Expert Resources

Human Rights Center faculty and staff serve as resources for news media covering breaking news and ongoing stories. Contact information for human rights experts is below.

Eric Stover
Faculty Director, Human Rights Center
Adjunct Professor of Law and Public Health
Phone: 510-642-0965
Email: hrc@berkeley.edu

Areas of expertise: forensic science in human rights investigations, social and medical consequences of land mines, war crimes, social reconstruction after armed conflict, health and human rights

Phuong Pham
Director of Research, Human Rights Center
Visiting Associate Professor, International and Area Studies
Phone: 510-642-0965
Email: ppham1@berkeley.edu

Areas of expertise: epidemiology, population-based surveys, transitional justice, social reconstruction after armed conflict

Rachel Shigekane
Director of Programs, Human Rights Center
Lecturer, Peace and Conflict Studies
Phone: 510-642-0965
Email: rshig@berkeley.edu

Areas of expertise: human trafficking, responsibility to protect, use of forensic science to reunite families separated by armed conflict

Patrick Vinck
Director of the Initiative on Vulnerable Populations
Phone: 510-642-0965
Email: pvinck@berkeley.edu

Areas of expertise: development, population-based surveys, transitional justice, social reconstruction after armed conflict

Harvey M. Weinstein
Senior Research Fellow, Human Rights Center
Clinical Professor of Public Health
Phone: 510-642-0965
Email: harveyw@globetrotter.berkeley.edu

Areas of expertise: social reconstruction after genocide and mass atrocities, mental health among refugee populations