
Matthew Rains
@matthew_a_rains
Researching human rights, political violence, and oppression. Assistant Professor @whitworth. CPR Lead @rightsmetrics.
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Congrats to Matthew Rains! He is the School of Public & International Affairs | UGA Graduate Student Instructor of the Year! We at UGA Department of International Affairs are so proud of his amazing teaching skills!



I'm so pleased to announce UGA's newest Ph.D, Dr. Dr. Chun-Young Park (박천영). Dr. Park's committee included me, Ryan Powers, Jeffrey Berejikian, & Danny Hill UGA Department of International Affairs, School of Public & International Affairs | UGA, & UGA Graduate School. Dr. Park now starts a tenure-track position Nazarbayev University. I'm thrilled! Congrats!


Yay! I'm pleased to announce UGA's newest Ph.D., Dr. Dr. Shanshan Lian! Dr. Lian's committee included me, K. Chad Clay, Ryan Powers, & Dr. Straight (Stats). UGA Department of International Affairs, School of Public & International Affairs | UGA, & UGA Graduate School. Dr. Lian will be a postdoc UAB's Institute for Human Rights. Congrats!



New publication with Matthew Rains and @meridithlavelle in Journal of Conflict Resolution: Of One’s Own Making: Leadership Legitimation Strategy and Human Rights journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Breaking my non-tweet streak for some personal news: thrilled to announce I'll be joining Whitworth University as an Assistant Professor of International Relations this fall. A big shoutout to K. Chad Clay, Amanda Murdie, @schiff_wnc, and the rest of my incredible mentors!

Defended my dissertation today! I am lucky and incredibly grateful to have such a supportive committee, Amanda Murdie, K. Chad Clay, Ryan Powers, and Dursun Peksen. Big thanks to my family for their love and encouragement.

🆕 Research Methods in Human Rights: 2nd Edition, edited by SMR//NCHR's Bård A. Andreassen, University of Dundee's Dr Claire Methven O'Brien & @HumanRightsDK's Hans-Otto Sano with contributions from many leading scholars Out now ➡️ e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/9781… 🆓 Read Chapter 1 ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/978180…

