Human Rights Education Researcher & Multimedia Designer

About

Jazzmin Chizu Gota is a doctoral student in International and Multicultural Education with a concentration in Human Rights Education at University of San Francisco. Her research focuses on informal education and intergenerational knowledges as informed by human rights and social justice frameworks. She works as a consultant in interdisciplinary multimedia arts, communications, and education. Jazzmin is a co-managing editor of the International Journal of Human Rights Education (IJHRE), represents the national human rights education network HRE USA as a co-regional representative for Northern California, and is a member of the Human Rights Education Now! Podcast team.

Interests, skill sets, & software fluency

Summary: Early background in fine art, playing games on a computer running MS-DOS, and photo editing in MS Paint. Trained in digital art and design. Experienced in working with on community and nonprofit projects—publication formatting, report writing and editing… multimedia design, communication strategy, and project management.

    • Human rights education

    • Informal education

    • Art and design

    • Collaborative education 

    • Cultural identity and memory 

    • Critical media literacy

    • Social and cultural studies 

    • Nonprofit program development

    • Multimedia and graphic Design

    • Publication formatting

    • Canvas course development

    • Branding and redesign

    • Communications and social media

    • Website design and production

    • Training material development

    • Digital newsletters

    • Research and report writing and development

    • Adobe Creative Cloud

    • Canva 

    • Canvas

    • WordPress

    • Squarespace

    • HTML/CSS

    • Microsoft Office

    • Google Suite

Publications

Gota, J. C. (forthcoming). Book Review: Decolonial Underground Pedagogy: Unschooling and subcultural learning for peace and human rights by Noah Romero. International Journal of Human Rights Education. 

Fernekes, W.R., Gota, J.C., Rudelius-Palmer, K., Sanchez, S., Schwab, E., Terbrueggen, J. (2025). Human Rights Education NOW! Podcast Case Study: Illuminating HRE through the lived experiences of scholar practitioners. In Zajda, J., Vissing, Y. (Eds) Globalisation, Human Rights and Education. Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, vol 51. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80304-8_3 

Sohcot, S., Gota, J.C., Vissing, Y. (2025). Building HRE into the World as It Could Be in higher and secondary education. In Zajda, J., Vissing, Y. (Eds) Globalisation, Human Rights and Education. Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, vol 51. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80304-8_2 

Gota, J.C., Haviv, E., & Rudelius-Palmer, K. (Eds). (2024). HRE USA annual report, 2022-24. HRE USA. https://hreusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hre-usa-annual-report-2022-24.pdf 

Gota, J. C., & Shah-Dand, M. (Eds). (2024b). AI ethics profiles & career journeys. Women in AI Ethics. https://womeninaiethics.org/research-reports 

Gota, J. C., & Shah-Dand, M. (Eds). (2024a). Women in AI Ethics™ (WAIE) 5 years impact report. Women in AI Ethics. https://womeninaiethics.org/research-reports 

Bajaj, M., Gota, J. C., & Tow, D. A. (2024). UNRWA and the education of Palestinian refugees: An interview with Anne Irfan. International Journal of Human Rights Education, 8(1). https://repository.usfca.edu/ijhre/vol8/iss1/4

Gota, J. C. (2024). Existential risks in peace and conflict studies, rethinking peace and conflict studies. Journal of Peace Education, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400201.2024.2344310 

Gota, J. C. (2022). Book Review: Caste: The origins of our discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. International Journal of Human Rights Education, 6(1). https://repository.usfca.edu/ijhre/vol6/iss1/11 

Blanchard, R., Eberbach, K., Fernekes, W., Gota, J.C., Gutierrez-Vicario, M., Haviv, E., & Rudelius-Palmer, K. (eds). (2022). HRE USA annual report, 2022. HRE USA. https://hreusaorg.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/fy2022-annual-report-final-11-22-22.pdf 

Gota, J.C., Ovchinnikov, F., & Steiner, M. (eds). (2020).  Voices of San Francisco—the birthplace of the United Nations: Collective narratives of the UN75 Global Consultations in San Francisco | March–October 2020. United Nations Association of the USA, San Francisco Chapter.

Gota, J. C., & Kober, M. (2017). Three decades of human rights education: A conversation with HRE pioneers Nancy Flowers and Norma Tarrow. International Journal of Human Rights Education, 1(1). https://repository.usfca.edu/ijhre/vol1/iss1/10

Gota, J.C. (2015). Translating transformative human rights education through visual languages and informal spaces. Master's Projects and Capstones, 265. https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/265

EdD student in International and Multicultural Education with a concentration in Human Rights Education, estimated graduation 2026–27
University of San Francisco, School of Education

Master of Arts, Human Rights Education
Department of International and Multicultural Education,
University of San Francisco, School of Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Web Design and New Media (Online)
Academy of Art University

Associate of Arts, Computer Arts: New Media (Online)
Academy of Art University

Education