People Type: Distinguished Visiting Practitioner - Supported by IRIS-NRC and the International Division

Cruvellier, Thierry

Thierry Cruvellier is an international journalist, war crimes expert, and author whose specialty is international criminal justice, especially the workings of international justice systems after war crimes and atrocities. He was a Fall 2016 and Fall 2017 Distinguished Visiting Lecturer and taught a capstone seminar for International Studies, International Studies 601: “International Criminal Justice: Models and …

Feingold, Russ

Russ Feingold served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1993 to 2011 and as a Wisconsin State Senator from 1983 to 1993. Most recently, he was a Visiting Lecturer in Law and Martin R. Flug Visiting Professor in the Practice of Law at Yale Law School. Feingold graduated from University of Wisconsin–Madison with a B.A. …

Gehan, Jean-René

Jean-René Gehan is the former French Ambassador to Kuwait and Laos. He served as French Ambassador in Laos and in Kuwait, as First Secretary in Beijing, as adviser of the French Minister of Defense and Political Military Counsellor in Washington, D.C., as Consul General in Chicago, and as Cultural Counsellor, based in New York, responsible for …

Geran, Jean

Jean M. Geran is a human rights practitioner with more than 20 years of experience in international affairs, policy formulation and implementation, and impact analysis. She has a Ph.D. in Development Studies from the UW–Madison and has spent the better part of the past twenty years serving in a variety of capacities in the State Department: …

Kushner, Jacob

*From www.jacobkushner.com/about/ Jacob’s most recent book is titled Look Away: A True Story of Murders, Bombings, and a Far-Right Campaign to Rid Germany of Immigrants. Find it on Hatchette Book Group’s website  Jacob Kushner is an international correspondent who writes magazine and other longform stories from Africa, Germany, and the Caribbean. He reports on migration and statelessness, …

Olson, Joy

“For more than 20 years, I ran non-profit organizations working on US foreign policy toward Latin America that encouraged human rights and social justice. I worked closely with counterpart organizations, academics, and government officials throughout the region, often developing collaborative advocacy strategies. From 2003-2016 I was the Executive Director of the Washington Office on Latin America. …