Miranda Gershoni : Why did you decide to pursue the human rights certificate?

Gino Nuzzolillo: I decided to pursue the human rights certificate because, fundamentally, I care deeply about reshaping our world. I want to live in the kind of society where no person faces housing insecurity, lack of access to food or quality healthcare, the violence of incarceration and policing, pollution and toxins, discrimination, or systemic poverty — and where each person has the freedom to live comfortably and unlock the best in themselves. And I felt I needed rigorous instruction to grapple seriously with how structural inequality – generated and enforced by the global intersection of white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, and imperialism – prevents this new society from coming into being. The human rights certificate is the home for that kind of education at Duke. I also love Robin Kirk and Emily Stewart and wanted the excuse to learn as much from them as I could. Read more here .

Miranda Gershoni: Why did you decide to pursue the human rights certificate?

Sonali Mehta: I took a class called Human Rights and World Politics during my first semester at Duke as part of the FOCUS program and really loved it. I thought the Human Rights framework was a really interesting one, if imperfect, to think about justice around the world. Read the rest of her interview here .