Author Bios

Ayo A. Coly is an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and African Studies at Dartmouth College. Her research focuses on gender and sexuality in Africa. She is an OpEd …

Rafia Zakaria is a lawyer and columnist for Al Jazeera America and Dawn, Pakistan's largest English-language newspaper. She is also the author of The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History …

Marianne Salcetti is chair of the Conservation Commission in Troy, New Hampshire, and a journalism professor at Keene State College.  

Jasmine Aguilera is a multimedia and enterprise reporter from El Paso, Texas. She often reports about minority and LGBT communities, including issues with immigration, poverty and racism.

Olivia Alperstein is an OtherWords Next Leader intern at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Anna Bergren Miller is a freelance writer specializing in the built environment. Her interests include contemporary design practice, digital design and fabrication, the histories of architecture and urban planning …

Jennifer Goldstein is a legal intern at the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

Lawrence Repeta is a professor of law at Meiji University in Japan, an Asia-Pacific Journal contributing editor, and a director of Information Access Japan Clearinghouse. He is author of …

Kevin Munoz is a Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs.

Barbara Sard rejoined the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities as Vice President for Housing Policy in 2011 after 18 months as Senior Advisor on Rental Assistance to HUD Secretary Shaun …