Author Bios

Alex Hollingsworth joined SPEA as an assistant professor in 2015. He completed his Ph.D. and master’s in economics at the University of Arizona. At the undergraduate level, Hollingsworth studied …

Dr. Zirogiannis is an environmental economist with a focus on energy policy research and applied econometrics. His energy policy work ranges from applications in the electricity sector (co-pollutant benefits …

Melinda St. Louis is International Campaigns Director with Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, where she works with international allies to roll-back WTO financial deregulation and to stop expansion of harmful …

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.