Author Bios

Sonja Michal Smith, Ta'neeszahnii from the Diné (Navajo) Nation, is a graduate student from Northern Arizona University in socio-cultural anthropology. Her research includes missing and murdered Indigenous people and …

Gwendolyn Saul is an ethnographer and cultural anthropologist interested in creative and innovative ways to implement critical Indigenous theory into museum spaces and practices. Her research and scholarship has …

Lisa Hardy is a medical anthropologist studying health, well-being, equity and COVID-19. Her past research focuses on minority health and policy in the U.S. southwest. She directs the Social …

David Forrest ([email protected]) is an assistant professor of politics at Oberlin College, where he studies political organizations, social movements and inequality in the United States.

George O’Connor is a New York Times–bestselling author and illustrator of the Olympians series as well as the graphic novels Journey into Mohawk Country and Ball Peen Hammer. His …

Daniel G. Newman is a national expert on government accountability and money in politics. He is president and co-founder of MapLight, a nonpartisan nonprofit that promotes transparency and political …

Dr. Jody Steinauer is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, the director of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco, and the …

Nikki Brueggeman is a writer based out of Southern California. A graduate of Washington State University, she writes about history, Blackness, and women.

Munira Lokhandwala is the community manager at LittleSis.org. She is based in Philadelphia.

Garrett Broshuis is a St. Louis-based attorney, former Minor League pitcher and the founding president of Advocates for Minor Leaguers.