Our Team - Berkeley Human Rights Center

Staff, Faculty, and Researchers

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Eric Stover

Faculty Director

Human Rights Center

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Alexa Koenig

Faculty Director; Director, Investigations Lab

Human Rights Center

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Betsy Popken

Executive Director

Human Rights Center

Julie Freccero

Senior Director, Health and Human Rights

Human Rights Center

Lindsay Freeman

Senior Director, International Accountability

Human Rights Center

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Maggie Andresen

Editorial Manager, Lead Writer

Human Rights Center

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Alexey Berlind

Associate Director, Student Fellowship and Events

Human Rights Center

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Camille Chabot

Researcher, Technology

Human Rights Center

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Annie Canizares Chávez

Administrative Associate

Human Rights Center

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Danil Cuffe

Digital Investigator, International Accountability

Human Rights Center

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Ceren Fitoz

Digital Investigator, International Accountability

Human Rights Center

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Linda Gordon

Supervising Attorney, Investigations Lab; Climate Researcher

Human Rights Center

Bex Grayzel-Ward

Graduate Researcher, Health and Human Rights

Human Rights Center

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Alan Iijima

Development Manager

Human Rights Center

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Sofia Kooner

Assistant Director, Investigations Lab

Human Rights Center

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Ana Linares Montoya

Researcher, Health and Human Rights

Human Rights Center

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Léa-Cassiopée Muller

Researcher, Reproductive Violence

Human Rights Center

Brian Nguyen

Open Source Investigations Training Manager

Human Rights Center

Vyoma Raman

Researcher, Technology

Human Rights Center

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Sasha Schell

Supervising Reporter, Investigations Lab

Human Rights Center

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Audrey Taylor

Senior Researcher, Health and Human Rights

Human Rights Center

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Guillén Torres

Open Source Investigations Specialist, Investigations Lab

Human Rights Center

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Cassie Walter

Graduate Student Researcher, Health and Human Rights

Human Rights Center

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Leila Younes

Researcher, Health and Human Rights

Human Rights Center

Advisory Board

Carolyn Patty Blum

Advisory Board Member; Legacy Fellow

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Richard M. Buxbaum

Advisory Board Member

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Henry Erlich

Advisory Board Member

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Elizabeth Farnsworth

Advisory Board Member

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Dr. Rohini J. Haar

Advisory Board Member; Research Fellow

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Adam Hochschild

Advisory Board Member

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Kelly Matheson

Advisory Board Member

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Faris Natour

Advisory Board Member

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Art Reingold

Advisory Board Member

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Lisa Reinsberg

Advisory Board Member

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Robert J. Rosenthal

Advisory Board Member

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Patricia Viseur Sellers

Advisory Board Member; Legacy Fellow

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Miranda Sissons

Advisory Board Member

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Gerson H. Smoger

Advisory Board Member

Darian Weltman Swig

Advisory Board Member

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Hon. Rebecca Westerfield

Advisory Board Member

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Dr. Thomas J. White

Advisory Board Member; Legacy Fellow

Legacy Fellows

Legacy Fellows are connected to the organization’s history and programs through engagement over time, are considered integral to HRC’s organizational development, and are called upon as key advisers. They are lifetime appointments.

Carolyn Patty Blum

Advisory Board Member; Legacy Fellow

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Charles H. Brenner

Legacy Fellow

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Camille Crittenden

Legacy Fellow

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Sarah Warshauer Freedman

Legacy Fellow

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Vincent Iacopino

Legacy Fellow

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Gilles Peress

Legacy Fellow

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Victor Peskin

Legacy Fellow

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Dr. Hernán Reyes

Legacy Fellow

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Kim Thuy Seelinger

Legacy Fellow

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Patricia Viseur Sellers

Advisory Board Member; Legacy Fellow

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Harvey M. Weinstein

Advisory Board Member; Legacy Fellow

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Dr. Thomas J. White

Advisory Board Member; Legacy Fellow

Research Fellows

Research Fellows are directly engaged in a professional capacity with one or more of our programs or projects. They are three-year appointments with the possibility of renewal.

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Michaela Anastasia Austin

Research Fellow

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Angana P. Chatterji

Research Fellow

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Stephen Smith Cody

Research Fellow

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Stephanie Croft

Research Fellow

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Ulic Egan

Research Fellow

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Jacqueline Geis

Research Fellow

Amanda Ghahremani

Research Fellow

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Ritwik Gupta

Research Fellow

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Dr. Rohini J. Haar

Advisory Board Member; Research Fellow

Carly Hyland

Research Fellow

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Bhavya Joshi

Research Fellow

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Andrea Lampros

Research Fellow

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Charlotte Lindsay

Research Fellow

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Patricia del Carmen Vásquez Marías

Research Fellow

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Julie Owono

Research Fellow

Shannon Raj Singh

Research Fellow

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Brett Solomon

Research Fellow

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Tyler Thompson

Research Fellow