Author & Social Scientist
James Ron is an author and social scientist whose work has taken him to Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
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Over the course of four decades, James worked as a journalist, human rights and war crimes investigator, academic, and consultant.
James taught international affairs, political science, and sociology at Johns Hopkins, McGill University and Carleton University in Canada, CIDE in Mexico City, and the University of Minnesota. He held a Canada Research Chair at McGill and an endowed chair at Minnesota.
He reported for the Associated Press in Jerusalem and was a field investigator and program evaluator for CARE, Human Rights Watch, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the governments of Canada and Switzerland.
James's research has taken him to Bosnia, Colombia, Congo, Croatia, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Nigeria, Palestine, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.
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He authored Frontiers and Ghettos: State Violence in Serbia and Israel (University of California Press, 2003) and co-authored Taking Root: Human Rights and Public Opinion in the Global South (Oxford University Press, 2017). He published major reports for Human Rights Watch and scholarly articles in Comparative Politics, Human Rights Quarterly, International Organization, International Security, World Development, World Politics, and many other journals.
James's political commentary has appeared in the Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, Globe and Mail, International Herald Tribune, Le Monde, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and other venues. ​
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For more on James Ron's scholarly publications, please visit his Academia.edu, Google Scholar, PhilPeople, ORCID, ResearchGate, Semantic Scholar, and Social Science Research Network profiles.
To explore James Ron's consulting background, visit his "Author & Social Scientist" page on LinkedIn.
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James worked for many years as a volunteer evaluator for Life for a Child, an Australian charity providing insulin and other life-saving supplies to children with Type 1 diabetes in low-income countries. The organization's mission is close to his heart, as his son was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition at a young age.
James has now stepped away from institutional academia and consulting to focus on personal writing. ​
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