic and research
accomplishments of graduate students across the university
who have completed substantive work in the area of human rights.
The recipients of the certificate for the 2006-2007 academic
year are:
Ramadan Assi
Degree: Master of Public Health
Practicum: Field based work for CARE International
in Lebanon, Haiti, Darfur and Palestine
Rita-Marie Brady
Dual Degree: Juris Doctor & Master
of Public Health
Practicum: The impact of post 9/11 policies
on gender based asylum petitions in the United States: A formative
examination of relevant literature (Thesis)
Nicole Herther-Spiro
Degree: Juris Doctor
Practicum: Preparation of legal documentation
at Gisha: Center for the Legal Protection of Freedom of Movement
(Israel) for the use of human rights and humanitarian law
in Gaza for use in cases on access to humanitarian aid
Syed Adnan Hussain
Dual Degree: Juris Doctor & Master
of Theology
Practicum: Development of a Bibliography database
on health and human rights in collaboration with the World
Health Organization and the Emory University Institute of
Human Rights
Melanie Lawrence
Degree: Master of Public Health
Practicum: U.S. food aid and food security
in sub-Saharan Africa: Addressing the challenge (Thesis)
Jamine Peterson
Degree: Master of Public Health
Practicum: Quality Service Review at the Center
for Torture and Trauma Survivors at the DeKalb County (Georgia)
Board of Health
Elaine Poon
Degree: Juris Doctor
Practicum: Development of a legal training
manual for immigrants and litigation involving civil rights
claims at the National Lawyers Guild Bay Area Chapter
Reshma Roshania
Degree: Master of Public Health
Practicum: Qualittive research on the practice
of female circumcision and cultural competency for medical professionals
at Refugee Family Services
Tala Rezai
Degree: Juris Doctor
Practicum: Impunity in Iran: The death of
photojournalist Zahra Kazemi. Work based at the Iran Human
Rights Documentation Center
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