Author Bios

Alan Singer is a historian and teacher-educator at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. He is the author or coauthor of nine books, most recently Class-Conscious Coal Miners: The Emergence …

Gina Feliz is a Program Associate in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center, where she focuses on voting rights and redistricting. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Gina …

Elizabeth Rubio is an assistant professor of gender and sexuality studies at the University of California, Riverside who writes extensively about undocumented Asian American activism. She is a board member of …

Julie Bogen is an audience engagement editor at The 19th.

Eliza Sweren-Becker serves as senior counsel in the Voting Rights & Elections Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. She litigates voting rights cases, counsels lawmakers and administrators on …

Lisa Ko is the author of the novel Memory Piece and the nationally best-selling novel The Leavers, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. Her writing has appeared in Best …

Juana Vera Delgado is a Peruvian researcher and activist, presently working as senior adviser on gender and environmental justice at the Global Forest Coalition. She has over 30 years …

Chithira Vijayakumar is a writer and researcher who works at the intersection of environmental justice, gender and technology. They are currently the communications coordinator of the Global Forest Coalition.

Emma is the domestic outreach and research assistant at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Kayla Guo is an Austin-based general assignment reporter. She previously covered the U.S. Congress for The New York Times as a reporting fellow based in Washington, D.C. Kayla has also …