Author Bios

Nicholas Rabb is a postdoctoral researcher at California State University, Los Angeles, studying STEM education. He holds a PhD in computer science and cognitive science from Tufts University, where …

Dr. Bedelia Nicola Richards is a race and education scholar and equity consultant with expertise in helping college professors incorporate inclusive and antiracist pedagogical strategies into their classrooms. She …

Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi is a 19-year-old writer and poet from Gaza, currently a second-year English Literature student at the Islamic University of Gaza. As an emerging literary voice, she …

Sasha Davis is an activist and professor in the Department of Environmental and Sustainability Studies at Keene State College in New Hampshire. He is author of Islands and Oceans: Reimagining …

Jess Mador is WABE’s Health Reporter. She follows public health issues, health policy and health disparities and explores their impacts on people and communities across the Atlanta area and …

Sara Awad is a Palestinian writer who evacuated from Gaza to Italy in December 2025 after being granted a scholarship from the University of Siena to pursue a bachelor’s …

Razan Bayan is a scholar-activist and a PhD student in Peace Studies and History at the University of Notre Dame. She researches the history and collective memory of state …

Sara Gabler is a writer and radio producer based in Wisconsin. Follow her on Bluesky.

Zena al-Tahhan is a freelance TV reporter and writer based in occupied Jerusalem.

Lyle C. May is an Ohio University alum, member of the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society, an incarcerated journalist, and author of the books Witness: An Insider's Narrative of …