Felisa Tibbitts
Dr. Felisa Tibbitts is dedicated to the role that education can play in advancing human rights. She is UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Higher Education and Chair in Human Rights Education at the Human Rights Centre of Utrecht University (Netherlands). She is also a visiting professor at Nelson Mandela University (South Africa) and former lecturer in the Comparative and International Education Program at Teachers College of Columbia University. Her research and policy interests include human rights, global citizenship, and sustainable development education; curriculum policy and reform; critical pedagogy; and human rights and higher education transformation. In addition to her widespread scholarship, she has written practical resources on curriculum, program development, and evaluation on behalf of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNICEF, UNESCO, OSCE/ODIHR, the Council of Europe, and non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International and the Open Society Foundations. Most recently she was the lead author for UNESCO’s Greening Curriculum Guidance. Felisa was a Fulbright Fellow at Lund University, Sweden (fall 2014) and a Human Rights Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2011-2013). Felisa is the co-founder and director of Human Rights Education Associates.
Dr. Felisa Tibbitts is dedicated to the role that education can play in advancing human rights. She is UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Higher Education and Chair in Human Rights Education at the Human Rights Centre of Utrecht University (Netherlands). She is also a visiting professor at Nelson Mandela University (South Africa) and former lecturer in the Comparative and International Education Program at Teachers College of Columbia University. Her research and policy interests include human rights, global citizenship, and sustainable development education; curriculum policy and reform; critical pedagogy; and human rights and higher education transformation. In addition to her widespread scholarship, she has written practical resources on curriculum, program development, and evaluation on behalf of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNICEF, UNESCO, OSCE/ODIHR, the Council of Europe, and non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International and the Open Society Foundations. Most recently she was the lead author for UNESCO’s Greening Curriculum Guidance. Felisa was a Fulbright Fellow at Lund University, Sweden (fall 2014) and a Human Rights Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2011-2013). Felisa is the co-founder and director of Human Rights Education Associates.
