Awards & Honors
Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy Degree
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2023
International Studies Association’s J. Ann Tickner Award, 2015.
Charles Merriam Award, 2013
American Philosophical Society, Member, 2013–present.
Human Rights Section, International Studies Association
Distinguished Scholar Award, 2019
International Studies Association’s Susan Strange Award, 2013.
Robert F. Kennedy Center Book Award (2012) for The Justice Cascade:
How Human Rights Prosecutions are Changing World Politics, 2011.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fellowship, 2008–2009
Harvard Kennedy School, The Raymond Vernon Commemorative Award, 2019
“for providing mentorship to advance opportunities for junior faculty members to excel and succeed in the field of Public Policy.”
PI, National Science Foundation, SES Division
Grant No. 0961226, “The Impact of Transitional Justice on Human Rights and Democracy,” June 2010–August 2012, $311,000.
Fulbright Scholar Award, Argentina, 2001–2002
PI, National Science Foundation
SES Division, Grant No. 1228519, “Alternative Accountabilities for Past Human Rights Abuses,” September 2012–August 2014, $290,000.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2002–present.
Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, 2000
Regents Professor, University of Minnesota, 2006–present
- Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota, 2005–2009
- Distinguished Teaching Award: Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, University of Minnesota, 2003–2004
- Scholar of the College, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2000–2002
- McKnight-Land Grant Professorship, University of Minnesota, 1991–1993
The WOLA/Duke Human Rights Book Award (2011) for The Justice Cascade:
How Human Rights Prosecutions are Changing World Politics, 2011.
International Studies Association
Chadwick Alger Award
for Best Book
in the area of International Organizations (2000) for
Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics, 1998.