Anthony Tirado Chase is a professor in international relations at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. Chase is a theoretician of human rights, most often in the context of the Middle East. His current research focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to human rights theorizing, controversies around sexual orientation and gender identity-related rights, and a comparative project on transitional justice in Egypt and Colombia. His publications include three books: “Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa” (Routledge, 2017); “Human Rights, Revolution, and Reform in the Muslim World” (Lynne Rienner, 2012); and “Human Rights in the Arab World: Independent Voices” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006).