Alumni Resources

Sign up for ISHR Alumni and Events Listserve

To receive alumni news, job listings, and major ISHR announcements, sign up for the alumni email list. If you would also like to receive information about upcoming human rights events, please subscribe to our events calendar email list or visit our events calendar.

GSAS Alumni Home Page

This website includes information about Alumni of the Human Rights Studies M.A. (and Human Rights LSMA alumni), are encouraged to visit the GSAS Alumni Resources page, where you can sign up for the directory, view and post alumni notes, and learn more about GSAS alumni benefits, events, and other resources and opportunities.

Alumni Directory and Notes

The Alumni Directory is the primary resource for students to connect with alumni and the program. Students are encouraged to create and maintain their profile on the Alumni Directory, which is a university-wide resource to connect with fellow alumni and provide updates on your post-Columbia life.

Alumni Email

The Columbia Alumni Association offers two free e-mail services for alumni: Web-based, hosted e-mail (e-mail with an inbox) and e-mail forwarding (an e-mail address that will forward messages to any e-mail inbox you choose). Both services require that you sign up with a UNI and password.

Alumni Career Development Resources

Alumni can access information about professional development resources, job postings, events, and other relevant opportunities through the Columbia Alumni Association Career Connections site and through the Center for Career Education alumni page.

Columbia Alumni on LinkedIn

Connect with over 16,500 Columbia alumni via LinkedIn. To join the Columbia alumni group automatically, get a Columbia e-mail address and set it as your default LinkedIn address. (You can also click to join without a Columbia address, but it will take up to five days to be approved.)

Career Resources

ISHR listserves

Sign up for ISHR’s email lists to receive information about human rights-related internship and job opportunities. Students who would like to receive alumni news and job listings in addition to internship opportunities should sign up for the student and alumni lists.

Columbia University Center for Career Education

Students are highly encouraged to take advantage of the resources offered by the Columbia University Center for Career Education. In addition to the information available online, the center also offers professional skills workshops and individual advising sessions.

Events Calendar

Students are encouraged to regularly review the events calendar for information about upcoming networking events, skills workshops, career panels, and other opportunities.

Upcoming events particularly relevant to human rights students are listed below.

Job and Internships

LionSHARE is a full service on-line recruiting system encompassing job and internship postings, on-campus recruiting opportunities, and events such as employer information sessions and career fairs. The system is for the exclusive use of Columbia students and alumni.

Lionshare allows students to tailor their job search based on a range of criteria, including industry, job category, position type, and location. In order to identify all relevant opportunities, students should conduct a broad search.

Set up a Job Search Agent in LionSHARE

The Center for Career Education also maintains a list of searchable job and internship databases.