The following individuals and organizations are experts in various sectors of documentation. These experts have agreed to be listed here so that documenters in need of additional assistance can call upon them. If you are interested in being an expert, please email HRDToolkit@pilpg.org.
Jonathan Drake, Senior Program Associate
Email: jdrake@aaas.org
Expertise: Terrestrial and planetary remote sensing; geospatial analysis; geospatial methodologies; satellite data interpretation and analysis; and the development of new and innovative applications of remote sensing instruments, platforms, and data products in a human rights and humanitarian context.
Theresa Harris, Senior Program Associate
http://oncallscientists.aaas.org
Email: oncall@aaas.org
Expertise: Pro bono scientific support for human rights documentation including environmental sciences, statistics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, computer science, civil engineering, economics, and more.
Christoph Koettl, Senior Analyst
Email: christoph.koettl@amnesty.org
Expertise: Geospatial analysis; satellite images; social media research and verification; International Humanitarian Law.
Andrew Marx, Professor
Email: andrew.marx@cgu.edu
Expertise: Time-series analysis of Landsat, Sentinel and MODIS imagery to detect destroyed buildings (Syria) or burned villages (Sudan).
Federica D’Alessandra
Email: federica_dalessandra@hks.harvard.edu
Expertise: International Humanitarian Law, international criminal prosecutions and investigations, documentation training, transitional justice .
https://lists.huridata.org/mailman/listinfo/documentation
An email discussion list for the human rights documentation community of practice, hosted by HURIDOCS.
Milica Kostić, Legal Program Director
http://www.hlc-rdc.org/?lang=de
Email: milica.kostic@hlc-rdc.org
Expertise: Documenting human losses in armed conflict, transitional justice, database technology, victims support, strategic litigation.
Bert Verstappen, Senior Documentalist
Email: info@huridocs.org
Expertise: Development of information systems for human rights libraries, documentation of violations, case management systems. Collaboration with large number of partner organizations worldwide, including joint projects, needs assessments, provision of training, advice and support.
Sandra G. Zakowski, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology
Email: szakowski11@gmail.com
Expertise: Mental health consequences of trauma; forensic psychological evaluation and documentation; psychology education and training; research design and methodology.
Michelle Kaufman, Assistant Professor
Email: MichelleKaufman@jhu.edu
Expertise: Research and evaluation; gender and sexuality; gender based violence.
Stefan Schmitt, International Forensic Program Director
Email: stefanschmitt@gmail.com
Expertise: Forensic anthropology, crime scene, forensic photography, human identification.
http://publicinternationallawandpolicygroup.org
Email: info@pilpg.org
Expertise: Transitional justice, documentation in conflict zones, international law, documentation databases.
Smita Skrivanek, Smita-Engagement Director
Cathy Furlong, Chair
http://community.amstat.org/statisticswithoutborders/home
Email: smitaskriv@gmail.com
Expertise: Pro bono services in statistics and data science incorporating sound decision making using best statistical practices. Some areas of expertise are: data base development and analysis, survey/questionnaire development, sampling and analysis, experimental design, exploratory and analytical statistical studies, data visualization, and statistical education and staff development.
Tom Walker, Research Lead
Email: tom@theengineroom.org
Expertise: Broad overview of technology-based documentation tools.
Lars Bromley, Principal Analyst
Email: lars.bromley@unitar.org
Expertise: Large scale human rights violation assessments using satellite imagery.
Kelly Matheson, Senior Attorney and Program Manager
Email: kelly@witness.org
Expertise: Video as Evidence.