Staff

Sarah Kane, Chief Operating Officer

Sarah Kane is a graduate of Duke University with a major in Public Policy, a minor in History, and a certificate in Human Rights. As an undergraduate, Sarah focused specifically on migration, although she is passionate about the promotion and protection of human rights on an international scale. Sarah has previously worked with two NGOs that service refugees: Kiron in Berlin, Germany, which provides access to higher education for refugees, and InfoPark in Belgrade, Serbia, which provides resources and programming for recent arrivals and young boys and girls in the nearby reception center. At Genocide Watch, Sarah focuses on day-to-day operations and leads the Communications Team. Sarah is also employed by The International Campaign for Tibet.

Grace Condon, Research Director

Grace Condon is a graduate of the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada where she majored in History with a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies. Her research interests include global histories of human rights abuses and advocacy, social and political dissent, decolonization, historiography, and narrative history. As Research Director for Genocide Watch, she leads the Research Team. She oversees Genocide Watch Blogs and special research. She presented her study of "Femicide in Mexico" at the IAGS meeting in Barcelona in July 2023. She monitors Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Iran. Passionately committed to building a future in which genocide, extrajudicial violence, and widespread social inequality are unthinkable, Grace hopes to deepen her understanding of genocide prevention and acquire knowledge and skill in international human rights law and advocacy. In 2024, Grace will enroll in law school.

Aline Keledjian, Alliance & Advocacy Manager and Podcast Writing Director

Aline Keledjian is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. She is double majoring in History and International Affairs with a concentration in Conflict Resolution. Aline has previously interned at Facing History and Ourselves where she reviewed and collated primary sources for a lesson plan on pre-WWII North African Jewish life, among other projects. Last fall, Aline interned at the National Security Archive where she conducted research on topics related to nuclear history and she cataloged several primary source documents into a database. At the George Washington University, Aline has worked as a research assistant for the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project and as a research specialist for a professor in the Department of American Studies. She is also a member of the Dean’s Scholars Program at the George Washington University where she is conducting her original research project that explores how collective trauma narratives impact people’s perceptions of conflict. Aline’s Armenian heritage has influenced her passion for genocide awareness, prevention, and education. At Genocide Watch, Aline will monitor a set of countries in addition to working as a Congressional Communications intern to assist with legislative advocacy efforts.

Sanaea Suntok, Alliance & Advocacy Manager and Podcast Outreach Director

Sanaea Suntok is a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in Political Studies and minoring in Global Development at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. During her time at Queen’s, she has heavily contributed to the Perspectives on Gender Equity in Politics publication, first as editor-in-chief and now as co-chair. She has further completed the International Law and Politics Field Program at Bader College in Herstmonceux, England, wherein she traveled to Europe to study comparative genocide and international humanitarian law under top professionals in the field.

Her past research projects have involved analyzing debates surrounding the legitimacy of the International Criminal Court’s jurisdictional scope, tracking processes of various states’ democratic consolidation and decline, and studying how colonial legacies continue to impact international law and politics today. Her current research interests involve exploring how conceptions of race and culture impact the ways in which different cases of genocide are perceived, and how global power politics and political aims impact states’ reactions to instances of genocide. She is further interested in the politics of remembrance and exploring unconventional avenues of transitional justice to best achieve meaningful and lasting change.

After obtaining her undergraduate degree Sanaea intends to pursue a law degree and enter the field of international human rights law or international humanitarian law, continuing her commitment to the prevention of atrocity crimes and enabling the pursuit of justice for its victims.

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Frankie Condon, Lead Editor

Frankie Condon is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo and the Associate Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Frankie’s recent co-edited collection, CounterStories from the Writing Center (with Wonderful Faison) is the winner of the International Writing Center Association’s 2023 Outstanding Book Award. Among her other books are her monograph, I Hope I Join the Band: Narrative, Affiliation, and Antiracist Rhetoric; Performing Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing and Communication, co-edited with Vershawn Ashanti Young; and The Everyday Writing Center: A Community of Practice (co-authored with Geller et al). Her current projects include new monographs: The Road to Hell: Radical Precedents of Post-Racial Rhetoric in the 21st Century, a genealogical history of the metaphor of colourblindness for racial justice, and Encounters with Bean: Contending with White Supremacy in the Antiracist Classroom.

