Author Bios

Rayna Rapp is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at NYU and affiliate of the Center for Disability Studies. She has written or edited four award-winning books and published widely on …

Faye Ginsburg is David Kriser Professor of Anthropology, and co-founder with Mara Mills of NYU’s Center for Disability Studies; she directs the NYU Center for Media, Culture, and History. …

Harris Kornstein is assistant professor of Public and Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona. As an interdisciplinary scholar and artist, their work focuses on digital culture, drag, surveillance, …

Mara Mills is associate professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University and co-founding director of the NYU Center for Disability Studies. She is also a founding …

Tia Fields serves as the policy and advocacy associate at the Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants, and as the political action chair for both the NAACP Louisiana State …

An Italian multimedia journalist, Andrea Umbrello tells frontline stories through articles published in international outlets, podcasts, and photojournalism. Balancing rigor and empathy, they've spent years documenting Palestinian issues, human …

Ella Ward is a 22-year-old from Birmingham, central England, who is facing up to 10 years in prison for planning to engage in nonviolent climate activism.

Mai Der Vang is the author of Primordial (Graywolf Press, 2025), Yellow Rain (Graywolf Press, 2021), and Afterland (Graywolf Press, 2017). Her honors include the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets, an …

liz margolies, LCSW, is a psychotherapist, practicing in New York City. Since her son’s arrest, she has also become an advocate for other mothers. She leads two online support …

Sarah Trent is a freelance journalist who covers people and ecosystems affected by climate change and environmental degradation, especially in California and the Pacific Northwest. She lives in Vancouver, …