Emily Helms, Phd Email & Phone Number

Colchester, GB

Industry Specialist for Development BanksTopic Specialist for Human Rights

Wivenhoe Park, UK

• Created advanced data visualizations in R for book on the power of low-income countries in climate negotiations (manuscript with publisher).
• Inspired and compiled the UN General Assembly portion of the United Nations Peacemaking Initiative dataset. See Political Initiatives and Peacekeeping: Assessing Multiple UN Conflict Resolution Tools.
• Produced and managed data for the Human Rights Atlas to cover years 2012 through 2014, which had lapsed.
• Created database of events covered in news periodicals between 1983 to 2013 concerning the presidency and trial of Rios Montt, which was used in Naming and Framing: Guatemala, Genocide, and the Trial of Rios Montt.

Remote

• Produced reports on human rights circumstances in The Gambia and Nigeria
• Informed and led successful campaign to holt planned summary executions of all death row inmates held in The Gambia
• Educated and guided interns in drafting appeals for public action on the abduction of girls in Chibok
• Regularly published social media updates on human rights concerns as they arose
• Provided immigration courts with expert testimonies on abuses relevant to asylum cases. All of the applications I informed were successful.

Remote

• Advised on the construction of The Gambia’s entry for the Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index.
• Supplemented original draft with further research on military spending
• Fact-checked the entry for this widely-read Index

Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Headquarters)

• Took a leading role in pioneering efforts to apply data to presidential election campaign strategies
• Used geospatial data to create training materials for volunteer campaigners
• Created and updated voter databases
• These innovative efforts are widely accepted as a key factor in the successful 2012 campaign

University Park

• Created a qualitative dataset of political exchanges and incidents during crises from news archives and Keesing’s press records. See Using Sequence to Model Crises.
• Advanced insight on the influence of exogenous shocks on internal politics and civil unrest, and of decolonization on unrest in Mali, the DRC, and Côte d’Ivoire.

University Park

• Produced project glossary to facilitate communication between government departments about relevant development projects.
• Collected and analysed qualitative data for state- and federally- funded community development sites throughout Pennsylvania for the Pennsylvania Department of Crime and Delinquency.
• Facilitated focus groups in person and using innovative C-Tool software to encourage remote participation.

Mid-Atlantic Region

Led conference calls with regional members and representatives to discuss regional human rights activities and events. With Group, advised staff on strategic plan and assisted with budget review

Mid-Atlantic Region (Central Pennsylvania)

Liaised student groups in Pennsylvania with the regional office in Washington, D.C. Assisted with human rights education and training of student groups and workshop attendees. Required in-depth knowledge of human rights areas of focus throughout my tenure in the position.

Media, PA

Performed editorial and administrative tasks (proofreading, feedback, finding sources and photocopying) for a professor's (David Macauley) book, "Elemental Philosophy." The book was published in October 2010 by SUNY Press: http://www.sunypress.edu/p-5020-elemental-philosophy.aspx

New York, NY

Reported on events and discussions at the Forum on Forests V and Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).Part of high school externship program.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Government

Abstract: This dissertation explains the variation in civilian protection outcomes across peace operations, positing that mandate language.

Masters, International Affairs, 3.87/4.00

Activities and Societies: Amnesty International; International Law SocietySpecialisation: human rights in armed conflict Regional focus.

Bachelor Of Arts, International Politics, 3.89/4.00

Activities and Societies: Schreyer Honors College Minors in Geography and PhilosophyHonors Thesis: Understanding "Success" in Structural.

H.S. Diploma

Activities and Societies: Harvard Model Congress, co-President