Robyn Linde is an assistant professor of political science and the director of the International Nongovernmental Organizations Studies program at Rhode Island College in Providence, R.I. Her research interests in the field of international relations include international law and human rights, specifically, the rights of children and LGBTQ rights. Her research has been published in the European Journal of International Relations, the International Journal of Children’s Rights, the Case Research Journal and the International Journal of Minority and Group Rights. She is the recent recipient of an American Political Science Association research grant for her current project on international LGBTQ transnational advocacy networks.