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Current Staff | Staff Emereti
Lars Bromley is Project Director for the Geospatial Technologies and Human
Rights Project. His primary interests are applying information and communication
technologies to human rights and sustainability issues, especially geospatial
technologies. He has been with the AAAS since 1997, serving as the principal
researcher and chief cartographer for the AAAS
Atlas of Population and Environment. Following its publication by the University
of California Press and release as a web product, he developed integrated research
projects and regional geospatial databases supporting the AAAS Watershed Projects
in Russia and South America. He has an MA from the Department of Geography at
the University of Maryland.
Jonathan Drake received his bachelor's degree in physics from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, and is currently completing a masters degree at Arizona State University, where he is mapping periglacial geomorphology on Mars using the THEMIS instrument aboard the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. A former research assistant at the Space Telescope Science Institute and the Hawaii Institute for Geophysics and Planetology, his experience spans the domains of astronomy and planetary science, including earth-based photometry of main-belt asteroids and observations of the Martian surface from orbit. At AAAS, he has been involved in developing applications of imaging radar to problems relevant to human rights, as well as analyzing visible and near infrared imagery in support of program objectives.
Albert H. (Al) Teich
is Director of Science & Policy Programs at AAAS, a position he has held since 1990. He is responsible for the Association's activities in science and technology policy and serves as a key spokesperson on science policy issues. Dr. Teich received a bachelor's degree in physics and a Ph.D. in political science, both from M.I.T. Prior to joining the AAAS staff in 1980, he held positions at George Washington University, the State University of New York, and Syracuse University. He is the author of numerous articles and editor of several books, including Technology and the Future, the most widely used college textbook on technology and society, the tenth edition of which was published by Thompson Wadsworth in 2005, and he is quoted and interviewed frequently in print media as well as on radio and television.
Dr. Teich is a Fellow of AAAS and the recipient of the 2004 Award for Scientific Achievement in Science Policy from the Washington Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the editorial advisory boards to the journals, Science Communication; Science, Technology, and Human Values; Prometheus; Review of Policy Research; and Renewable Resources and a consultant to government agencies, national laboratories, industrial firms, and international organizations. He is a past chair of the Board of Governors of the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation, where he remains a member of the executive committee; a member of the External Research Advisory Board for the University of California at Davis; the Norwegian Research and Technology Forum in the United States; the Advisory Board of the University of Virginia's Department of Science, Technology and Society; and the National Research Council's Research and Technology Transfer Committee.
Susan Wolfinbarger is a Senior Program Associate for the Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project. Her primary focus is support of cooperative initiatives with Amnesty International, USA. She aids in the conceptualization, development, and deployment of geospatial technologies and information for human rights-related issues. Although this is a new position for Susan (begun in July 2008), she originally joined AAAS as an intern on the project from 2006-2007. Susan holds an M.A. degree from the George Washington University and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Geography at the Ohio State University.
Jessica Wyndham
Jessica Wyndham is Project Director for the Science and Human Rights Program
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her main interest
is in the practical application of international human rights and humanitarian
standards, including in relation to internal displacement, combating terrorism,
torture, and the death penalty. She has worked extensively with national human
rights institutions throughout Asia, the Pacific, Africa and the Americas, including
as Legal Adviser for a project of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights in Ecuador. Prior to joining the Association, she was the Legal
Adviser on IDP Issues for the Brookings Institution Project on Internal Displacement.
Jessica holds an LLB (Hons.) (J.D. equivalent) from the Australian National University and an LLM from the University of New South Wales.
Ami Bavishi
Ami Bavishi is an intern for the Science and Human Rights Program, supporting the program on daily administrative tasks. She is currently pursuing her Master's in Public Health with a concentration in epidemiology at George Washington University.
Davis Baird
Davis Baird is an intern with the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition. He assists with the program’s research and outreach operations and is working on preparations for the Coalition’s January 2010 meeting. In addition, he has worked with the Article 15 project, gathering resources and reviewing state actions pertaining to the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress. Davis graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the College of Charleston in May, 2009. He is interested in the neuropsychological aspects of aging and hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Applied Social Psychology.
Ashwan Reddy
Ashwan Reddy is an intern with the Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, San Diego in 2008, and is currently looking into the application of census data for environmental justice research.
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09/29/2009
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