Author Bios

Akshaya Jha is assistant professor of economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University. 

Juan Carlos Dávila is a Democracy Now! correspondent.

Jennifer Denetdale (Diné), a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an associate professor of American studies at the University of New Mexico. She serves as the chair of the …

Kayla Gahagan has been a writer for 16 years and worked for newspapers all over the country. She has reported for Reuters, Al Jazeera America, the Denver Post, Midwest Living, …

Gabrielle Thongs is an assistant lecturer in the geography department at the University of the West Indies: St. Augustine Campus.

Engy Abdelkader, J.D., LL.M., is a law professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

Amelia Kegan is legislative director for domestic policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). FCNL is a Quaker lobby that works to advance peace, justice, opportunity and …

Dr. Lee Bosher is a reader in disaster risk management at the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering at Loughborough University. Lee is a social scientist and has …

Dr. JC Gaillard is an associate professor at the School of Environment at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests include disaster risk reduction (DRR); participatory …

Dr. Jason von Meding is a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia and leads the disaster and development research group at the School of Architecture & Built …