Dustin Sharp

Dustin N. Sharp is a Professor at the Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego and the Executive Director of the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. He is the author of Rethinking Transitional Justice for the 21st Century (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Justice and Economic Violence in Transition (Springer, 2014), and has published dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters. His recent work explores how human rights and transitional justice might be reimagined with greater realism, restraint, and moral depth amid today’s crises of liberalism and legitimacy. Before joining the Kroc School, Sharp worked at Human Rights Watch where he designed and implemented research and advocacy strategies in Francophone West Africa. He also served as an attorney-adviser at the U.S. Department of State, representing the United States in multilateral treaty negotiations, and as a law clerk to Judge Carlos Lucero on the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Earlier in his career, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guinea. He holds a BA in English from the University of Utah, a JD from Harvard Law School, and a PhD in law from Leiden University.