Author Bios

Ruby Mendenhall, Ph.D., is an assistant dean at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine and a fellow at the University of Illinois Public Voices Fellowship.

Dr. Robert Cranston is a clinical professor at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.

Catherine Stauffer is a medical student at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.

Bryant Furlow is a reporter for New Mexico In Depth.

Carly is a political and social justice reporter based in the Bay Area. She’s covered the intersection of policy and human dignity in Chicago, Puerto Rico, Palestine and Argentina.

Kumar Rao is an attorney and director of the Justice Transformation Program at the Center for Popular Democracy.

Amanda H. Schmidt is Associate Professor of Geology, Oberlin College and Conservatory.

Paul Bierman is Professor of Geology and Natural Resources and Fellow of the Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont.

Max Felker-Kantor is assistant professor of history and African American studies at Ball State University. He is the author of Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of …

Sarah Johnson is the director of Local Progress (@LocalProgress).