Author Bios

Judith McDaniel is a professor at the University of Arizona where she teaches Women and the Law and Law and Social Change in the School of Government and Public …

Paloma Beamer is an associate professor of environmental health sciences and chemical and environmental engineering at the University of Arizona. She is a Tucson Public Voices Fellow with The …

Karletta Chief is an assistant professor of soil, water and environmental science at the University of Arizona. She is a member of the Navajo Nation and a co-principal investigator …

Nathan Borrero is a third-year physiology student at the University of Arizona, whose research focuses on exposure to e-cigarette flavorings. He is a participant in the NIH-funded Environmental Health …

Benjamin Rivera is a junior majoring in physiology at the University of Arizona, whose lab research focuses on mine reclamation and establishment of biogeochemical indicators. He is a participant …

Patrick McGinley is a professor of law at West Virginia University. McGinley served as counsel or co-counsel in cases challenging the alternative bonding systems in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. …

Kate Boccia is the founder and CEO of the National Incarceration Association.

H Kapp-Klote is the digital and communications director for GetEQUAL, a national LGBTQ grassroots network. They are a writer, organizer and general media nerd from Kansas, and have written …

Chelsea Skojec is a natural resources conservation student based in Gainesville, Florida. Her writing has appeared in the New York Observer, The Huffington Post and LiveScience. Follow her on …

Sally Neas wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Sally is a freelance writer and community educator based in Santa Cruz, California. She has a background in permaculture, sustainable agriculture, and community …