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Curriculum Vitae
Robin KirkClick here for a printer-ready version, or
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- Education
| M.F.A. | Vermont College | 2014 |
| B.A. | The University of Chicago | 1982 |
- Areas of Research
Human rights, post-conflict reconciliation
- Areas of Interest
- Latin America
Northern Ireland
human rights
- Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
Indie Award for Young Adult fiction , BiblioLabs
Bronze Award for Young Adult Fiction, Foreward
David L. Paletz Innovative Teaching Funds, Duke, January, 2013
Essayist, Best American Travel Writing for 2012, Mariner Books, October, 2012
Career Development Grant 2012, American Association of University Women, January, 2012
Co-Director, BorderWork(s) Humanities Lab, Franklin Humanities Institute, July, 2011-2014
Winner, 2010 Independent Poetry contest, The Independent Weekly (North Carolina), January, 2010
Fulbright teaching fellowship, Fulbright Commission, August, 2006
Best essay ("Murderers I have known"), Glamour Magazine, November, 2005
Mary Ingraham Bunting Fellowship, Radcliffe College, January, 1995-1996
- Professional Service
- University Committee
- Faculty Co Director, Duke Human Rights Center @ FHI, January 2013
- Scholars and Publics, January 2013
- DUS
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2010 - present
- Major Advisor
- Adviser, ICS, 2011 - present
- PreMajor Advisor
- Adviser, Academic Advising, 2012 - present
- Dept Committee
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, ICS Program Committee, 2011 - present
- ICS Executive Committee, January 2013
- Math Community Services
- Participant, Participant. Faculty Curriculum on Anti-Racism. Duke Office of Faculty Advancement. January 11, 2021 - January 14, 2021, January 2021
- Special Projects
- member, Pauli Murray Steering Committee, 2009 - present
- Other
- Judge, WOLA/Duke Book Prize committee, 2009 - present
- Program Director, DukeEngage, 2009 - present
- Selected Recent Invited Talks
- “Durham and Belfast: segregated cities in comparison”, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1 May 2014
- Memory Bandits: the past, human rights and social justice, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, October 24, 2012
- Memory Bandits: the past, human rights and social justice, World View symposium, October 20, 2011
- Publications (listed separately)
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