Author Bios

Jane Lazarre is a prize-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction. Her most recent novel is Inheritance. Other novels include Some Place Quite Unknown, The Powers of Charlotte, and Worlds …

Rajanie (Preity) Kumar is a Ph.D student in the Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies program at York University. She was born in Guyana and moved to Toronto when she …

Dani McClain is an Oakland-based journalist covering reproductive rights and sexuality. She reported on education while on staff at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and her writing has appeared in outlets …

Cheryl Dorsey is a retired LAPD sergeant, speaker, and much sought after police expert on important issues making national headlines; as such she has appeared as a guest expert …

Sharmila Rudrappa, a Public Voices fellow, is chairwoman of the Asia/Asian America Section of the American Sociological Association, and an associate professor in the sociology department at the University …

Nicki Lisa Cole, Ph.D. is a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society in Graz, Austria. A sociologist with expertise in global capitalism …

Lillian Osborne is an undergraduate student at Loyola University Chicago and an In These Times editorial intern. She is also a contributor to the Loyola Phoenix.

Anna Childs is the Deputy Director (Academic) for International Development at The Open University.