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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. We can’t wait to share the exciting work happening here this fall!
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Aaron Greenberg
Research Intern
Aaron is a graduate student in the bioethics program at Harvard Medical School. He has a background in software engineering, having worked as an engineer and manager at the Securities & Exchange Commission and DigitalOcean. Exposure to the tech industry spurred his strong interest in the ethics of technology. In his program, he plans to study the societal impact of technology and how it can be used to support—or erode—civil and human rights. Outside of work, he tries to stay engaged in his community, and has volunteered with NYC organizations like Code Nation and NYC Mesh. His favorite feeling is using up all of his groceries.
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Allie Lennard
Communications Intern
Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Allie is a senior at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is majoring in English and minoring in Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies, and has long been deeply passionate about social justice causes.
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Anissa Arakal
Research Intern
Anissa is a senior at Columbia University studying an interdisciplinary degree in Politics, Technology, and Society in Barnard College’s Computer Science department. She is an active member of Amnesty International’s Ban the Scan task force working on legislative initiatives and data storytelling projects advocating for citizen privacy rights amidst invasive facial recognition technologies. She also has an affinity for design thinking and contributes to multiple design groups on projects across journalism, non-profit communications, and education. She is most interested in technology policy, data ethics, privacy rights, and surveillance.
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Aysia Garnett
Communications Intern
Aysia is a senior at SUNY Oswego studying broadcasting, communications, and graphic design. She loves writing and helping others out.
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Becca Delbos
Advocacy Intern
Becca is a sophomore at American University studying Political Science with an interest in civil rights advocacy. She is originally from Williamsburg, Virginia where she’s been heavily involved in local politics and advocacy. Most recently, she was an intern with Freedom Virginia, an affordability advocacy organization, and a campaign fellow with a school board campaign. On campus she acts as the Secretary of the ACLU of DC at AU and the Inclusion Director of the School of Public Affairs Leadership Program. As a S.T.O.P. Advocacy Intern, she is excited to learn more about community organizing and the effects that mass surveillance can have on marginalized communities.
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Corinne Worthington
Research Manager
Corinne recently graduated from Columbia University with a master’s degree in Human Rights Studies with a focus on the policy, practices, and deployment of surveillance technology as mechanisms for discriminatory social control. Her master’s thesis investigated how the NYPD’s surveillance system targets Black communities under the guise of terrorism prevention. Previously, Corinne held positions in the Curatorial Department and Director’s Office of the Whitney Museum of American Art. She received her B.A. in Global Liberal Studies and Art History from New York University in 2019.
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Elizabeth Neoman
Legal Intern
Elizabeth is a 3L at NYU Law with a background in writing and communications. This past summer, Elizabeth interned at Palestine Legal, working to support the civil and political rights of pro-Palestine advocates. She has also worked as a student advocate with NYU's Immigrant Rights Clinic, where she did case and campaign work targeting the expansive crimmigration system. Previously, she interned at Reprieve UK, where she assisted with death penalty cases and death penalty abolition campaigns in the MENA region. During her 1L year, she was a research assistant for the Digital Welfare State and Human Rights Project, investigating the impacts of digitized welfare programs on civil, social, and political rights.
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Eman Naga
Legal Intern
Eman is a 2L at Michigan Law interested in the intersection of technology law, the first amendment, and protester rights.
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Emma Harman
Legal Intern
Emma is a third-year evening division student at Fordham Law School, with a Master's Degree from the University of Oxford and a BA from Cornell University. She is interested in investigating the intersection of law and technology and in advocating for appropriate guardrails to curb unjust surveillance and data tracking. She is also keen to research how transformational tech can shape the legal landscape and the business of law.
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Gabe Quagliata
Development and Communications AmeriCorps Fellow
Gabe recently graduated from Rutgers University, New Brunswick with a degree in Computer Science. He is eager to help protect the rights of Americans with S.T.O.P.
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Georgette George
Advocacy Intern
GeGe is a senior at Towson University studying Law and American Civilization with a minor in business law. She is interested in advocacy, especially within marginalized communities. With her extensive engagement in the Baltimore area, GeGe has advocated for the end of child marriage, social issues pertaining to the LGBTQAI community, and has worked with the NAACP to shine a light on issues that plague Baltimore. Interning at S.T.O.P will provide her with insight into how technology plays a role in the community around her.
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Jennifer Park
Legal Intern
Jennifer is currently a 2L at Columbia Law School. She completed her B.A. in Science, Technology, and Society at Stanford University in 2021. In association with the Stanford Social Media Lab, Jennifer has produced research on the social media experience of Black users, as well as the barriers to use of AI-Mediated Communication.
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Lianna Meehan
Legal Intern
Lianna is thrilled to be working as a Fall 2023 Legal Intern for S.T.O.P. She is a 2L at St. John's University School of Law and is interested in cybersecurity and data privacy law. Lianna is a member of the St. John's Moot Court Honor Society and the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review.
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Lisa Berglund, PHD
Visiting Scholar
Lisa Berglund is an associate professor of urban planning at Dalhousie University and is a visiting scholar at STOP. Her research focuses on the intersection between police and private sector surveillance and gentrification. At STOP, she is researching the ways that actors involved in development and reinvestment—like business improvement districts, investors, and developers that privately own and manage publicly accessible spaces—have a stake in surveilling the public and have leveraged surveillance technologies to convey social control and police disorder in gentrifying neighborhoods. This research will help to better understand the landscape of surveillance that takes place at the hands of development professionals and how these strategies may promote uneven patterns of risk and profiling for groups vulnerable to surveillance abuse. Lisa holds a bachelor of architecture from the University of Michigan and a master of urban design from the Royal Institute of Technology. She also holds a PhD in urban planning from UCLA.
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Sophie Conrad
Civil Rights Intern
Sophie is a junior at Barnard College of Columbia University studying Political Science and Art History on the pre-law track. She has previously worked with local politics on Long Island and in New York City government, and has experience working in legal recruitment at Columbia Law School. In her free time, Sophie is passionate about student journalism, and works as a Junior Publisher for the Columbia campus publication Bwog. She is eager to gain hands-on experience with legal nonprofit work, and to learn more about discriminatory surveillance prevention in New York City.
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Tanisha Narine
Research Intern
Tanisha is a sophomore studying political science at Yale University. On campus, she serves as a head advising fellow for the 2025 cohort of Matriculate, which is an organization that helps high-achieving, low-income high schoolers with their college applications. Tanisha is also an associate editor for the Yale Politic, Yale University's undergraduate political journal. In addition, she is working with a non-profit organization in Connecticut named Women Against Mass Incarceration to develop justice-oriented applications, including one that identifies potential instances of forced labor. Tanisha is looking forward to launching a future career as a technology lawyer where she can explore the intersection between law and technology while protecting and uplifting the rights of those from historically marginalized communities. She is looking forward to the new knowledge she will learn during her internship with STOP and is excited to take steps toward making her dream a reality.
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Thomas Robert Kennedy
Research Intern
Thomas is a junior at Columbia University's School of General Studies studying Sociology and Computer Science. His research interests lie at the intersections of technology, power, human rights, and governance. He volunteers his data engineering and data analysis skills as a member of Amnesty International's Ban the Scan New York Task Force.
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Tova Marshall
Nonprofit Development Intern
Tova is a senior at Lehigh University, majoring in Global Studies. Her interests vary from traveling, reading manga, and learning about different cultures. As a global studies major, she strives to inform people about the importance of being a global citizen. She runs the Horror club on her campus and is involved in the Indian fusion dance club and Belly Dance.
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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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