Author Bios

Ana Aranha is a contributor to Mongabay.

Eleanor Finley is an activist, author and member of the Institute for Social Ecology. She publishes on a range of topics from anti-fossil fuel extraction movements in Spain and …

Sharon Guynup is a contributor to Mongabay. 

Christine Trudeau is a journalist and citizen of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Mayetta, Kansas. Her work has appeared on NPR, National Native News and in Native Peoples …

Donna Nevel, a community psychologist and educator, is co-director, with Nina Mehta, of PARCEO, a resource and education center that has created a curriculum on antisemitism from the framework …

Rabbi Alissa Wise is a community organizer, educator, organizational consultant and ritual leader with over two decades of movement-building experience. Rabbi Wise co-founded the JVP Rabbinical Council in 2010, …

David L. Mandel is a public interest attorney and writer in Sacramento who lived in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem for 10 years. He is currently active in the National …

Timothy Bolin is pursuing a Ph.D. in education at Chapman University in Orange, California. His research explores the theory and practice of democracy, and he is currently working on long-term research project with a local community organization.

Ted Snider writes on analyzing patterns in U.S. foreign policy and history.