Author Bios

Robin Chazdon is Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut.

Camille Goldmon is an intern with the Institute for Southern Studies. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in history at Emory University, where she studies the intersections of race, agriculture, …

Patty Wight is a graduate of the University of Vermont and a multiple award-winning reporter for Maine Public Radio. Her specialty is health coverage: from policy stories to patient …

Eleanor Goldfield is a creative radical, journalist and filmmaker as well as co-host with Mickey Huff of “The Project Censored Show” on Pacifica Radio, and the “Common Censored Podcast” …

Sarah Waters is a professor of French studies at the University of Leeds. Her book, Suicide Voices: Labour Trauma in France, will be published by Liverpool University Press in …

Tim Zelina is a digital co-editor The New Political and intern at Maplight. Follow him on Twitter: @tzelina98.

Abigail Luke is a contributor to Maplight and Tarbell.

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, who is Diné, is a reporter/producer for Indian Country Today in Washington, D.C. Follow her on Twitter: @jourdanbb.

Kelly Flannery is an If/When/How fellow at Positive Women's Network.

Kenia Alcocer is the co-director and organizer of Union de Vecinos, a network of neighborhood groups in Los Angeles, and a co-chair of the California Poor People’s Campaign. This …