Dr. Kate Harrell is an archaeologist working in international cultural heritage protection. She has extensive professional experience working in mission focused organizations, including academic, non-profit, and U.S. government enterprises. Kate is currently an investigator with the Conflict Observatory, a non-profit consortium funded by the U.S. Department of State, which seeks to research and document Russian-perpetrated war crimes in Ukraine. She holds the position of Senior Research Associate at the Virginia Museum of Natural History and is the Director of Education at the Cultural Heritage Monitoring Lab. After serving seven years of active duty service as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Navy, Kate is also a minority veteran. She currently serves in the U.S. Navy Reserves.
She can be reached at katherinemharrell@googlemail.com.