Parisa Elahi

Parisa Elahi is an Adjunct Professor at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, since 2023. She concurrently serves as Senior Counsel for Business & Human Rights at Cisco. Her professional background includes roles in international law firms, in-house corporate legal departments, and human rights NGO work. She holds a J.D. from NYU Law (2009), an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. in History and Political Science from UCLA.

• Education:
• J.D., New York University School of Law
• MSc, International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
• B.A., History and Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles

Her research focuses on integrating human rights into corporate governance and supply chains, including due diligence frameworks, conflict minerals regulation, and ethical AI applications. She teaches Professional Responsibility and Leadership at Stern.