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Zachary D. Kaufman

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Biography

Zachary Daniel Kaufman (born February 17, 1979) is a legal academic and social entrepreneur.

Current Positions / Affiliations

Kaufman is currently a Senior Fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In addition, he is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and a Fellow of the Truman National Security Project.

Previous Positions / Fellowships

From 2016 to 2017, Kaufman will serve as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow.

From 2015 to 2016, Kaufman served as a Fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

From 2014 to 2015, Kaufman served as a Fellow at the United States Supreme Court.

From 2005 to 2006, Kaufman served as a Fellow at Stanford University, in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL).

Awards

Kaufman has received recognition for his academic and public service work, including:

  • being named "A Leader of Our Generation" at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business,
  • being named as one of the “Top 99 Under 33 Foreign Policy Leaders” by Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) and The Diplomatic Courier, and
  • receiving the Dr. Louis Rabineau Award from Humanity in Action.

Education

Kaufman is a graduate of Suncrest Middle School, Shady Side Academy, Yale University, the University of Oxford (where he was a Marshall Scholar), and Yale Law School.

While an undergraduate at Yale (from 1996 to 2000), Kaufman was the student body president and co-captain of the Yale wrestling team. He was also an All-American and Runner-up National Champion in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association. He received his B.A. (Bachelor’s) degree in Political Science in 2000.

In 2004, Kaufman received his M.Phil (Master's) degree in International Relations from the University of Oxford, where he served on the Executive Committee of the Magdalen College Trust, his residential college's grant-making charity.

In 2009, Kaufman received his Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Yale Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law & Policy Review.

In 2012, Kaufman received his D.Phil (PhD) degree in International Relations from the University of Oxford.

Scholarship

Kaufman is an author and lecturer.

To date, Kaufman has published three books. He is the author of United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics. He is the co-editor (with Dr. Phil Clark) and co-author of After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond. He is also the editor and co-author of Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World.

Kaufman’s research and commentary have also appeared in a variety of other publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Yale Law & Policy Review, the Yale Journal of International Law, the Harvard International Law Journal, the Yale Human Rights & Development Review, the Emory International Law Review, and others.

Kaufman has delivered speeches and lectures at a variety of institutions around the world, including at law schools, political science departments, public policy schools, and business schools in the United States (e.g., Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, Columbia University, New York University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Dartmouth College, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, United States Naval Academy, American University) and abroad (e.g., University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, London School of Economics and Political Science, King's College London, University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies).

Founding of the Kigali Public Library

Kaufman was instrumental in the founding of the Kigali Public Library (also known as Rwanda Library Services), which is Rwanda’s first public library. The library became operational in April 2012, offering 12,000 books. Kaufman is the founder, president, and chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Friends of the Kigali Public Library and an Honorary Member of the Rotary Club of Kigali-Virunga, Rwanda.

Other Notable Public Service Activities

Other public service activities in which Kaufman is engaged include his service as:

Representative Publications

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Book Chapters

  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2016. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2015. 969-77
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2015. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2014. 971-79. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2522970
  • "Transitional Justice as Genocide Prevention: From a Culture of Impunity to a Culture of Accountability." Confronting Genocide in Rwanda: Dehumanization, Denial, and Strategies for Prevention. Eds. Jean-Damascene Gasanabo, David J. Simon & Margee M. Ensign. Kigali, Rwanda: The National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide, 2014. 363-84. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2428768
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2014. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2013. 980-88. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2368824
  • “International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.” Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice. Eds. Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 233-37. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2221525
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2013. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2012. 984-92. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2166781
  • "Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Introduction." Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World. Ed. Zachary D. Kaufman. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. 1-19. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2149617
  • "Social Entrepreneurship in a Post-Genocide Society: Building Rwanda's First Public Library, the Kigali Public Library." Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World. Ed. Zachary D. Kaufman. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. 58-82. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2149627
  • "Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Lessons Learned and Conclusion." Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World. Ed. Zachary D. Kaufman. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. 189-221. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2149659
  • "Appendix: Social Entrepreneurship Resources and Institutions." Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World. Ed. Zachary D. Kaufman. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. 225-45. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2149669
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2012. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2011. 993-1001. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1984042
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2011. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2010. 977-85. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1925812
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2010. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2009. 968-76. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1925827
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2009. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2008. 924-31. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1925816
  • With Phil Clark. "After Genocide." After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond. Eds. Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman. Oxford University Press, 2016. 1-19. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1912684
  • "The United States Role in the Establishment of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda." After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond. Eds. Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman. Oxford University Press, 2016. 229-60. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1916775
  • With Phil Clark and Kalypso Nicolaidis. "Tensions in Transitional Justice." After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond. Eds. Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman. Oxford University Press, 2016. 381-91. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1916779
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2008. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2007. 927-34. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1925844
  • “Sudan, the United States, and the International Criminal Court: A Tense Triumvirate in Transitional Justice for Darfur.” The Criminal Law of Genocide: International, Comparative, and Contextual Aspects. Eds. Ralph Henham and Paul Behrens. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2007. 49-60.
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2007. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2006. 935-42. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1925846

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