Dustin Sharp Email & Phone Number

Dr. Dustin N. Sharp is a Professor at the Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. His research and teaching cluster around three overlapping areas: (1) transitional justice and post-conflict peacebuilding; (2) human rights law and advocacy; (3) spirituality and social change. He is the author of Rethinking Transitional Justice for the 21st Century (CUP 2018) and has published in the Journal of Human Rights, The International Journal of Transitional Justice, The International Studies Review, and Human Rights Quarterly. Sharp previously worked at Human Rights Watch, where he was responsible for designing and implementing research and advocacy strategies in Francophone West Africa, with an emphasis on countries in crisis such as Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea. He researched and authored reports on police torture and prison conditions, excessive use of force by security forces, and violent pro-government militias. At the Institute for Peace and Justice, he led the West African Human Rights Training Initiative, a three-year capacity-building program for local human rights organizations in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.A lawyer by training, Sharp began his legal career as an attorney-adviser at the U.S. Department of State where he represented the United States in multilateral treaty negotiations and advised the Bureau of International Organization Affairs. He served as a law clerk to Judge Carlos Lucero on the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guinea from 1996 to 1998.

Listed skills include Human Rights, International Human Rights, Conflict, International Relations, and 20 others.