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Law, Rights, and Freedoms

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Scott Skinner-Thompson
University of Colorado Denver
2
Tsedale M. Melaku
Baruch College
3
Lauritz Aastrup Munch
Aarhus University
4
Jessica M. Eaglin
Cornell University
5
Nicholas R. Parrillo
Yale University
6
Kinfe Yilma
University of Leeds
7
Greyson K. Young
University of Mississippi
8
Marc Spindelman
College of Law
9
Brittany C. Solomon
University of Notre Dame
10
Heran Mane
University of Maryland, College Park

Rising Stars Papers

1
Illusory interparty disagreement: Partisans agree on what hate speech to censor but do not know it
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
24 cit.
2
Ethics of AI in Africa: Interrogating the role of Ubuntu and AI governance initiatives
Ethics and Information Technology|2025
16 cit.
3
Algorithmic decision-making: The right to explanation and the significance of stakes
Big Data & Society|2024
14 cit.
4
Liberal versus conservative distrust: A construal-level approach to dissimilarity in the workplace.
Journal of Applied Psychology|2024
8 cit.
5
Why the NSA didn’t diminish your privacy but might have violated your right to privacy
Analysis|2024
7 cit.
6
The Inclusion Tax: The Price of the Ticket in White Spaces
Journal of Business Ethics|2024
4 cit.
7
Can large language models help solve the cost problem for the right to explanation?
Journal of Medical Ethics|2024
4 cit.
8
Deep learning models and the limits of explainable artificial intelligence
Asian Journal of Philosophy|2025
4 cit.
9
What Relational Egalitarians Should (Not) Believe
Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy|2024
3 cit.
10
Reimagining digital constitutionalism
Global Constitutionalism|2025
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Griffin Sims Edwards
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2
Sara C. Ainsworth
Unknown
3
Michael R. Blanco
Tufts University
4
Stephanie K. Pell
Brookings Institution
5
Elizabeth A. Park
University of Utah
6
Sarah Lockwood
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
7
Kate Klonick
Yale University
8
Hoda Mehrpouyan
Boise State University
9
McKenzie E. Huggin
Millersville University
10
Jordan Wolf
Virginia Tech

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Addressing Hate Crime in the 21st Century: Trends, Threats, and Opportunities for Intervention
Annual Review of Criminology|2022
54 cit.
2
Bodies of Evidence: The Criminalization of Abortion and Surveillance of Women in a Post-Dobbs World
SSRN Electronic Journal|2023
34 cit.
3
Bias Crime and Victimization Among Latinx Adults: Formal and Informal Help Seeking
Journal of Interpersonal Violence|2022
11 cit.
4
An Ontology-Based Framework for Formal Verification of Safety and Security Properties of Control Logics
2022 14th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence (ECAI)|2022
7 cit.
5
Ontology-based Framework for Boundary Verification of Safety and Security Properties in Industrial Control Systems
Unknown Journal|2023
5 cit.
6
Achieving Cyber-Informed Engineering Through Bayesian Belief Network and Sensitivity Analysis
Unknown Journal|2023
4 cit.
7
Of Systems Thinking and Straw Men
SSRN Electronic Journal|2023
4 cit.
8
Slipping Through the Cracks? The Impact of Reporting Mental Health Records to the National Firearm Background Check System
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization|2022
3 cit.
9
Resilience of Industrial Control Systems Using Signal Temporal Logic And Autotuning Mechanism
Unknown Journal|2023
3 cit.
10
Towards Cyber-Physical Representation and Cyber-Resilience Against Attack and Failure within a Hydraulic Network Simulation Toolkit
Unknown Journal|2024
3 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
James L. Gibson
University of Houston
2
Tali Mendelberg
Princeton University
3
Richard A. Leo
University of San Francisco
4
Cass R. Sunstein
Harvard University
5
Emerson H. Tiller
The University of Texas at Austin
6
Kathryn Sikkink
University of Minnesota System
7
Madeline E. Heilman
New York University
8
Michael J. Nelson
Pennsylvania State University
9
Candice L. Odgers
University of California, Irvine
10
Andrew D. Martin
Washington University in St. Louis

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
International Norm Dynamics and Political Change
International Organization|1998
8.1k cit.
2
Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics
Foreign Affairs|1998
3.7k cit.
3
Group-Based Trajectory Modeling in Clinical Research
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology|2010
2.7k cit.
4
Description and Prescription: How Gender Stereotypes Prevent Women's Ascent Up the Organizational Ladder
Journal of Social Issues|2001
2.5k cit.
5
Libertarian Paternalism
American Economic Review|2003
1.8k cit.
6
Gender stereotypes and workplace bias
Research in Organizational Behavior|2012
1.5k cit.
7
The Law of Group Polarization
Journal of Political Philosophy|2002
1.3k cit.
8
Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron
The University of Chicago Law Review|2003
1.3k cit.
9
Penalties for Success: Reactions to Women Who Succeed at Male Gender-Typed Tasks.
Journal of Applied Psychology|2004
1.3k cit.
10
Social Norms and Social Roles
Columbia Law Review|1996
1.2k cit.

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