Professor Dr. Meredith Terretta

Biography

Meredith Terretta (PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison) researches critical human rights history and transnational activism during Africa's decolonization. She currently holds an Insight grant from SSHRC for her project entitled "Bench, Bar, Academy: Socio-Historical Construction of Law in Africa." Terretta regularly serves as an expert witness in political asylum cases for the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.K. Home Office. Her teaching includes critical history of human rights, focusing on World War II and decolonization, along with supervising doctoral research. She has authored numerous publications in top journals and is engaged in ongoing research funded by SSHRC to explore visa issuance challenges for African scholars. Terretta is also associated with the Gordon F. Henderson Chair in Human Rights and has held fellowships at prestigious institutions such as the Institute for Advanced Study in Cambridge and the University of Cambridge.

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