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Catherine A. Admay, Visiting Lecturer, Sanford Institute of Public Policy

Contact Info:

Office Location:	302 Towerview Drive
Office Phone:	(919) 613-9232
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• PUBPOL 646S.01, STRATEGIC STORYTELLING Synopsis

  Rubenstein 149, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

  (also cross-listed as ETHICS 646S.01, ICS 646S.01)

• PUBPOL 789.04, MINI-SEMINARS IN IDP Synopsis

  Rubenstein 149, F 01:40 PM-04:10 PM

• PUBPOL 761.01, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONFLICT Synopsis

  Sanford 102, M 03:05 PM-05:35 PM

• PUBPOL 789.02, MINI-SEMINARS IN IDP Synopsis

  Rubenstein 151, W 03:20 PM-06:50 PM

• PUBPOL 816.01, ETHICS AND POLICY-MAKING Synopsis

  Rubenstein 153, MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

  (also cross-listed as GLHLTH 840.01)

Education:

J.D.	Yale University	1992
BA (Philosophy, magna cum laude)	Yale College	1988
B.A.	Yale University	1988

Specialties:

Law
International Law
International Law and Global Health
Global Health
Health and Human Rights
Health and Human Rights
Peace and Conflict Resolution
Social Policy
Leadership

Research Interests: public international law and international politics, law and development, global health and international law, human rights in US and abroad, comparative constitutional law of socio-economic rights, interdisciplinary engagements with law (ethics, arts, political theory).

Catherine Admay taught at NYU Law School (1994-96) and Duke Law School (1996-2002) before joining, as visiting faculty, the departments of Political Science and Public Policy/Duke Center for International Development. Admay is a Faculty Affiliate to Duke’s Global Health Institute. She co-founded NYU Law's first international law clinic (serving the government of Eritrea and civil society organizations) and founded and directed Duke Law School's first international development law clinic (serving the government of South Africa and civil society organizations). She has served as a legal consultant to the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission (report issued May, 2006) and as a legal scholar contributing to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (report issued October, 1998). Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of public international law and international politics, law and development, global health and international law, human rights in US and abroad, comparative constitutional law of socio-economic rights, interdisciplinary engagements with law (ethics, arts, political theory). Admay worked for the Legal Resources Centre in Pretoria and Gazankulu, South Africa, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Office of the Legal Advisor in the United States Department of State, and with private law firms in Washington, D.C. and Seattle. She clerked for Judge Betty Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals on the 9th Circuit in Seattle, Washington.

Keywords:

International • Public Policy • International Law • Constitutional Law • Human Rights • Global Health • Development

Recent Publications

1. Admay, CA; Thomas Nicholson, TRN; Aaron Shakow, AS; Salmaan Keshavjee, KS, Double Standards in Global Health: Medicine, Human Rights Law and Multidrug-Resistant TB Treatment Policy, Health and human rights, vol. 18 no. 1 (June, 2016), pp. 85-101, Harvard School of Public Health