Author Bios

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 …

Dr. Ksenia Chmutina is a lecturer in sustainable and resilient urbanism at the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering at Loughborough University. Her research explores whether cities can …

Lance Williams is a senior reporter for Reveal, focusing on money and politics. He has twice won journalism's George Polk Award -- for medical reporting while at The Center …

Erica Woodland, is the founder of the National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network, and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has done community-based work for more than …

Nate Berg is a writer who covers cities, science and design. He's a former staff writer at The Atlantic Cities and his work has appeared in publications such as The New York …

Ernest Ezeugo is a program assistant for the education policy program at New America, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, DC.

Phil Galewitz, a Kaiser Health News senior correspondent, covers Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care, hospitals and various state health issues. He has covered the health beat for more than two …

Jake Johnson is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @johnsonjakep. 

Kristin Miller is a senior producer for Billmoyers.com. She has worked on Now with Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers on Faith & Reason, Moyers on America and Bill Moyers Journal. She's also been a producer for …