Author Bios

Cynthia Peters is a freelance writer, activist, and editor of The Change Agent, a social justice magazine for adult learners and adult educators. She writes about a wide range …

Caitlyn OFlaherty is a graduate student at American University, studying ethics, peace and global affairs. Her interests include human rights, narrative creation and the role of the media in …

Suzanne Dovi, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona and a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.  She …

Nathalie Margi is a Senior Program Officer at Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights (UAF), which provides rapid and flexible grants to women and trans human rights defenders …

Tekendra Parmar is based in New York City. He has previously written for The Nation, the Center for the Study of the Drone, and Georgian weekly Caucasus Business Week.

Chad Hanson, the director of the John Muir Project (JMP) of Earth Island Institute, has a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of California at Davis, and focuses his research on …

Ilina Talwar is a third year student at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts where she is pursuing a dual major in International Affairs and Economics. Although born and raised …

Shawna Foster is an Iraq War veteran and peace activist. 

Kumar Sundaram is senior researcher with the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP), India, and can be contacted at [email protected].

Michael Perino is an independent researcher and political writer. He manages a blog on current events and political economy.