Kathleen Maloney-Dunn ’79 to Deliver Janet Griffith International Lecture
An NCS alumna dedicated to protecting human rights worldwide will give this year’s lecture on January 21.
Kathleen Maloney-Dunn ’79 will deliver this year’s Janet Griffith International Lecture in Washington National Cathedral on Friday, January 21, 2011, 8:45-9:45 am.
As an attorney dedicated to the protection of human rights, she has worked on both civil and criminal cases. She served as a Visiting Professional at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where she rendered legal advice on numerous appeals involving war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. In spring 2010 she served as an adjunct professor in the International Human Rights Clinic at Willamette University in Salem, OR, where she directed legal interns in conducting a study on human trafficking in Oregon.
Ms. Maloney-Dunn holds B.A. degrees in French and Human Biology and a Master’s in International Development Education from Stanford University. She earned her J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Arizona, and is currently studying for a Master’s in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University. She has served as a Fulbright Scholar in India and was also UN Disarmament Fellow in Geneva and New York.
However, Ms. Maloney-Dunn says her best qualification for delivering the Griffith lecture is that “Janet Griffith was my English teacher and mentor when I was president of NCS student government, 1978-79.”
The Janet Griffith International Lecture, an annual event at NCS, was established in 1998 to honor a dedicated faculty member and administrator who founded the school’s international program. Past Janet Griffith lecturers include Madeleine Albright, Julia Alvarez, Esther Brimmer, Wade Davis, Helen Thomas, and, last year, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
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As an attorney dedicated to the protection of human rights, she has worked on both civil and criminal cases. She served as a Visiting Professional at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where she rendered legal advice on numerous appeals involving war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. In spring 2010 she served as an adjunct professor in the International Human Rights Clinic at Willamette University in Salem, OR, where she directed legal interns in conducting a study on human trafficking in Oregon.
Ms. Maloney-Dunn holds B.A. degrees in French and Human Biology and a Master’s in International Development Education from Stanford University. She earned her J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Arizona, and is currently studying for a Master’s in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University. She has served as a Fulbright Scholar in India and was also UN Disarmament Fellow in Geneva and New York.
However, Ms. Maloney-Dunn says her best qualification for delivering the Griffith lecture is that “Janet Griffith was my English teacher and mentor when I was president of NCS student government, 1978-79.”
The Janet Griffith International Lecture, an annual event at NCS, was established in 1998 to honor a dedicated faculty member and administrator who founded the school’s international program. Past Janet Griffith lecturers include Madeleine Albright, Julia Alvarez, Esther Brimmer, Wade Davis, Helen Thomas, and, last year, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
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Kathleen Maloney-Dunn '79 will deliver the 2011 Janet Griffith Lecture.
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