Areeka Khan, Alliance & Advocacy Coordinator, India

Areeka Khan holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Sophia College for Women in Mumbai, India. She is an active member of the All India Human Rights Association’s student committee and research team, where her article "Religious Nationalism and the Transgressive Theory of Love Jihad in India" was published. She volunteered as a medical assistant at Shyama Prasad Mukerjee (Civil) Hospital in Lucknow, India, where she shadowed medical professionals and assisted in the organisation of blood donation camps and AIDS and HIV awareness sessions. As an intern for Genocide Watch, Areeka aims to draw attention to the consequences of state-sanctioned violence and discrimination in the name of nation, race, and religion. She monitors India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, China, and North Korea for Genocide Watch.

She is head of Genocide Watch's Sudan advocacy team.

Brooklyn Quallen, Alliance Coordinator, Early Warning Analyst

Brooklyn Quallen is a junior at Smith College, majoring in International Relations and History. Her main research interest at Smith has been the relationship between international residual responsibility for atrocity crimes and a system that privileges Westphalian sovereignty over human rights. This has included examinations of past peacekeeping missions and their implications on present-day intervention efforts. She has also done work on human rights violations in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara as part of a fellowship at Smith. She focuses primarily on Eastern Europe and North Africa. She plans to study the Middle East and East Asia and will cover a wide range of international human rights issues.

Bhaswati Bhattacharjee, Alliance Coordinator, Early Warning Analyst, India

Bhaswati Bhattacharjee is working on her PhD thesis as a Junior Research Fellow at the department of English of Dr. Harisingh Gour A Central University at Madhya Pradesh, India. The thrust area of her research is marginalized women’s war memoirs. She has one national and two international journal publications so far. As of now, she has presented papers at one national seminar and at one national and four international conferences, with the latest being the 6th “Migration, Adaptation and Memory” International Interdisciplinary Conference held in Gdańsk, Poland on 15-16 June 2023. She has contributed one chapter in the book titled Fourth Wave of Feminism: Reconstructing Gender Studies in Media, Law and Literature-An Insightful Interpretation and Analysis and one chapter in the book titled Identity Explorations: Dimensions and Discourses (vol 1). She is now working on two more chapters on genocide, memory, trauma studies, and liminality for two upcoming volumes to be published by Routledge and Vernon Press respectively. She has joined Genocide Watch as a Research Intern and will be working with the “Femicide/Rape as an Act of Genocide” taskforce. Her areas of interest include war memoirs, marginalized people’s life-writings, biopolitics, intersectionality, and genocide studies.

Aisling Lynch-Kelly, Early Warning Analyst, Fundraising

Aisling is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and the University of Amsterdam, where she studied History and Holocaust and Genocide Studies, respectively. As an undergraduate, Aisling focused on religious-based conflict in Post-Colonial India and wrote her thesis on the impact of the 1984 Anti-Sikh Pogrom on Sikh women in Delhi. After completing her undergraduate degree, Aisling wanted to apply theories of mass violence and genocide to India and focused her research on understanding the Modi regime through the lens of genocide by omission. She also explored the role of state-supported militia groups, the Police and security services in carrying out attacks on Muslims in India. Aisling previously worked for the Indian American Muslim Council, which seeks to provide a platform for increasing awareness about the discrimination and persecution of Muslims and Christians in India. At Genocide Watch, Aisling is monitoring developments across five countries. She is also a member of the Fundraising Team.

Sera Mishra, Early Warning Analyst
Sera Mishra is currently a student at the University of Maryland, where she is majoring in Government and Politics and minoring in International Development/Conflict Management and Law and Society. Sera is additionally part of the Honors Humanities program, where she studies how the arts and humanities can be utilized to incite change and social progress. She has taken classes in the subject areas of political philosophy, international relations, economics, conflict resolution, and constitutional law, which has allowed her to foster her passion for advocacy and human rights. Through her academic and professional experiences, Sera has gained expertise in writing conflict memorandums, policy proposals, and legal case briefs. Sera is the Director of Programming for the student organization Empowering Women in Law at her university, where she organizes social events and volunteer opportunities for its members. As an intern for Genocide Watch, she will be conducting research and providing assistance on various projects to monitor for signs of genocide and mitigate harm through strong legal protections.

