Matiangai Sirleaf

Pronunciation: MA-TEE-ahn-gay Sir-leaf

Matiangai Sirleaf is the Nathan Patz Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, with a secondary appointment in Epidemiology & Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. A trailblazing international scholar, advocate, author, and teacher, Prof. Sirleaf is reshaping international law through a lens of justice, race, and global health. Drawing from personal experiences shaped by family history in Liberia, she challenges embedded hierarchies and writes toward emancipatory futures—from international law to national security and public health.