Tamy Guberek

Tamy Guberek is a historical analyst and researcher whose work connects historical interpretation, human-rights data, and archival research. The official Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) profile describes her as a historical analyst and consultant; from 2004 to 2010 she served as HRDAG’s Latin America Coordinator, supporting human-rights data projects in Colombia and Guatemala and collaborating on the Historical Archive of the Guatemalan National Police. She also worked at Human Rights First in New York and co-led a 1999–2000 NGO survey in Bosnia and Herzegovina on local perceptions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. S01 S02

Her University of Michigan School of Information dissertation, Data Dilemmas: The Science and Politics of Communicating Uncertainty in Human Rights Information (2019), examines how communicating uncertainty to decision-makers shapes human-rights decisions. Her work also addresses archival silences, digitizing records of state repression, and technology risks and privacy among undocumented immigrants. Representative publications include On or Off the Record?, Keeping a Low Profile?, and ‘Irreversible’.

• Date not given on current profile | Human Rights Data Analysis Group | Historical analyst and consultant
  • Bridges historical interpretation and human-rights data analysis, with attention to local context and data sources.
• 2004–2010·Human Rights Data Analysis Group·Latin America Coordinator
  • Supported Colombian NGOs with human-rights information systems and data-analysis projects, including analyses of violent deaths, forced disappearances, union-related violence, and conflict-related sexual violence.
  • Worked on statistical sampling and analysis of Guatemala’s Historical Archive of the National Police to support truth-seeking and justice work.
• After graduation (dates and title not verified) | Human Rights First (New York) | Not specified

• 2017 | On or Off the Record? Detecting Patterns of Silence about Death in Guatemala's National Police Archive | With Margaret Hedstrom; examines how police records produced silences about deaths through terminology and record-making practices.
• 2018 | Keeping a Low Profile? Technology, Risk and Privacy among Undocumented Immigrants | CHI 2018 Best Paper; studies technology use, surveillance risks, and privacy strategies among undocumented immigrants.
• 2019 | ‘Irreversible’: The Role of Digitization to Repurpose State Records of Repression | Examines how digitizing Guatemala’s Historical Archive of the National Police can serve victims, truth-seeking, and justice.
• 2018–2019 | Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship | Listed by the University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School among the Information awardees.

• 2019·University of Michigan School of Information·PhD (Information)
  • Dissertation: Data Dilemmas: The Science and Politics of Communicating Uncertainty in Human Rights Information.
• Not specified | Columbia University | MA in World History
• Not specified | London School of Economics | MSc in International History
• Not specified | Tufts University | BA in International Relations and Peace & Justice Studies

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