Human Rights

‘I was handed to a complete stranger’: the survivors fighting to end child marriage in 37 US states – and the people who want to keep it legal. The country has seen hundreds of thousands of child marriages since 2000. As activists push for new laws, an unlikely cohort stands in their way.

Assistant professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason Korea specialized in peace, human rights and citizenship education and educational sociology.

Kevin Nazar, M.S. is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Honors College and a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Sociology at George Mason University. He received his Master’s degree in Political Science and Philosophy from Universidad Mayor de San Andres in Bolivia and has a graduate certificate in International Development from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Prior to coming to Mason, Kevin was a consultant for several United Nations agencies in Latin America.

Helsing has taught a broad range of subjects, including conflict resolution, analysis of war and peace, negotiations, human rights and conflict, and international relations theory. Prior to joining the Carter School, he spent 23 years at the United States Institute of Peace, including as head of USIP’s Education and Training Department.

Kevin Avruch received his A.B. from the University of Chicago and M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). In 2009 Avruch was appointed the Henry Hart Rice Professor of Conflict Resolution (succeeding Nadim Rouhana), and in 2013 he became S-CAR’s second Dean, succeeding Andrea Bartoli. In 2020 he became Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Henry Hart Rice Professor of Conflict Resolution Emeritus.