Program Administrator II kala19@uab.edu
(205) 975-6492

Kala Bhattar is IHR’s Program Administrator II. She helps manage the communications for the institute, assists in planning events, aids in research projects conducted at the IHR, and provides administrative support for the new human rights major. Kala started at IHR as a student in the Human Rights Lab in 2021. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a double minor in international studies and human rights, and a concentration in global politics and policies at UAB. Kala is passionate about helping promote and protect the basic human rights of everyone in her community and around the world. As a blog writer, she has written on topics of both domestic and international importance, such as issues of food insecurity and homelessness in the United States, but also has captured the broader struggles of people around the world, especially in her series on environmental justice.