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New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Co-teaching a course on conflict and OSINT reporting with the Director of the Li Center for Global Journalism, Professor Azmat Khan. Assisting in the development of open source reporting curricula for the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Greater New York City Area

Visual Investigations is a new form of explanatory and accountability journalism being pioneered at The Times. It combines traditional reporting with more advanced digital forensics, including collection and analysis of cell phone videos, satellite imagery, social media posts, and more, to reconstruct crime scenes and conflict zones.

Berkeley, Ca

Led a team of five in building out networks and identifying key actors surrounding specific instances of online hate speech. Developed hate speech monitoring dashboards across several platforms for teams on the ground in Sub-Saharan Africa. Assisted in content analysis of bot tweets targeting women’s reproductive rights activists in partnership with CITRIS (https://citris-uc.org/).

Berkeley, Ca

Coordinated office communications including mailing database, social media, and design and distribution of event flyers and informational pamphlets. Organized guest accommodation, catering, and financial reimbursement for over 15 campus-wide symposiums. Assisted with secretarial tasks such as printing, copying, editing, and web research.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Developed a database to easily categorize and search over 1200 Technical Review Panel (TRP) recommendations related to key populations, human rights, gender, and community responses and systems. Mapped out regional and disease-related trends to determine community, rights, and gender-related gaps in country programming and TRP review processes. Participated in Community, Rights and Gender team meetings, as well as in consultative meetings with country teams and other Global Fund departments.

Berkeley, Ca

Assisted in training close to 100 students in open source research methods such as time determination, geolocation, people searching, and weapons identification. Led a team of 10 students in producing verification reports to support advocacy and research efforts at Amnesty International. Liaised directly with Amnesty International researchers and consultants at the Crisis Response team

Berkeley, Ca

Coordinated Human Rights Investigations Lab projects and led research efforts on projects including the identification of the use of white phosphorous in Syria, tracking of displacement during the Four Towns Deal, and identification of French arms sales to Egypt. Helped to plan and execute the first ever university-based Open Source Investigations Student Summit. Worked to develop a guidebook for future establishment of open source investigations research at universities across the world.

Berkeley, Ca

Trained in digital research techniques such as reverse image search, geolocation, and people searching to verify user-generated content at the Human Rights Investigations Lab. Discovered and archived open source content from platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Authenticated content for Amnesty International, Syrian Archive, Bellingcat, Center for Justice and Accountability, and other partners on situations across North and Central America, the Middle East, and Central Africa.

Oakland, Ca

Contributed to successful political affairs campaigns for Oakland Measure JJ and California Proposition 54. Composed interview scripts and jobs reports through market research for financial advisors. Pitched client stories for Small Business California and ShareBetter SF to Bay Area and national reporters.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology And Media Studies

GPA: 4.0 Dissertation: "Informing Social Construction Theory Through Human Rights Research: An Analysis of Social Media Claims Surrounding.

Baccalaureate Exchange Student, Global Studies Institute

GPA: 4.0

5Th Ranked Graduate, Summa Cum Laude

GPA: 4.0