I am incredibly honored and grateful to have been selected as the 2026 Jennifer Caldwell Fellow. This grant has supported me in pursuing the human rights work that I’m passionate about, through research at the UW Center for Human Rights, and beyond. During my time as a researcher in the Immigrant Rights Observatory at the

In 2026, the UW Center for Human Rights is proud to present fellowships to five students carrying out human rights research and projects.   NATALIA PEREZ JARAMILLO, PETER MACK AND JAMIE MAYERFELD FELLOW, DR. LISA SABLE BROWN FELLOW Natalia Perez Jaramillo is a Ph.D. student in the School of Law. With support from the Peter

I am honored to have been selected as the Jennifer Caldwell Fellow for 2025. This grant supported me in conducting research for my master’s thesis, which explored the extent to which faith-based support efforts of asylum seekers in Seattle move beyond charity toward more radical forms of solidarity and sanctuary. This project was deeply personal

In 2025, the UW Center for Human Rights is proud to present fellowships to seven students carrying out human rights research and projects.   HANADY SHAQUR, ABE OSHEROFF AND GUNNEL CLARK FELLOW Hanady Shaqur is an undergraduate student studying medical anthropology. She is the co-president of Zaytoon UW, where she works to advocate for the

I think for me, the work that the UW Center for Human Rights engages in has always been deeply personal. I come to the work not only as an academic researcher, but as someone who has long been engaged in community organizing, and who additionally sees himself reflected in the struggles that the center research

The UW Center for Human Rights is proud to present eight fellowships to students carrying out human rights work. Learn more about our funding opportunities here.   Lola Burton, recipient of the Abe Osheroff and Gunnel Clark award, is an undergraduate student in Law, Societies, and Justice, working to stop deportations from Boeing Field. Sofia

During my Jennifer Caldwell fellowship, I assisted the Center in researching local surveillance patterns. Our primary focus involved the analysis of data derived from automated license plate readers (ALPRs). The data comes from information requests submitted by a previous research team at the Center. The goal of our research was to understand what, if any,

The UW Center for Human Rights is proud to present seven fellowships to students carrying out human rights work!   Itza Carbajal is a PhD student at the Information School. Funds from the Lisa Sable Brown award will allow Itza to conduct an investigation with Colombian youth on the themes of personal, communal, and institutional histories; and

Being a Jennifer Caldwell Fund recipient allowed me to continue working with the University of Washington Center for Human Rights (UWCHR) researching immigration detention. From September 2020 to August 2022, I was part of a team within the UWCHR working on a quantitative social science project seeking to understand the impact of immigration detention capacity

The UW Center for Human Rights is proud to present five fellowships to students carrying out human rights work! Hannah Garland, 2022 Peter Mack and Jamie Mayerfeld Fellow. Hannah is a Law School student, who will be working as legal fellow on the Death Penalty Abolition Team at Reprieve USA, which seeks abolition of capital