Samantha Lakin

Samantha Lakin, Ph.D., is a researcher, educator, and specialist focused on issues of transitional justice, genocide and atrocity prevention, and human security in post-conflict and post-atrocity settings. Dr. Lakin has led research and policy teams in Rwanda, DRC, Ghana, Uganda, and countries in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region with organizations including Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation, Search for Common Ground, Inclusive Security, and the U.S. Department of State. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Rwanda and in Switzerland. Dr. Lakin holds a Ph.D. in History from the Strassler Center at Clark University and an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development (CPDD) at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and on the Steering Committee of the Atrocity Prevention Lab at Harvard University.