Transitional Justice and the Politics of Truth Commissions

Dr. Gloria Ayee is a Lecturer in Extension at the Harvard Extension School and an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Ayee is currently a senior fellow at the HKS Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, working with the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project. She is also affiliated faculty at the Ash Center, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and the Carr Center for Human Rights at HKS. Ayee is a political scientist and her areas of specialization are American politics, African politics, comparative politics, behavior and identity politics, and race and ethnic politics. Her research interests include transitional justice, human rights, political reconciliation, truth and reconciliation commissions, race and civil rights policy, gender and politics, politics and popular culture, political communication, and immigrant political incorporation.