Zoya Fasihuddin

Zoya Fasihuddin

Zoya Fasihuddin

  • CDDRL Honors Student, 2025-26

Biography

Major: Economics
Minor: Human Rights
Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Thesis Advisor: Mona Tajali

Tentative Thesis Title: From Dhabas to Mosques to Walls: A Cross Comparative Analysis of Women’s Campaigns for the Right to Public Spaces in Muslim-Majority Countries

Future aspirations post-Stanford: I’m interested in a variety of different fields, including policy research, strategy, law, and academia, and essentially want to work at the intersection of human rights, business, and international policy. Whether pursuing an MA in International Development or even doing a joint JD-MBA, I definitely want to keep learning and writing.

A fun fact about yourself: I went to 7 weddings this December!

In The News

Steve Feldstein and Adrian Feinberg, '25, present to the group at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Blogs

Honors College 2025 Day 2: Think Tanks and Thinking Theses

This is the second story in a series of blog posts written by the Fisher Family Honors Program class of 2026 detailing their experiences in Washington, D.C., for CDDRL's annual Honors College.
Honors College 2025 Day 2: Think Tanks and Thinking Theses
CDDRL Fisher Family Honors Class of 2026
News

Introducing Our 2025-26 CDDRL Honors Students

We are thrilled to welcome twelve outstanding students, who together represent fourteen different majors and minors and hail from seven different states and four countries, to our Fisher Family Honors Program in Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law.
Introducing Our 2025-26 CDDRL Honors Students