Zachary D. Kaufman

Zachary Daniel Kaufman (born February 17, 1979) is Associate Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Houston Law Center, where he teaches Criminal Law, International Law, and International and Transitional Justice. He also holds appointments at the University’s Department of Political Science, Hobby School of Public Affairs, and Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center on Ethics and Leadership.
Current Positions / Affiliations.
Kaufman is currently a Senior Fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School. 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 served 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:
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.
Books
Journal Articles - Academic
Journal Articles - Practitioner
Book Chapters
Book Reviews
Opinion Pieces