Our Team - Berkeley Human Rights Center

Staff, Faculty, and Researchers

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Eric Stover

Co-Faculty Director

Human Rights Center

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Alexa Koenig

Co-Faculty Director; Director, Investigations

Human Rights Center

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Betsy Popken

Executive Director; Director, Climate Justice

Human Rights Center

Julie Freccero

Director, Health and Human Rights

Human Rights Center

Lindsay Freeman

Director, Technology, Law & Policy

Human Rights Center

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Maggie Andresen

Editorial Manager, Lead Writer

Human Rights Center

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Michaela Anastasia Austin

Research Manager, Health and Human Rights

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, Technology, Law & Policy

Human Rights Center

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Ceren Fitoz

Digital Investigator, Technology, Law & Policy

Human Rights Center

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Linda Gordon

Manager, Climate Justice

Human Rights Center

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Lene Guercke

Senior Researcher, Investigations

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

Brian Nguyen

Open Source Investigations Training Manager

Human Rights Center

Vyoma Raman

Researcher, Technology

Human Rights Center

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Andrea Richardson

Senior Legal Researcher, Investigations

Human Rights Center

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Helia Sadeghi

Researcher, Investigations

Human Rights Center

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Sasha Schell

Supervising Reporter

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

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

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Richard M. Buxbaum

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Henry Erlich

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Elizabeth Farnsworth

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Dr. Rohini J. Haar

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Adam Hochschild

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Kelly Matheson

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Faris Natour

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Art Reingold

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Lisa Reinsberg

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Robert J. Rosenthal

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Patricia Viseur Sellers

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Miranda Sissons

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Gerson H. Smoger

Darian Weltman Swig

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Hon. Rebecca Westerfield

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Dr. Thomas J. White

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

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Charles H. Brenner

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Camille Crittenden

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Sarah Warshauer Freedman

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Vincent Iacopino

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Gilles Peress

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Dr. Hernán Reyes

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Kim Thuy Seelinger

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Patricia Viseur Sellers

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Harvey M. Weinstein

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Dr. Thomas J. White

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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Angana P. Chatterji

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Stephen Smith Cody

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Stephanie Croft

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Ulic Egan

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Jacqueline Geis

Amanda Ghahremani

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Ritwik Gupta

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Dr. Rohini J. Haar

Carly Hyland

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Andrea Lampros

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Charlotte Lindsay

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Patricia del Carmen Vásquez Marías

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Julie Owono

Shannon Raj Singh

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Brett Solomon