Noorain Khan

Noorain Khan

New York, New York, United States
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Noorain Khan is Senior Advisor to the President at the Ford Foundation. She leads…

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    Ford Foundation

    New York, United States

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    Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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    New York, United States

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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    Mountain View, California

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    Houston, Texas Area

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    Karachi, Pakistan

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

Education

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    Rice University

    Activities and Societies: Rice Univ. Barbara Jordan Scholar; Mellon Mays Fellow; Aparicio Prize for Best Paper in Religious Studies; Baker Institute for Public Policy Student Forum, Chair

  • Activities and Societies: Rhodes Scholarship; Member, Oxford Union; Member, World’s Fight Club

  • Activities and Societies: Soros Fellowship for New Americans; Latham & Watkins Diversity Scholarship; Yale Law Women, Chair; Co-Host of Radio Show on WYBC, New Haven; Yale Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 13, Co-Editor-in-Chief; Balancing Civil Liberties & Nat’l Security after Sept. 11 Clinic

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  • Interested?? Social Justice Jobs Newsletter

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    Interested?? is the bi-weekly(ish) curated newsletter for people interested in social justice-minded jobs in nonprofits + govt + philanthropy + everything else!

    Sign up and access the archives here:

    https://mailchi.mp/2fd71b3c90fb/interestednewsletter

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  • Co-Host, In Theory Podcast (on iTunes & NPR affiliate Robin Hood Radio WHDD 91.9FM)

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    It's not just you: there IS something deeper going on there. In each episode of In Theory, co-hosts Maria Sachiko Cecire and Noorain Khan raid academia for the the most fascinating and relevant social, cultural, and scientific theories, and use them to help make sense of this beautiful mess of a world we live in.

    Come geek out with us every other week as we get beneath the surface of topics from pop culture, politics, and our everyday lives.

    Selected podcast segments air on Human…

    It's not just you: there IS something deeper going on there. In each episode of In Theory, co-hosts Maria Sachiko Cecire and Noorain Khan raid academia for the the most fascinating and relevant social, cultural, and scientific theories, and use them to help make sense of this beautiful mess of a world we live in.

    Come geek out with us every other week as we get beneath the surface of topics from pop culture, politics, and our everyday lives.

    Selected podcast segments air on Human Rights Radio, which is carried on NPR affiliate Robin Hood Radio WHDD 91.9FM in Northwest Connecticut and the immediate Tri-State area & WLHV 88.1FM near Bard College in New York.

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Honors & Awards

  • Limitless Leadership Award

    Ms. JD

  • George Parkin Service Award

    Rhodes Trust

  • 2017 Distinguished Alumna Award from Rice University Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

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  • Named to Forbes "30 Under 30" in 2014 in Law & Policy

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  • Recipient of the Pro Bono Publico Award from the Legal Aid Society

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  • PD Soros Fellowship for New Americans

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  • Rhodes Scholarship

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