Amy Gordon Bono, MD, MPH is a board certified Internal Medicine Physician practicing in Mt Juliet, TN. Her degree in medicine and her Masters of Public Health is from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, and she completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL. She...

Christine Compton is a senior journalism student at the University of Montana and a feature reporter for Byline Magazine. She cut her teeth in journalism interning with the Billings Gazette and worked for UM’s student newspaper, the Montana Kaimin, as a news reporter and features editor. She quickly found beauty...

I am an Associate Professor of Political Science at Park University in Parkville, Missouri, just outside of Kansas City. My research and teaching interests include campaigns and elections, both nationally and specific to Missouri and Kansas.

Samantha Rosenthal is Associate Professor of History, Coordinator of the Public History Concentration, and Co-Coordinator of the Gender and Women’s Studies Concentration at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. She is the author of two books, most recently Living Queer History: Remembrance and Belonging in a Southern City. She is co-founder...

Sara Harmouch, a Lebanese national and doctoral candidate at American University’s School of Public Affairs, specializes in counterterrorism and violent extremism. She has firsthand experience with the impacts of terrorism and militancy through her upbringing and extensive fieldwork conducted across the Middle East and North Africa region. Harmouch consults for...

Pilar Melendez is a Senior National Reporter for The Daily Beast and holds a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Previously, Pilar has worked for MSNBC and CNN.

Victor Peskin joined the School of Politics and Global Studies as an assistant professor in spring of 2006. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of international relations, comparative politics, and human rights. His research seeks to understand the conflicts between international legal institutions and nation-states that have...

Ilisabeth Bornstein is a Lecturer in Legal Studies and Pre-Law Advisor at Bryant University. She formerly served as the Interim Director of Bryant's Center for Teaching Excellence. She received her J.D. and her M.P.P. from the University of Chicago and her B.A. from Yale University. She is also a practicing...

Edith Olmsted is an award-winning early-career editor with a Masters in journalism from the Columbia Journalism School. She was previously the social media intern at The New Republic where she also wrote political essays and breaking news.