Catherine Admay, Visiting Professor of Public Policy Studies; Duke Center for International Development
Office Location: 282 Rubenstein Hall
Email Address: admay@duke.edu
Areas of Expertise:
International
Education:
JD, Yale Law School, 1992
BA (Philosophy, magna cum laude), Yale College, 1988
Research Categories: public international law and international politics/foreign policy, global health and international law, human rights at home and abroad, law and development, interdisciplinary engagements with law (ethics, arts, political theory), constitutional law as it relates to international law, ethical leadership
Research Description: 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. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of international law and international politics; in the connection between international and constitutional law; in human rights law, comparative constitutional law, international environmental law, law and development, and jurisprudence.
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.
Teaching (Summer1 2008):
- Pubpol 388.01, Special topics in idp
- See instru, TuTh 10:05 AM-12:10 PM; See instru , W 10:05 AM-12:10 PM

