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As S.T.O.P. continues to grow, so does our team! We wanted to take a moment to introduce you to the newest members of S.T.O.P., making up our largest intern class to date. We can’t wait to share the exciting work happening at S.T.O.P. this summer!
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Our Summer 2023 Intern Class
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Andy Ratto
Legal Intern
Andy is studying at CUNY School of Law. He has a BA in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA in Political Science from Emory University. Andy has previously worked in campaign politics, non-profits, fundraising, freelance journalism, and political communications. He is a member of the National Lawyers Guild - New York City Chapter. His legal interests include technology and surveillance, immigration justice, LGBTQ+ rights, international law and human rights, disability rights, racial justice, and public defense.
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Annie Dorsen
Legal Intern
Annie Dorsen is a director and writer whose works explore the intersection of algorithmic art and live performance. Her pieces have been widely presented at theaters and festivals in the U.S. and internationally. She has contributed essays for The Drama Review, Theatre Magazine, Etcetera, and Performing Arts Journal (PAJ), among others, and has taught at University of Chicago and Bard College. Prior to her work in algorithmic theater, she was the co-creator and director of the 2008 Broadway musical PASSING STRANGE. Dorsen is the recipient of a 2019 MacArthur Fellowship and a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. She is a rising 3L at NYU Law, where she is focusing on tech law and public policy.
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Annie DeVoe
Communications Intern
Annie is a recent graduate from Scripps College in Claremont, California, graduating with a degree in Political Theory and a minor in Studio Art. She spent the majority of her time in undergrad focusing on abolitionist student organizing and the intersection of climate justice and prison abolition as a member of the Claremont Prison Abolition Collective. She now hopes to dedicate her life and work to the abolition of the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) in the hopes of building safe, climate healthy, and caring futures for all. Abolishing mass surveillance is one piece of that puzzle and Annie firmly believes that surveillance does not make communities more safe, but rather individualizes systemic issues. When she’s not organizing you can find Annie trail running, mixing house music, or performing improv comedy.
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Arjun Talpallikar
Legal Intern
Arjun is a student at Yale Law School interested in technology litigation and regulation. Before law school, he worked as a software and data engineer in the cloud and digital practice of a large consulting firm.
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Conan Lu
Research Intern
Conan is an incoming sophomore at Harvard College studying Computer Science and Philosophy. He hopes to explore how technology interfaces with societies, cultures, and ethical frameworks, and is especially passionate about digital civil liberties and algorithmic justice. On campus, he is involved with Tech for Social Good, where he works on public-interest technical projects. He is also a member of youth-led advocacy group Encode Justice, where he analyzes tech policy.
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Cyra Paladini
Communications Intern
Cyra is currently studying Cognitive Science at Barnard College, where she investigates both human and computational systems of cognition- including algorithmic biases and their various impacts. She is a staff reporter for the Columbia Daily Spectator and a former intern reporter to NPR and multiple member stations, and has worked as an advocacy coordinator for Amnesty International and March for our lives. As a pre-law student with a long-time interest in ‘tethics’, Cyra is excited to join STOP to both aid outreach and fight targeted surveillance.
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JD Mireles
Legal Intern
JD is a rising 2L at NYU Law. Originally from Southern California, they graduated from UC Berkeley in 2020 with a degree in Political Science. At school, they are currently a Privacy Research Group student fellow and Development Director for Unemployment Action Center. Outside of school, they enjoy inline skating and crossword puzzles.
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Kevin Ye
Research Intern
Kevin is a software engineer recently graduated from NYU with a Master's in Computer
Science. He is interested in deconstructing the ways people are made to work for
technology and how that relationship can be inverted towards democratic, community-
oriented forms of technological development. Outside of tech, he is interested more
broadly in issues of housing justice and food sovereignty. He can be found projecting his
hopes for and frustrations about the world onto the occasional tabletop role-playing
game.
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Lula Connor
Advocacy/Research Intern
Lula Konner is an undergraduate student at Wesleyan University, where she plans to double major in History and Government. In the past, she has worked with civil rights and electoral advocacy groups, such as Fair Fight Action and Sister District. She is currently a coordinator for the Wesleyan Refugee Project and a research assistant for the Wesleyan Media Project. She is interested in the intersection between privacy rights and racial justice and in investigating the role of surveillance in policing. As a born-and-raised New Yorker, she is particularly excited to support and work with NYC communities as an advocacy and research intern this summer.
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Olaa Mohamed
Legal Intern
My name is Olaa Mohamed and I am currently a law student at NYU. Prior to law school, I graduated from Cornell University with a major in Political Science and a minor in Information Science and worked on police violence cases. Moving forward, I hope to work on issues related to technology law both locally and internationally.
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Patrick Li
Legal Intern
Zuliang “Patrick” Li is a legal intern at S.T.O.P. and a rising second-year law student at NYU Law. He is extremely interested in the intersection between technology and social issues. He has background in both advertising and consulting and was part of a start-up project that reimagines modern search engines. He is the co-chair of NYU’s Social Enterprise and Start-up Law Group and would love to explore more in the space of innovation law, technology policy, and social entrepreneurship. Outside of law, Patrick is an avid baker, squasher, hiker, and camper.
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Sacha Alanoca
Summer Researcher
Sacha Alanoca is an MPA Candidate and John F. Kennedy Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), specializing in the politics and ethics of AI. On campus, she advances responsible AI efforts as the Co-Chair of the AI & Emerging Tech Caucus at HKS and AI Leader Fellow with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Prior to HKS, she worked as a Senior AI Policy Researcher and Head of Community Development for the think tank The Future Society, where she coordinated the development of Tunisia's AI national strategy and published scientific and policy papers on topics such as AI tools for pandemic response. Sacha is an expert for the OECD’s AI Policy Observatory and was named one of the “100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics” in 2022. She is Franco-Chilean.
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Samvit Ganesh
Legal Intern
I am a rising 2L at Cornell Law School. I was raised in India, and qualified as a lawyer in India. I am very passionate about technology law, and in the responsible deployment of new technologies. I hope to be involved in ensuring the responsible use of technologies after graduating law school.
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Shreya Margale
Advocacy Intern
Shreya Margale is a rising senior at Barnard College studying Political Science and Government. In the past, Shreya has participated in a fellowship to research and increase awareness about discriminatory surveillance impacting persons of color on the Columbia campus. She hopes to continue this impact at a communal level through S.T.O.P.
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Shruthi Sriram
Advocacy Intern
Shruthi Sriram is a History and Economics double major at Boston College, interested in non-profit legal and legislative advocacy. She is currently working on a thesis studying the policing of leftist journalism throughout the 20th century, and is very excited to join the fight against discriminatory surveillance technologies with S.T.O.P.
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It's remarkable just how much S.T.O.P. continues to expand and develop. With your support, S.T.O.P. will continue to grow into the organization we need to dismantle mass surveillance.
In solidarity,
Team S.T.O.P.
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