Author Bios

Lecturer Jessica H. Whiteside was awarded her PhD from Columbia University Earth & Environmental Sciences in 2006. She was Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences at Brown University before joining …

Melanie Diaz is a research associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs.

Mark Lilla is currently a fellow of the Paris Institut d'Études Avancées and the author of The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West.

Nikolaos Karagiannis is professor of economics at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina; invited visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge, England; and the co-editor of the journal American Review …

Richard Kreitner edits The Nation's archives blog, 'Back Issues.' 

Carrie Weisman is an AlterNet staff writer who focuses on sex, relationships and culture.

Adam Johnson is a contributor to the Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting's (FAIR) blog.

Valentina Ieri is a journalist for Inter Press Service, United Nations. Follow her on Twitter: @Valeieri

Rochelle Lefkowitz, founder of Pro-Media Communications, a bicoastal social issue communications firm, is a member of the Women Donor's Network Earth Circle and of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).