Felisa Tibbitts

Felisa Tibbitts (Columbia University/Teachers College and Utrecht University) is a teacher trainer, researcher and policy advocate in the field of international and comparative education. Her areas of interest include human rights, peace and democratic (global) citizenship education; curriculum policy and reform; critical pedagogy; and education and social movements. Dr. Tibbitts is widely read in the field of human rights education and her scholarship has appeared in numerous books and journals.She has also written numerous manuals and practical resources for educators in cooperation inter-governmental organizations such as the Council of Europe, UNESCO and OSCE/ODIHR. She co-founded the NGO Human Rights Education Associates (HREA – www.hrea.org) which she directed from 1999-2011.

Dr.Tibbitts holds the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights in Higher Education at Utrecht University.