Category Archives: Richards

Richards Speaks at DePaul Law School

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Prof. David Richards gave a talk on April 12, 2013, at DePaul Law School in Chicago titled “Domestic Laws on Violence Against Women: The Illustrative Case of Rape.”

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Petkis Defends Senior Thesis

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

Stephen Petkis ’13 defended his senior thesis on U.S. foreign policy, democracy promotion, and military intervention. He was advised by Dr. David Richards. Stephen will attend Georgetown law school in the fall. Congratulations!  

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Corvi Defends Senior Thesis

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

David Corvi ’13 defended his senior thesis, “Global Poverty: What do we really know?” He was advised by Dr. David Richards. Congratulations!

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CIRI in Economist

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

The CIRI Human Rights Data Project, run by Prof. David Richards, was invoked in The Economist regarding Sen. Tom Coburn’s bid to defund political science research at the National Science Foundation.

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Richards Published on Human Rights, Human Development, and Human Dignity

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

Prof. David Richards has published a solicited guest article, “What’s in a Name? Human Rights, Human Development, and Human Dignity” in WIDER-Angle, a publication of the UN World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). Also, after giving a talk at … Continue reading →

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Carbonetti and Richards Publish “A Defense of the Right to Leisure”

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

Ben Carbonetti, a POLS graduate student, and Prof. David Richards just published “Worth What We Decide: A Defense of the Right to Leisure” in the International Journal of Human Rights. The advance e-version is out now and the print version … Continue reading →

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Richards on US and torture

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

Associate Professor David L. Richards, along with Mandy M. Morrill (Valparaiso University) and Mary R. Anderson (University of Tampa) has published a new report in the Nordic Journal of Human Rights on the origins of US attitudes towards torture. Among … Continue reading →

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Richards to speak at Emory

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

Prof. David L. Richards will speak at the political science department at Emory University on Thursday, October 6, 2011. His talk is titled “The Stealth Pandemic: Municipal Legal Guarantees and Violence Against Women.”

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CIRI Human Rights project in full-swing

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

Corinne Tagliarina, CIRI Human Rights Data Project research associate and POLS graduate student, is pictured below working with UConn undergraduates Carly Calabrese and Erin Franklin on rating 195 countries’ level of respect for their citizens’ right to foreign movement. The … Continue reading →

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Faculty Profile: Prof. Richards

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

CLAS has posted a Q&A with David Richards, associate professor of political science with a joint appointment to the Human Rights Institute.

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