Darren Byler
Darren Byler is an American anthropologist and author. He is assistant professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University. Byler specializes in the Uyghurs in China and has written about the ongoing oppression of the ethnic group in China, such as through the Xinjiang internment camps. Byler has a BA in History & Visual Journalism from Kent State University, an MA in East Asian Studies from Columbia University, and a PhD in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from the University of Washington. Prior to joining Simon Fraser University, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Colorado. Byler has worked as  an advisor with faculty members and researchers af the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University to build the Xinjiang Documentation Project, a project that documents the ongoing Uyghur genocide. His research has been supported by Columbia University's Global Reports series and a Luce Foundation and American Council of Learned Societies Early Career Fellowship.