Patrick J. Pierce, Head of the Burma Program, was the Transitional Justice Program Director of the Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB), based in Thailand, from 2001 to 2007. At HREIB, he initiated and managed projects on documentation of human rights violations, transitional justice trainings, and research among people affected by human rights violations in Burma. He was also the editor from 2002-2006 of "Transitional Justice in the News," a twice-monthly online news summary distributed by the ICTJ. Working in a pre-transition setting, he explores the efficacy of applying a transitional justice framework to an ongoing conflict. Pierce holds a Master's of Arts degree in Applied Anthropology from American University.