Author Bios

Westenley Alcenat is a scholar, teacher and academic consultant. His primary focus is the African American protest tradition, political and intellectual thought in the 19th century, and the Haitian Revolution's legacy …

Francis Brodsky is a psychologist and writer based in Brooklyn. 

Dr. Tavis D. Jules is associate professor of cultural and educational policy at Loyola University Chicago, specifically focusing on comparative and international education and international higher education, editor and author of The New …

Lee Blaney is an assistant professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. 

As EPI's Director of Government Relations, Samantha Sanders ensures that policymakers and advocates gain access to EPI research and initiatives that support their efforts to improve wages and working …

Paul Shannon is program associate at the American Friends Service Committee in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a member of the national coordinating committee for the People's Budget Campaign. 

Cole A. Turner is a graduate of Swarthmore College and a young voices advocate. He currently resides in Chicago, where he works in HR technology.

Jacqueline Bediako is a writer, teacher and activist currently living in Brooklyn, New York. Her work focuses on race, politics, immigration and education. 

Nancy E. Landrum is a professor of Sustainable Business Management at Loyola University Chicago.

Nichola Torbett is the founding director of Seminary of the Street and a lay leader at First Congregational Church of Oakland.