Author Bios

Robert F. Sommer is the author of Losing Francis: Essays on the Wars at Home (Fomite Press, 2018).

Chris Gottlieb teaches at New York University's School of Law Family Defense Clinic.

Arnold R. Isaacs, a journalist based in Maryland, has written widely on refugee and immigration issues. He is the author of From Troubled Lands: Listening to Pakistani and Afghan Americans …

Stephanie Hydal is an independent producer of audio documentaries that often draw on her roots in poverty and disability. She has a Masters in cultural anthropology and works at a …

Dr. George D. Pappas is a lawyer and author of The Literary and Legal Genealogy of Native American Dispossession: The Marshall Trilogy Cases 1823-1832 (Routledge, 2017).

Rebecca Wood is a stay-at-home mom and advocate living in Virginia.

Valarie Blake is an associate professor of health law at West Virginia University.

Michelle Truong is a program assistant at the International Women's Health Coalition and works on the Learning, Monitoring, and Evaluation team to bolster evidence-based advocacy and programming.

Susan Wood is a contributor at openDemocracy.

David B. Feldman is a Ph.D. student in Sociology at the University of California Santa Barbara. Email him: [email protected].