Raziya Masumi, Legal Associate

Raziya came from Afghanistan in 2019 to pursue her legal studies at International and European Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. She got her first bachelor's degree in the field of Law in Kabul in 2011. Raziya worked as a lawyer and human rights activist with experience working with civil society organizations in Afghanistan and the Netherlands. She has acted as a legal advisor, written extensively on the role of women and minorities, and has led advocacy campaigns. Her work focuses on peacebuilding and bridging communities together to contribute to positive change and healthy societies. Recently, she focused on crimes that the Taliban committed in Afghanistan. She monitors the Taliban's brutal policies which illustrate their systematic discrimination against minorities in society. She conducted a press conference about crimes against humanity in Afghanistan in June 2022 in The Hague city. Also, she managed and spoke in many protests against the Taliban in the Netherlands. In the meantime, she created a podcast series in the Persian language for the protection of Afghan minorities’ rights and women’s rights with different civil society organizations in the Netherlands. In addition, Raziya is writing a book regarding the children’s situation during peace and wartime in Afghanistan. She believes in freedom and advocacy for voiceless people to grow roots of hope in people’s minds.

Isabela Rittinger, Women's and LGBTQ Rights Advocacy

Isabela Rittinger is a fourth-year Political Science student at Queen’s University, in Kingston, Ontario. She is the president and founder of Bleed the North, a youth-led non-profit organization committed to ending period poverty in Ontario. Since their inception, in 2020 the organization has collected over 100,000 period products for those in need. She is currently engaged as an undergraduate researcher for the Centre for International Defense and Policy in Kingston. She is interested in international human rights and genocide prevention, in particular the impacts of atrocity crimes on LGBTQ+ individuals. She expanded on this interest in a research project completed in the International Law and Politics Field Program at Herstmonceux Castle which involved an application of the 10 Stages of Genocide on crisis areas rife with discrimination against queer populations. She has been honoured to speak for a number of engagements, including the Canadian Advisory of Women Immigrants IWD panel, for comment on various news broadcasts, and more.

Sree Erramilli, Alliance & Advocacy Coordinator

Sree Erramilli is an undergraduate student at the American University School of International Service in Washington D.C., majoring in International Studies. She plans to have a regional focus on Europe and Eurasia, as well as in the thematic area of peace, global security and conflict resolution where she hopes to, in particular, study the analysis, prevention and resolution of genocide and ethnic conflict. She is incredibly excited for the opportunity to join the Genocide Watch team!

Elia Redolfi Tezzat, Alliance & Advocacy Coordinator

Elia Redolfi Tezzat recently completed an MSc in Human Rights and Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), having previously obtained a B.A. in Political Science (International and Comparative Politics) and Africana Studies from Brown University. As an undergraduate, Elia studied abroad in Rwanda and Uganda, completing a qualitative research project on genocide perpetrators’ experiences with gacaca and reconciliation. As a postgraduate student, they continued focusing their research efforts on genocide perpetrators, using their dissertation to theoretically deconstruct the “genocide monster” label through Foucauldian and Wynterian analytical lenses. During their postgraduate, Elia interned with FUUSE, an award-winning documentary company, on their CORE Library project. For this project, Elia interviewed former far-right UK extremists that have since de-radicalized and their loved ones, as well as UK survivors of extremist violence. As a Genocide Watch intern, Elia aims to participate in research and advocacy to assist Genocide Watch in its mission to prevent genocide. In the future, Elia plans to pursue a law degree and become an international human rights lawyer.

Emily Mullin, Legal Associate

Emily Mullin is a law student at the Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Canada. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Glendon College, York University. Emily is an editor for the Osgoode Hall Law Journal and a member of Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights-Osgoode.

Emily has previously interned for two global non-governmental organizations, the NATO Association of Canada and the Organization for World Peace, where she published over twenty writing pieces on international peace and security, as well as a freelance article in The Globe and Mail. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she began a volunteer communications position with the Canada Ukraine Surgical Aid Program and has since been on four humanitarian missions in Poland to support medical assistance for injured Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.

In the summer of 2023, Emily participated in the Genocide and Human Rights University Program graduate-level seminar hosted by the Zoryan Institute. Her academic interests include genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Emily aims to have a legal career in international human rights and international criminal law to contribute to atrocity prevention and punishment, particularly in Ukraine.

Wayne Liang, Early Warning Analyst

Wayne Liang is a rising senior in the International Baccalaureate Programme of Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School. He has a particular interest in the Indo-Pacific, Central Asia, and former Eastern Bloc countries which has led him to pursue undergraduate-level research into the political, social, and economic risks of Tajikistan. Currently, he is writing an independent policy brief on a potential revision of Japan’s Article 9. Furthermore, he is an avid competitive debater who has presented on topics as varied as West African urbanization to the abolishment of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. His work on these issues has allowed him to gain a different perspective on world politics through the lens of how the actions (or lack thereof) of superpowers can negatively affect marginalized countries that often hold little to no influence on the global stage. He was specifically inspired to join Genocide Watch’s mission after learning about how international inaction had allowed the genocide in Rwanda to go unabetted which resulted in the death of millions under the United Nations’ watch. As a prospective Research Intern, he hopes to write alerts and monitor countries in Northern and Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Caucasus. In the future, he hopes to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations or Economics — maybe both!

