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Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, Professor Emeritus: Member of the Order of Canada, Member of the Order of Ontario, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Howard-Hassmann held the Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights from 2003 to 2016, jointly appointed to the Department of Political Science and the School of International Policy and Governance (Balsillie School of International Affairs).
Her most recent books include In Defense of Universal Human Rights (2018); State Food Crimes (2016); Can Globalization Promote Human Rights? (2010), and Reparations to Africa (2008), as well as her co-edited The Human Right to Citizenship: A Slippery Concept (2015) and The Age of Apology (2008). She maintains a blog, Rights & Rightlessness, which can be accessed at rhodahassmann.blogspot.com.
Professor Howard-Hassmann’s scholarly expertise encompasses international human rights in general; reparations and political apologies; comparative genocide studies; state-induced famines; globalization and human rights; colonialism and underdevelopment in Africa; human rights in Africa; human rights in Canada; and women’s rights.
- 2014. Named Distinguished Scholar of Human Rights by the Human Rights Section of the International Studies Association.
- 2013. Recipient, Sir John William Dawson Medal for Interdisciplinary Research, Royal Society of Canada.
- 2006. Named first Distinguished Scholar of Human Rights by the Human Rights Section, American Political Science Association.
- 2004: Awarded 2004 Outstanding Book in Human Rights, by the Human Rights Section, American Political Science Association (for Compassionate Canadians: Civic Leaders Discuss Human Rights, University of Toronto Press, 2003).
- 2003-17. Named Canada Research Chair, Tier I, Wilfrid Laurier University.
- 1993. Inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
- 2015. "The Right to Food under Hugo Chavez," accepted for publication in Human Rights Quarterly.
- 2013. "Reconsidering the Right to Own Property," Journal of Human Rights, vol. 12, pp. 180-97.
- 2012. "State-Induced Famine and Penal Starvation in North Korea," Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol.7, no. 2/3, pp. 147-65.
- 2012. "Official Apologies," Transitional Justice Review, vol. 1, no.1, pp. 31-53. 2012. "Human Security: Undermining Human Rights?" Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 88-112.
- 2011. "Universal Women's Rights since 1970: The Centrality of Autonomy and Agency," Journal of Human Rights, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 433-39.
- Laurier's Rhoda Howard-Hassmann believes civic engagement is key to preserving human rights (Brant News – July 9, 2015)