Author Bios

Leif Fredrickson is a researcher for the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative and adjunct instructor at The University of Montana. 

Marianne Sullivan is an associate professor of public health at William Paterson University. 

Kelly Blanchard is the president of Ibis Reproductive Health, which runs the day-to-day operations of Free the Pill, a campaign to educate and engage the public in support of …

Caroline Cox is the senior scientist at the Center for Environmental Health. She has been writing about glyphosate hazards since the 1990s.

Siona Peterous is a Next Leader at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Dena Jones is the director of the Farm Animal Program for the nonprofit Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in Washington, D.C. Since 1951, AWI has sought to alleviate suffering on …

Teresa Chuc has been teaching in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 13 years and is a United Teachers of Los Angeles union member.

Jamie Lynn Goodwin is a Ph.D. candidate at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. 

Deana Rohlinger is a professor of Sociology at Florida State University.

Shelli Nicole is a Detroit-raised, Chicago-based, mermaid-fearing writer whose work on race and culture has appeared in Bustle.