B.A. in law (Stanford);
M.A. (Harvard);
Master’s in International Studies (Paris);
Doctor of Laws (Nice);
DEAA (Besançon);
DUEL (Strasbourg);
Diploma in Arabic (Damascus)
Professor and Dean, Jindal School of Public Health & Human Development
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B.A. in law (Stanford);
M.A. (Harvard);
Master’s in International Studies (Paris);
Doctor of Laws (Nice);
DEAA (Besançon);
DUEL (Strasbourg);
Diploma in Arabic (Damascus)
Stephen P. Marks is the founding dean of the Jindal School of Public Health and Human Development (JSPH) at O. P. Jindal Global University and François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights Emeritus, Harvard University, where he was director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and the Program on Human Rights in Development, in addition to teaching at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
With degrees in law and international relations from Stanford and several universities in France, as well as the Syrian Arab Republic, he has worked for the United States Senate (Washington, DC), the International Institute of Human Rights (Strasbourg, France), UNESCO (Paris, France), the Ford Foundation (New York), and UN peacekeeping operations (Cambodia, Western Sahara). Among his awards is that of Honorary Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
He has taught at several universities, including Columbia University and Princeton University, before serving as a tenured professor at Harvard from 1999 to 2022.
His publications focus on public health, international law, development, biotechnology, mass atrocities, terrorism, cultural rights, tobacco control, access to medicines, human rights education, neuroscience, mental health, and the right to health.
1969‑1973: International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France: Staff Researcher, Representative in the Middle East (stationed in Lebanon and Syria, 1969‑1971), Deputy Director of International Centre for the Training and Retraining of Human Rights Teachers (1973), assistant to the editor of the Human Rights Journal.
1973‑1983: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France: Senior Programme Specialist, responsible for design and implementation of projects in Peace Research, Conflict Studies, Disarmament Research and Education, International Law, Human Rights Research and Teaching, International Humanitarian Law, and the Study of International Organizations; secretary to the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations.
1992-1993: United Nations, Human Rights Component, United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Chief of Section responsible for human rights education, training and information in Phnom Penh and the provinces. Also worked on reform of judiciary, criminal justice system, public security, accession to international human rights treaties, drafting of the new constitution, relations with NGOs, creation and administration of $2 million trust fund; chaired Headquarters Board of Inquiry, etc.
1992: United Nations, United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017: Assistant to the Independent Jurist, United Nations Mission for the Referendum in the Western Sahara (MINURSO); developed for the Independent Jurist legal criteria for rendering opinions in the areas indicated by the Peace Plan.
Professor and Founding Dean, Jindal School of Public Health and Human Development (JSPH), O.P. Jindal Global University, (2022-Present)
François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (1999-2022)
Director, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (1999-2006)
Professor in the Core, Harvard College, SA-80 (2008-2009)
Social Studies, Thematic Course on Human Rights (2009)
Freshman Seminar (2007-2014)
Director, United Nations Studies Program, Co-director, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Concentration; Senior Lecturer in International Law, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (1995-1999)
Lecturer of Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (1993-1995)
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law and Special Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor, Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat, Haryana State, India (2013-present)
Visiting Professor of Law, Department of Law, University of Hong Kong (2007)
Visiting Professor of Law, City University of Hong Kong School of Law (2006)
Lecturer, Law School, Columbia University (1987-1999)
University of Phnom Penh, Faculty of Law (1992)
Visiting Professor of Law and Director, Program in International Law and Human Rights, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (1989-1991)
Adjunct Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law (1986)
Adjunct Professor of Political Science (1989), Columbia University
Distinguished Fellow & Eminent Jurist at the Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), lifetime appointment made in 2020.
Honorary Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science elected in 2019 by the AAAS Council.
Arjun K. Sengupta Memorial Lecturer, Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana State, India, March 13, 2013
Mentoring Award, Harvard School of Public Health
Jeremy Knowles Scholar, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, 2007, 2008, 2010
Master of Arts (hon.), Harvard University, 1999.
Visiting Fellow, Center of International Studies, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University (1993-95)
Research and Writing Grant, Program on Peace and International Cooperation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (1994-1995)
University Fellow, New School for Social Research (1989-91)
Peaslee Fellow, Columbia University Law School (1985)
Distinguished Visitor, Urban Morgan Institute of Human Rights, University of Cincinnati College of Law (1985)
Fellowship to Hague Academy of International Law Centre for Studies and Research (French Section, 1973, English Section, 1967)
Evolution of the Law and Politics of Human Rights in Development, in Stephen P. Marks and Balakrishnan Rajagopal (eds.), Research Handbook on Human Rights and Development, Edward Elgar Publishing (in preparation for 2019)
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