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Sarah Dunstan is a Lecturer in International History at the University of Glasgow, specializing in Modern Human Rights. Her research focuses on the 19th and 20th centuries, examining how concepts of human rights and citizenship have been shaped by race, gender, and international relations. Her book, 'Race, Rights Reform: Black Activism in the French Empire and the United States between the World Wars and the Cold War', explores the collaborations of black activists across Africa, France, and the United States, and the historical connections between race and citizenship rights within the contexts of republican democracies. Currently, she is pursuing a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for her project titled 'Crises Man: Crafting Human Rights and Citizenship in the Twentieth Century', which investigates the philosophical and cultural understandings shaping concepts of citizenship and rights during significant historical crises, including the Great Depression and World War II. Dunstan has previously held fellowships at notable institutions such as Columbia University and the University of Sydney. With a PhD from the University of Sydney in 2018, her work is supported by various prestigious grants, reflecting her prominent role in contemporary historical research on human rights and citizenship.