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Journal of Human Rights: Research article on the effects of status and evaluative identities on human rights perception

We argue that individuals’ perceptions of domestic human rights conditions are shaped by their relative socio-economic status within their society (status identity) and their self-assessment of well-being (evaluative identity).

Jane Kitaevich was awarded the Mary Malcomson Raphael Scholarship!

The Mary Malcomson Raphael Scholarship is an award of distinction presented to women held in the highest esteem by their faculty, who have demonstrated academic excellence and potential to make a contribution of exceptional usefulness to society.

Learn the skills, Serve communities, Change the world.

"Within the University of Michigan Department of Political Science, you can build an astonishing and versatile and long-lasting skillset here. One that will scaffold whatever you do next, and whatever you do after that, and after that. One that gives you the tools to transform the world."

- Former Chair, Nancy Burns