Professor Rodman was the first Director of the Oak Institute for the Study of Human Rights. The Institute sponsors an annual symposium on international human rights and sponsors the Oak Human Rights Fellowship - a one-semester scholar-in-residence position for a human rights practioner. The purpose of the fellowship is to provide human rights professionals working on the front lines at some personal risk a respite from their duties for the purpose of reflection, writing, and communicating their work to the broader campus community. Visit Colby's Oak Fellowship page for more information about the Oak Human Rights Fellowship. For more information about the Oak Institute, contact Mary Beth Mills, Director (memills@colby.edu) or Eliza Denoeux, the Associate Director (egdenoeu@colby.edu).