Ryan Goodman served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 2002 to 2009. He was the J. Sinclair Armstrong Assistant Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law 2002-2006; and Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 2006-2009. He served as Director of the Human Rights Program.
Research: International human rights, law of armed conflict, national security law, use of force.
Education: University of Texas at Austin B.A. 1993; Yale Law School J.D. 1999; Yale University Ph.D. 2001.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Understanding Social Action, Promoting Human Rights” (co-editor, 2012); “Socializing States: Promoting Human Rights Through International Law” (co-author, 2013); “International Human Rights: Text and Materials” (co-author, 2013).
Noteworthy Appointments: Special Counsel to the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense, 2015-2016; Distinguished Fellow, National Institute of Military Justice; Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Member, U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Law.