Faculty

By participating in IDN-sponsored workshops and conferences, introducing their research experience into the classroom and participating in the creation of research communities, IDN faculty play a critical role in advancing the organization’s mission. 

Learn more about our faculty and their research:  

Pamela Scully, PhD

Pamela Scully is Associate Professor of Women's Studies and African Studies at Emory University. She is a member of IDN’s academic advisory board has been involved with IDN since its inception in 2006. In 2007, Dr. Scully participated in IDN’s Working Group on Gender-Based Violence and Rule of Law in Liberia. She also received funding from IDN to conduct a workshop in Liberia in March 2009 that looks at what transitional justice, happens to women when societies transform from periods of conflict to post-conflict and peace building.   

Read Pamela Scully’s biography.

Read more about Pamela Scully’s experience with IDN. 

Paul Zwier, JD

Paul Zwier is a Professor of Law at Emory’s Law School and a member of IDN’s academic advisory board. He became involved with IDN while participating in the Working Group on Gender-Based Violence and Rule of Law in Liberia in March of 2007. He returned to Liberia in October that same year as part of a “pathways to justice” project which evaluated access to justice for victims of gender-based violence. His research looked at how many cases make it through the legal system, where they drop out and whether cases are being decided by alternative dispute mechanisms. 

Read Paul Zwier's biography.

Read more about Paul Zwier's experience with IDN.

Read more about Paul Zwier's work In the News.