Author Bios

Élan Young is a freelance writer in Tennessee with stories on disability, environment, politics and culture. Her work can be found in Smithsonian, HuffPost, Sojourners, and more. She tweets …

Nat Towsen is a comedian and nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in Esquire, Vice, CollegeHumor and The Onion. He is also a writer and editor at the creative …

Charles Sepulveda (Tongva and Acjachemen) is an assistant professor of ethnic studies at the University of Utah. He is the author of “Our Sacred Waters: Theorizing Kuuyam as a Decolonial Possibility” …

Daniel Rivero is a reporter and producer for WLRN, covering Latino and criminal justice issues. Before joining the team, he was an investigative reporter and producer on the television …

Caitie Switalski is a contributor at WLRN. She can be reached at [email protected] and @caitielee0917 on Twitter.

Johnnie Jae (Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw) is a writer, speaker, and founder of Red POP! News and the late A Tribe Called Geek. Known for her journalism, mental health advocacy, …

Greg is of counsel at Ascension Law in Charlotte, North Carolina. He also serves as the chancellor of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Heather Eicher-Miller is Associate Professor of Nutrition Science at Purdue University.

Matthew J. Landry is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University.

Carly Berlin is Southerly’s Gulf Coast correspondent.