St. Francis professor with a global perspective elected chair of Amnesty International USA
A St. Francis College professor who was forced to leave his country of origin because he was reading books critical of its regime has been elected chair of Amnesty International USA, the domestic arm of a worldwide non-partisan human rights organization.
Moreover, just as Amnesty International has a global perspective, Professor Reza Fakhari is the Downtown Brooklyn school’s vice president for internationalization and strategic initiatives. He seeks to raise the college’s profile internationally and give students a global perspective.
While Fakhari teaches one class per semester (this semester it’s a course in politics, which he’s co-teaching with St. Francis President Miguel Martinez-Saenz), he focuses on his role as vice president. “We’re recruiting more and more students internationally, giving more opportunities for students to go abroad. We also have partnerships with colleges in Europe, in Latin America, in Asia,” he says.