His focuses primarily on government respect for human rights. He is the co-director of the CIRI Human Rights Data Project (www.humanrightsdata.org), which annually rates government respect for 15 internationally-recognized human rights in 195 countries. His research utilizes a variety of lenses through which to examine respect for human rights, including economic globalization, democratic institutions such as national elections and political parties, banking crises, the end of the Cold War, and information globalization.
His most current book project is The Stealth Pandemic: Violence Against Women, Law & Practice, to be published by Paradigm Publishers. He received his PhD in Political Science from Binghamton University, State University of New York.
