UWCHR steering committee member Chandan Reddy has been named a 2023 “Freedom Scholar” by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. Chandan is an associate professor of gender, women and sexuality studies and of the comparative history of ideas at the University of Washington. He joined the Center for Human Rights’ steering committee in 2022 and co-leads the

The below text is featured in the UWCHR 2022-2023 Annual Report. Written by Chandan Reddy We completed year one of a two-year research effort, the Strategies for Massage Parlor Workers’ Rights project. Collaborating with the community-based organization Massage Parlor Outreach Project (MPOP), our UWCHR funded research project seeks to understand better the set of overlapping laws,

Every spring we come together to celebrate UWCHR student researchers and highlight ongoing work for human rights in our community at our Spring Symposium and Awards Celebration. For the 2023 Spring Symposium, we were honored to feature our newest project and collaboration, Strategies for Massage Parlor Workers’ Rights. Working with the Massage Parlor Outreach Project