has been awarded fellowships from CantoMundo, VONA, Macondo, VCCA, and Furious Flower Poetry Center. Her poetry has appeared in nationally and internationally recognized literary journals including Crazyhorse, The Missouri Review,

reports on rural affairs and leads race and equity coverage for Stateline. Previously, Aallyah worked for Mississippi Today, a digital nonprofit newsroom covering K-12 education and government in the Mississippi

is a 1.5-generation Korean-American from Atlanta, Georgia. She earned a M.A. in Anthropology and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Sociology at Georgia State University, where her research focuses on social

has a PhD is in Medical Sociology, and his research examines LGBTQ+ health, specifically the health of lesbians and transgender people. His dissertation focused on the experience of stress and

is a licensed pharmacist-turned-full-time freelance medical writer. During the COVID-19 lockdown, she can be found breaking into a scorpion pose on her yoga mat or watching spring bloom from the

is the Executive Director of Urban Rural Action, a 501c3 that brings Americans together across geographic, political, racial, and other divides to build relationships, strengthen collaboration skills, explore different perspectives

is a postdoctoral researcher at the Division of Plant and Soil Sciences at West Virginia University working on fungal biology and biotechnology. He has contributed to the advancement of transgenic

is an associate Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies at Arizona State University.

is an associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies, and Asian Pacific American Studies at Arizona State University.

is an essayist, novelist, researcher, and professor of journalism at Seattle University. She is the author of the novel “Foreign” and numerous op-eds and essays. She grew up in Mumbai

is a Brooklyn, New York-based reporter who writes about real estate, architecture, urbanism and design. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, Curbed and other

is a first-generation immigrant working mom and serves as Executive Director of NAPAWF, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum. She came to NAPAWF as their National Field Director to

is a Los Angeles correspondent for Kaiser Health News, where she covers the business of health care and health care policy. She was born in Manila, Philippines, and grew up

has published and presented extensively about international Deaf Studies topics. She is a former board member of the organization Deaf History International. She has won numerous awards including: Gallaudet Honorary

is a freelance journalist in Minneapolis whose stories have appeared in National Geographic, Outside, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Nature, NPR, and many other publications. Read more of

is the founder and radical executive officer of the Body Is Not an Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment. Her work has been

is a journalist and photographer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He writes mostly about progressive causes, with a special interest in social movements and human rights in Europe and Asia. His

is a reporter for the Missoulian and the author of “The Grizzly in the Driveway: The Return of Bears to a Crowded American West,” (University of Washington Press, 2021). A

is a 2019 – 2021 Joyce Bock Fellow at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan and current graduate student at U-M School of Information, University of

is a journalist based in Portland, Oregon. Her work covering health and the environment has appeared in The New York Times, Slate and Bay Nature Magazine. Find more of her

is a mother and visual artist currently living in Paris. Born in the heart of Midwest America, the family business of a newspaper solidified a longtime love of writing and

is the director of the African American Studies Program and an assistant professor of political science at the University of Detroit Mercy. He is the author of numerous books, including,

is assistant professor of finance at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He studies related issues in labor, household finance, and entrepreneurship.

is assistant professor of finance at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and a faculty associate at the Center for Research on Race & Ethnicity in Society.

(they/she) is a sociologist, award-winning educator and globally recognized advocate for gender creative parenting. Kyl is the author of Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting and lives with