Aiden Carlton, Early Warning Analyst

Aiden Carlton is an undergraduate student at American University in Washington, D.C., majoring in international studies with a focus on peace, global security, and conflict resolution in the MENA region. He hopes to develop his knowledge of genocide-prevention theory and his understanding of ongoing political conflicts worldwide. He's particularly interested in how local organizations and religious institutions can serve as peacebuilding factors in reconciliation processes.

Sabrina Nelson, Alliance & Advocacy Coordinator

Sabrina Nelson is in her final year at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, majoring in Political Science and minoring in International Development. During her time at McGill, she has been involved in advocacy efforts to raise awareness of children’s and women’s rights, particularly in the context of conflicts and humanitarian crises. As a staff member of the McGill International Review, she has written extensively on human rights issues, humanitarian crises and conflicts, with a focus on the Middle East and Africa. Her time at the MIR has strengthened her love for writing and advocacy, whilst enabling her to strengthen her written, research and analytical skills. Passionate about human rights, international law and mass atrocities prevention, she is eager to intern within Genocide Watch as an Alliance and Advocacy intern.

Trinity Huynh, Early Warning Analyst

Trinity Huynh recently graduated from Chapman University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Peace and Justice Studies. As an undergraduate researcher, she investigated numerous themes in international law, such as nuclear disarmament and nuclear deterrence evolution, while studying at Soka University's 2023 nuclear politics program and conducting research for her thesis. As a research assistant, she also produced a book review for H-Genocide entitled The Figure of the Witness in International Criminal Tribunals: Memory, Atrocities, and Transitional Justice. She has also conducted research on disability justice and the disability rights movement, as well as helped to create a database for future legal scholars about the Russian-Ukrainian war. For her independent research, she investigated the impacts and implications of Agent Orange on collective and legal memory. She is enthusiastic about international peacebuilding and the study of conflict resolution. As an intern for Genocide Watch, she will help the legal team with accountability efforts, as well as write alerts and monitor several countries in Asia. In the future, she intends to get a J.D. and work in international humanitarian, human rights, and criminal law.

Miléna DeGuere, Early Warning Analyst

Miléna DeGuere is entering her second year in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Master’s program at Uppsala University. She received her B.S. in Social Policy and Education with an additional major in History and a certificate in Holocaust Studies from Northwestern University. Her undergraduate honors thesis explored the relationship between American Jewish identity, social justice, and Zionism. At Uppsala Miléna serves as the current Chair and previous Vice-Chair of the Lemkin Association, an interdisciplinary student organization that organizes events related to genocide and human rights.

Alex Cook, Early Warning Analyst

Alex Cook is a recent graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he earned an MSc in International Relations. At the LSE, his research focused on mass atrocity prevention, and wrote his dissertation on the correlation between a country calling a foreign conflict “genocide” and its subsequent actions to intervene in an effort to stop the violence. Before the LSE, Alex completed his undergraduate degree at Hamilton College in New York, where, as part of his government and international relations concentrations, he received a grant to write a research paper on the ways in which perpetrators of genocide seek to decide the international community that genocide either is not taking place, or is not worth intervening in. He is eager to continue this critical research and advocacy and Genocide Watch and beyond!

Veronica Buckley, Early Warning Analyst

Veronica Buckley is an intelligence professional with over a decade of OSINT experience. She earned her B.A. in Anthropology from Grand Valley State University, where she minored in Middle East Studies and Art and Design. Veronica was a founding board member of Collective Liberty, an award-winning Washington, D.C.- based anti-trafficking non-profit, where she served as a subject matter and intelligence expert. Prior to this, Veronica worked as the Intelligence Analysis Manager at Polaris with the Disruption Strategies team. In this role, she researched and analyzed diverse types of human trafficking, providing actionable intelligence, analysis, and insights on national trends to internal leadership and strategic partners. Veronica is credited for creating the most comprehensive open-source data set on a specific type of trafficking in the United States, for which she has received commendation letters from the NYPD, Texas Senate, and a formal motion of commendation in the Texas House and Library of Congress. In her personal time, Veronica volunteers in her community and values quality time with her family and friends.

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