Author Bios

Leonie Haimson is the founder and executive director of Class Size Matters, a nonprofit organization based in New York City that advocates nationally for smaller classes. 

Caroline Smith is a fall 2019 Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace fellow at Win Without War, where she focuses on topics of forced migration, global authoritarianism and conflict.

Ife Floyd is a senior policy analyst at Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Laura Curlin is the data director of MapLight, overseeing the organization's research and data projects. Her work includes analyzing the money behind our political system, developing tools to make …

Bergen Smith is a data analyst at Maplight. He collects evidence of support and opposition to bills making their way through Congress from corporations and also works on various …

Holly Cullen is an adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia.

Sean Sweeney is the director of the International Program on Labor, Climate & Environment at the School of Labor and Urban Studies, City University of New York. He also …

Julia Thomas is a contributor to The Indypendent.

Janna Adelstein is a research and program associate in the Democracy Program where she primarily focuses on promoting fair, diverse, and impartial courts. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, …

Lila Westreich is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Environment and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington.