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Skylar Strudwick (Research Fellow) is a research fellow at the Centre, where her work centers on human rights and conflict, drawing on a background that spans legal research, migration policy, and civil society dialogue. She completed her B.A. in Psychology and Sociology of Law, Crime, and Justice at the University of Minnesota, where she researched with the Human Rights Program, Public Health Department, and under the Director of the Psychology Department. Her experience ranges from a judicial internship with the Minnesota Judicial Branch and a legal internship with the London Borough of Newham to political campaigns and pluralism initiatives, including BridgeUMN, the Policy and Rights Lab, and Divided Dialogues. She is interested in conflict resolution, animal and human welfare, and international humanitarian policy. While in Indonesia, she studies structural violence and conflict in SE Asia.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Native language: English
Limited Working Proficiency: Hebrew
Elementary Proficiency: Indonesian, Bosnian

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Arts, Psychology and Sociology of Law, Crime, and Justice – University of Minnesota (2022 – 2026)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Fellow – Centre for Human Rights, Multiculturalism, and Migration, University of Jember, May 2026 – Present
Contributing Researcher – The Policy and Rights Lab, Jan. 2026 – Present
Research Assistant – Dr. Tom K. Wong + City of Minneapolis (UC San Diego), Mar. – Apr. 2026
Human Rights Researcher – Human Rights Program, University of Minnesota, Sept. 2024 – Sept. 2025
Researcher/Writer/Editor – Human Writes, Human Rights Program, Apr. 2024 – July 2025
Member – Undergraduate Human Rights Working Group, University of Minnesota, Sept. 2024 – May 2026
Researcher – President’s Research, UMN School of Public Health, Sept. 2023 – June 2024
Research Assistant, Social Psychology – UMN Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, June 2023 – June 2024

LEGAL AND POLICY EXPERIENCE

Legal Intern – London Borough of Newham, Aug. – Sept. 2025
Campaign Media Director – Minnesota Senate, Feb. – Aug. 2025
Judicial Intern to Hon. Judge Christian Sande – Minnesota Judicial Branch, Jan. – May 2025
Foreign and Public Policy Campaign Intern – Don Samuels for Congress, Feb. – Aug. 2024

WRITING AND EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Publishing Intern – Leapfrog Press, London, Sept.–Dec. 2025
Student Journalist – Common Ground USA @ Search for Common Ground, July – Dec. 2025
Staff Writer – University of Minnesota Undergraduate Law Review, Jan. – Dec. 2025

FELLOWSHIPS

Bronfman Fellowship – The Bronfman Fellowship, Dec. 2024 – Apr. 2025
Shamayim Fellow – Shamayim: Jewish Animal Advocacy, July – Dec. 2025

LEADERSHIP, OUTREACH, AND VOLUNTEERING

Founder/President – BridgeUSA (BridgeUMN), Feb. 2025 – May 2026
Founder/Host – Divided Dialogues (Pluralism Project), Jan. 2024 – May 2026
Education Intern – Minnesota Hillel, Jan. 2024 – May 2026
Mentor – UMN Pre-Law Society, Sept. 2024 – May 2025
Voter Services Intern – League of Women Voters, Jan.- June 2024