Kate Harrell worked with the Conflict Observatory Ukraine in various capacities since 2022, first as a Senior Research Fellow at the Virginia Museum of Natural History and then as the CO Project Manager at the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations at the US Department of State. In her role as Director of Research for the CURIA Conflict Observatory, she directed and supported investigations into the Russian destruction of cultural property in Ukraine, Russian cultural warfare campaigns through social media, and religious persecution in occupied Ukraine. Kate holds a Ph.D. in archaeology and is pursuing a J.D. at the University of Virginia School of Law.