Author Bios

Mumia Abu-Jamal  is an award-winning journalist and author of best-selling books on prison, Black liberation and social justice. In 1981, he was elected president of the Philadelphia chapter of …

Jamil Khader, Ph.D., is dean of research and professor of English at Bethlehem University.

Matthew Friedman is the Economics Fellow in the Brennan Center's Justice Program. He brings a quantitatively rigorous approach to the study of issues related to mass incarceration. He has …

As Migrant Clinicians Network’s Staff Writer and Editor, Claire Hutkins Seda researches and writes for MCN’s numerous communications. Since joining MCN in 2014, Ms. Seda has been providing MCN’s …

Steve Hendricks has written on health issues for Harper's and Outside. He is the author, most recently, of A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial. His website is …

Lily Zheng is an educator, writer, and activist currently pursuing a degree in Psychology at Stanford University. She writes about the intersections of sex, identity, gender, queerness and activism. Contact her …

Nicole L Freiner is an associate professor of political science at Bryant University. 

Reina Gattuso is passionate about empowering conversations around queerness, sexual ethics and institutional equity with equal parts rhapsody and snark. Her writing has appeared in the Harvard Crimson, the …

Michael Sainato's writing has appeared in the Guardian, The Miami Herald, The Baltimore Sun, The Huffington Post, LiveScience, Buffalo News, The Plain Dealer, The Hill, Gainesville Sun, Tallahassee Democrat, …