Director

Kelebogile Zvobgo is the founder and director of the International Justice Lab, and the Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor of Government at William & Mary. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Stephen M. Kellen Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a faculty affiliate at the Global Research Institute. 

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Dr. Zvobgo's research is published in leading, peer-reviewed social science journals and has won multiple awards, including Best Paper in Human Rights from both the American Political Science Association and the International Studies Association. Also recognized for her teaching and advocacy, she is the recipient of the American Political Science Association's 2022 Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Mentorship and the 2022 Emerging Human Rights Leader Award from the United Nations Association, National Capital Area. She writes regularly for policy and mainstream outlets like Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and The Washington Post, and has appeared on ABC News, CNN, NPR, and PRX, among others.​

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To learn more, visit zvobgo.com.