The Discovery program’s first fellow from the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, Ariel Meyerstein is beginning Ph.D. work this fall after receiving a B.A. in English from Columbia with a concentration in human rights and undertaking legal studies at Boalt Hall School of Law. Meyerstein’s interests lie in transitional justice — the study of legal processes in societies emerging from extreme political conflict. Combining the insights of narrative and critical theory with empirical work on truth commissions and political processes, Meyerstein intends to fuse his love of literature and philosophy with his practical interest in international affairs.