Education
MPhil., Graduate Center, CUNY (2021, Sociology)
M.A., University of Essex (2015, Theory and Practice of Human Rights)
BA.., SOAS, University of London (2011, History)
Bio
Nick Rodrigo is a PhD candidate at the City University New York Graduate Center. He has over five years of experience in analysing and reporting on Middle Eastern politics and affairs as well as issues pertaining to refugees, stateless peoples, social movements and human rights issues more broadly having worked in this field in the occupied Palestinian territories, the United Kingdom and South Africa. He teaches “Migration and Crime” at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. His research concerns political violence, state power, border enforcement and policing.
Course Taught
Current courses
Crime and Migration (SOC 335)
Sociological Theory (SOC 315)
Previous courses
Political Sociology (SOC 278)
International Human Rights (POL 320)
Honors and Awards
Recipient of the John Jay College Department of Sociology 2021 Teaching Excellence Award, for adjunct faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional teaching.