#  Awards & Honors 

 



 ### Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy Degree

Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2023



 

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 ### International Studies Association’s J. Ann Tickner Award, 2015.

 

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 ### Charles Merriam Award, 2013

 

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 ### American Philosophical Society, Member, 2013–present.

 

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 ### Human Rights Section, International Studies Association

Distinguished Scholar Award, 2019



 

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 ### International Studies Association’s Susan Strange Award, 2013.

 

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 ### Robert F. Kennedy Center Book Award (2012) for The Justice Cascade: 

How Human Rights Prosecutions are Changing World Politics, 2011.



 

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 ### John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Fellowship, 2008–2009



 

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 ### 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.”



 

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 ### 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.



 

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  [### Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001–present

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 ### Fulbright Scholar Award, Argentina, 2001–2002

 

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 ### PI, National Science Foundation

SES Division, Grant No. 1228519, “Alternative Accountabilities for Past Human Rights Abuses,” September 2012–August 2014, $290,000.



 

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 ### Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2002–present.

 

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 ### Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, 2000

 

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  [### Regents Professor, University of Minnesota, 2006–present

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- 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



 

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 ### The WOLA/Duke Human Rights Book Award (2011) for The Justice Cascade:

 *How Human Rights Prosecutions are Changing World Politics*, 2011.



 

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 ### 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.



 

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