Author Bios

Erika Almenara is an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests include 20th and 21st century Latin American cultural production, especially in the cases of subaltern/marginal …

Ivonne del Valle teaches colonial studies at UC Berkeley. Her research and teaching make connections between the past and the present which try to show the relevance of the …

Susana Draper is associate professor at the Department of Comparative Literature at Princeton University. She is author of Afterlives of Confinement: Spatial Transitions in Post-dictatorship Latin America (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012).

Jeffrey Lichtenstein is a longtime United Campus Workers member.

Jennifer Mercieca is an associate professor of communication and director of the Aggie Agora at Texas A&M University. 

Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Lauren Longo currently lives in Germany where she teaches English and eats a lot of pretzels. Previously, she was a digital marketing specialist at …

Kyla Sankey is a Toronto-based activist and political commentator. She conducts research on issues of Latin American development and social movements.

Samer Hjouj is a contributor to Christian Peacemaker Teams Palestine. 

Birgit Schwarz is a Senior Press Officer for Human Rights Watch based in Johannesburg.

Alex Shams is an anthropologist and journalist with a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago whose work focuses on politics and popular resistance in the Middle East. He previously …