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Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod Professorial Lecturer SIS - Peace HR CR

Additional Positions at AU
Director of Graduate Studies - Department of Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Degrees
Ph.D., Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
M.S., Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University

Languages Spoken
French
Kinyarwanda
Favorite Spot on Campus
Outside
Book Currently Reading
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Bio
Originally from Rwanda, Dr. Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod is the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations at the School of International Service, at American University. She is also a Human Rights activist and scholar specializing in genocide studies, and in the intersection of Diaspora consciousness and social mobilization. She is the author of Narratives of Victimhood and Perpetration: The Struggle of Bosnian and Rwandan Diaspora Communities in the United States as well as articles published in Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, the International Journal of Transitional Justice, and the International Studies Review. Dr. Kuradusenge-McLeod received her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University.
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Teaching

Spring 2023

  • SIS-619 Special Studies in Int'l Pol: Social Protest and Change

  • SIS-619 Special Studies in Int'l Pol: Genocide & International Law

  • SISU-306 Adv Int'l Studies Research: The Power of Storytelling

Fall 2023

  • SIS-619 Special Studies in Int'l Pol: Identity/Conflct/Globalization