Justine Kolata

ASAP is an organization created by Thomas Pogge, Keith Horton, and Meena Krishnamurthy to help academics have a greater impact on world poverty. The group lies between academia and activism

Envisioned, and is now in the process of developing, a nascent human rights think tank to bridge the gap between human rights work and academic research.

Conceived of, structured, and was the sole organizer of the Human Rights in Academia Conference, at Yale University, April1-2, 2011.

Pioneered the first effort to conceptualize, structure, and implement human rights programs at Yale University at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Founded a Yale organization that works to promote social justice and compassion through the arts and cultural activities.

Employed by Yale to head communications and energy team.

Selected by Reach Out, an NGO that organizes service trips abroad, to lead a Yale humanitarian trip to Tiwanaku Bolivia to work with indigenous families on sustainable agriculture.

Head of YSEC environmental art team, organizing multiple sustainable art projects

The FemPov project is a research project that strives to devise more nuanced, and gender sensitive, indices of poverty, and is directed by Thomas Pogge.