Alexa Koenig

Alexa Koenig, J.D., Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Human Rights Center and lecturer in residence at UC Berkeley School of Law. She is the editor, with Keramet Reiter, of “Extreme Punishment: Comparative Studies in Detention, Incarceration and Solitary Confinement,” and a contributor to “The Guantánamo Effect: Exposing the Consequences of U.S. Detention and Interrogation Practices.” A member of the Technology Advisory Board of the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, Koenig often speaks and writes about the role of emerging technologies in human rights work. She also speaks on and teaches about drones, detention, and post 9/11 policies. Her research and commentary have appeared in such diverse outlets as the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Huffington Post, and US News and World Reports.