Noam Perry, PhD, works in the Economic Activism Program since he joined the American Friends Service Committee in 2017. Noam leads the Investigate project, coordinating research on companies involved in state violence as part of the U.S. prison-industrial complex, the border and surveillance industries, and the Israeli occupation and apartheid. Before joining AFSC, Noam was teaching human rights at San José State University and researching international policies to combat human trafficking. Noam lives with his family in Berkeley, CA, and enjoys parenting, music, hiking, photography, and yoga.