
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
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SIS-619 Special Studies in Int'l Pol: Social Protest and Change
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SIS-619 Special Studies in Int'l Pol: Genocide & International Law
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SISU-306 Adv Int'l Studies Research: The Power of Storytelling
Fall 2023
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SIS-619 Special Studies in Int'l Pol: Identity/Conflct/Globalization
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Belgian Hutu Diaspora Narratives of Victimhood and Trauma (2018)
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora (2016)