Rebecca Richman Cohen

2012-2013 Academic Year

Lecturer on Law

Additional Information

Ms. Cohen will teach the reading group Visual Justice: Documentary Film and Human Rights in the Fall 2012 term. She will teach the reading group Visual Justice: Social Movements and Media in the Spring 2013 term.

Biographical Statement

Rebecca Richman Cohen is an Emmy Award nominated documentary filmmaker with experience in international human rights, criminal defense, and drug policy reform. Rebecca was profiled in Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces in Independent Film as an "up-and-comer poised to shape the next generation of independent film." She has taught classes at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and at American University's Human Rights Institute. Rebecca graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies and with a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She is currently a 2012-2013 Soros Justice Fellow.