Elizabeth Stites directs the Feinstein International Center’s Research Program on Conflict and Livelihoods, focused on the effects of conflict and violence on civilian livelihoods. She is particularly interested in how different members within a household make changes to their livelihoods in times of conflict or crisis, and also how violence...

Hall grew up in the foothills of the North Cascades in Washington before venturing east for college. She graduated from Dartmouth with a degree in environmental studies and then moved to France where she spent two years teaching English at a public university. While living in Europe she started working...

Emell Derra Adolphus is a Detroit and New York-based writer and a 2021 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow. He is currently working on a collection of LGBTQ short stories titled, Family Matters.

Eric Thomas teaches visual journalism and photojournalism at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He is the former director of the Jayhawk Media Workshop and former executive director of the Kansas Scholastic Press Association, a nonprofit that supports student...

Eric Umansky is an editor-at-large at ProPublica, where he has overseen two Pulitzer Prize-winning projects. Most recently, a series he edited on NYPD abuse of “nuisance abatement” laws won the Pulitzer Gold Medal for Public Service. Umansky oversaw much of ProPublica's Trump administration coverage, including the “Trump, Inc.” podcast with...

Erick Díaz Veliz is a photographer from Lansing, Michigan, and a journalism student at Lansing Community College. He has documented cultural expressions in Andean communities and covered social events and issues in Peru and Michigan as a freelance photographer. Erick was born in Lima, Peru, and began living in Lansing...

Fernanda Wenzel is an investigative reporter based in Porto Alegre, Brazil. A former Pulitzer Center fellow, she has investigated issues like land grabbing in the Amazon, beef and the gold supply chains and violations of Indigenous and Quilombolas rights. Wenzel’s stories have been published by Brazilian and international outlets like...

Frank Jossi is an independent journalist and consultant based in St. Paul and a longtime contributor to Midwest Energy News. His articles have appeared in more than 50 publications, including Minnesota Monthly, Wired and the Los Angeles Times. Frank has been a Fulbright journalism teacher in Pakistan and Albania, and...

Frankie Huang is a writer, editor, illustrator and brand strategist. At The Emancipator, she develops pitches, works with contributors both seasoned and new, provides art direction and maintains the team Slack emoji collection. Her past work has covered contemporary Chinese society, the politics of food, and the intersection of race,...

Dr. Garret J. Martin is a Senior Professorial Lecturer, and the Co-Director of the Transatlantic Policy Center, in the School of International Service of American University. He has written widely on transatlantic relations and Europe, both in the field of history and contemporary affairs, and focuses in particular on security,...