Monica Iyer is an assistant professor of law at the Georgia State University College of Law. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of climate change, the environment and human rights, particularly focusing on migration and racial and gender justice.

Before joining the College of Law, Professor Iyer was a senior lecturing fellow in the International Human Rights Clinic at Duke University School of Law. Before joining academia, she worked for the United Nations, government, and civil society organizations on human rights issues, including the environment and climate change; migration; women’s rights and gender equality; human rights and international development; and racial justice.

Monica received her J.D. from the New York University School of Law, a master's degree in international cooperation and development from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago.