Jessica Tueller

Jessica Tueller is a Research Fellow (Forrester Fellow) at Tulane Law School, specializing in feminist legal theory and international human rights law.

Education:

• A.B. History and Literature, Harvard College (summa cum laude)
• J.D., Yale Law School

Research Interests: Her work examines tensions within progressive movements, focusing on gender equality frameworks in international law, CEDAW implementation, and intersectional approaches to human rights advocacy.

Publication Trends: Articles address evolving jurisprudence in gender discrimination, pandemic-related rights violations, and LGBTQ+ marriage equality, employing interdisciplinary methodologies spanning law, political science, and cultural studies.

Awards:

• Robina Fellowship at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Rapporteurship on Rights of Women/LGBTI Persons)

Professional Background: Former Visiting Assistant Professor at Wesleyan University; supervised human rights clinics at the University Network for Human Rights; Editor-in-Chief of Yale Journal of Law & Feminism.