Theresa Harris is Project Director in the Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She manages the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition, a network of scientific organizations that recognize a role for scientists and engineers in human rights. She also directs On-call Scientists, which connects volunteer scientists, engineers, and health professionals with human rights organizations that seek scientific and technical expertise. Prior to joining AAAS, she led the World Organization for Human Rights USA as its Executive Director, where she represented survivors of human rights violations before United States courts, the Inter-American human rights system and United Nations human rights mechanisms. She has served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA and is a member of the governing body of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT). She earned a BA in Anthropology from Florida State University, an MSc in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and a JD from American University Washington College of Law.