Her Excellency Hilda C. Heine, Ed.D
10th President of the Republic of the Marshall IslandsPresident Hilda C. Heine, Ed.D, of the Republic of the Marshall Islands represents Aur Atoll and is one of four women in the Nitijela (Parliament). She was the first woman to be chosen as Preside... Read More
Rabiat Akande, SJD
Associate Professor, Carey School of LawRabiat Akande joined the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 2024 and was appointed as the 2025 Wilson H. Elkins Professor by the University System of Maryland. She works in ... Read More
Cori Alonso-Yoder, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Law, Carey School of LawImmigration Clinic Director, Carey School of Law
Ana Corina “Cori” Alonso-Yoder is an assistant professor of law and director of the Immigration Clinic, an affiliate of the Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice at the Univers... Read More
Holly M. Barker, Ph.D.
Teaching Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Washington
Anne-Marie Carstens, D.Phil, J.D.
Associate Professor of Law, University of BaltimoreProfessor Carstens writes and speaks widely on legal issues at the intersections of cultural heritage law, public international law, and property law, and she recently received the university&rsq... Read More
Gregory D’Alesandro
Chargé d’affaires, U.S. Embassy MajuroGregory D’Alesandro joined the Foreign Service in 2006 and currently serves as the Chargé d’affaires at U.S. Embassy Majuro. In his last assignment, Greg was the Countern... Read More
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Peter G. Danchin, LL.M., J.S.D
Jacob A. France Professor of LawDirector, International and Comparative Law Program
Peter Danchin is the Jacob A. France Professor of Law, and co-director of the International and Comparative Law Program at the University of Maryland Carey Francis King Carey School o... Read More
Nikita Gryazin
Policy Fellow, Nuclear Weapons and New Technologies, European Leadership NetworkNikita Gryazin is a Policy Fellow, working within the Nuclear Weapons and New Technologies programme, focusing on Euro-Atlantic security, strategic stability, nuclear risk reduction, arms contro... Read More
Margaret E. Johnson, J.D.
University of Baltimore's Dean Gilbert Holmes Professor in Clinical Theory & PracticeCo-Director, University of Baltimore's Center on Applied Feminism
Johnson joined the faculty in 2006. Johnson’s current research examines legal issues of reproductive justice. She asks questions about how women and other pregnancy-capable individuals are ... Read More
Johnathen Kawakami, J.D., LL.M.
Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of the Marshall Islands
James Matayoshi
James Matayoshi the mayor of Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. He was appointed as Rongelap's mayor in 1995 and has served as chairman of the Marshall Islands Ports Authority since 2008. As ... Read More
Leslie Meltzer Henry, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor of LawLeslie Meltzer Henry joined the Maryland Carey Law faculty in 2008 and has a faculty appointment at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. She teaches constitutional law, biomedic... Read More
Raphael Pangalangan
Human Rights Officer, United Nations
Sheldon Riklon, MD
Professsor, University of Arkansas Medical SciencesSheldon Riklon, MD, is a Marshallese family physician, born and raised in the Marshall Islands. After high school graduation, he moved to the State of Hawaii where he received his B.A. degree in Bi... Read More
Tina Stege
Climate Envoy for the Marshall IslandsTina Stege is the Climate Envoy for the Marshall Islands (RMI), one of the the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Stege began her career at the RMI Ministry of Foreign Aff... Read More
Ariana Tibon-Kilma
Ariana Tibon-Kilma is a Marshallese nuclear justice activist and educator who advocates for compensation and care for nuclear test survivors in the Marshall Islands. Tibon-Kilma's mother is Marshal... Read More