Author Bios

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.

Erin Banks Rusby is an intern at Earth Island Journal. A transplant from the greater Seattle area to the San Francisco peninsula, Erin works with volunteers on projects to …

Adriann Barboa is a Chicana, native New Mexican, born and raised in Albuquerque, where she is a single mother of two. She is the field director for Strong Families …

Sunil Bhatia is a professor at Connecticut College and a fellow with the Public Voices Greenhouse through The OpEd Project. He is the author of American Karma: Race, Culture, and Identity in …