Contributors

Abraham Awolich has a Masters degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He specialized in international development management and administration, public organizational management, human resource management, and public finance in developing countries. Abraham was a winner of the World Bank Development Marketplace grant competition for $200,000 in 2007 to build a high school in Southern Sudan. He was also awarded the Samuel Huntington Public Service Award by the National Grid after his graduation in 2006.

Adriana is a community cartographer, under-utilized space modifier, and urban lifestyle researcher. She teaches a course about the suburbanization of NYC at the Parsons School of Design and is the Research Director for CAPITAL B. Her projects explore extreme modes of domesticity and the relationship between shopping, the war on terror and freedom. Currently, she is investigating new shopping mall construction in Baghdad and exploring guerilla gardening projects for fenced-off grassy areas around public housing towers in NYC. She holds a B.A.

Amrut Abhyankar is an intern at an architectural firm in NaviMumbai, India. Previously he worked with IDC (International Design Clinic), and PUKAR Parson, The New School of Design, on a project trying to understand the effects of the ubiquitous nature of space.   Amrut recently participated in the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competion and attended a photography workshop led by David D`Souza (in coordination with PUKAR). Amrut is keen on understanding theoretical, critical approaches in design. He is also interested in documentary film and loves hiking nature trails.

Anthony Lopez is a graduate student at New School University in New York City, where he is currently concentrating in Conflict and Security studies. As a journalism and media graduate of Rutgers University, he has worked in television news as well as sports and entertainment production.

Chris Haddix studied philosophy at the New School for Social Research, where he focused on phenomenlogy, political theory, and Enlightenment eroticism. He lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn,  and can usually be found on the streets, documenting the local art scene or hard at work indulging his passion for tacos.

Corinne Goldenberg has a B.A. in Women and Gender Studies with a concentration in Cultural and Ethnic Studies from Smith College and a M.A. in International Affairs from the New School, where she dually concentrated in Media and Cultural Studies and International Development. She has had the privilege of living and studying in some of the best film cities in the world—Paris, Bombay, New York. She explores the ways through which political forces interact with art and culture, particularly focusing on modes of intercultural communication, for better or for worse.

Daryn Cambridge is an experiential education and training consultant, an advisor for educational initiatives at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, and an adjunct professor at American University where he teaches Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution and Education for International Development.

Eric Anthamatten is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the New School for Social Research in New York City. His work focuses on philosophy, education, and social justice, more specifically on issues surrounding education in marginal, non-traditional, and non-academic settings: the prison, adult education, the homeless. Eric received an M.A. in Philosophy from Texas A&M University as well as a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and a minor in electronic music.

Evan Lewis is currently the Research Associate at WorldPublicOpinion.org, where he participates in the creation and analysis of international polls on issues, such as Human Rights, democracy, Climate Change, international institutions, diplomacy, and terrorism.  At the same time Evan has worked with the Program on International Policy Attitudes, which studies American attitudes on domestic and international issues, such as US involvement in Iraq, Trade, Non-proliferation, America’s role in the world, and Healthcare Policy.

Grace Kim immigrated to South Africa with her family at the age of two, and is currently studying at Universiteit Stellenbosch for her MA in English with a focus on marginalized South African narratives. She loves bubbles, likes strawberries, dislikes cigarette smoke, and hates the feeling of nausea. When she’s not going through existential crises about her writing, her drug of choice is poetry and has had some of her work published by local journals and publications. Writing reviews is a new adventure for her. 

Jika González was born and raised in Mexico City. She holds a B.A. from The New School in Liberal Arts where she created her own major combining journalism, photography and video. She currently resides in New York City where she works as a free-lance photographer.

Joe Bigley is a multi-media visual artist who has shown work in the U.S., Europe, and China. He received his M.F.A. in sculpture from Alfred University in 2008 and is currently an adjunct faculty member at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C.  

Jonathan David Amid was born in Israel and moved to South Africa at the age of four. He is currently pursuing a Masters in English Literature at Stellenbosch University.

Josh is a graduate of James Madison University where he earned a degree in International Affairs and Middle Eastern Communities. After spending his junior year studying at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, Josh moved to Tel Aviv to serve as a volunteer coordinator for Amnesty International’s Israel Section, working to promote awareness of Israel’s less-talked about humanitarian crisis: the influx of African refugees.

Karl Fotovat studies and teaches philosophy and psychoanalysis in New York. He represses literary aspirations, runs a nonprofit prevarication organization for the wealthy, helps young ladies cross the street, and wavers between sardonicism and misanthropy.

Larisa Bomlitz holds an M.P.H. from the Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University and an M.A. in International Affairs from the Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School.

Larisa has lived and worked in Kunming, China providing assistance to a local health and development organization. She has also worked with a global health N.G.O. implementing clinical mentoring programs around the globe. Currently Larisa consults to the NonProfit Organizations Knowledge Initiative and is a Project Manager at WebMD.

A native of Germany, Laura has earned her BFA in Musical Theater, a Certificate in Screen Writing, a Certificate in 16mm Film Production, an MA in Media Studies, and an MA in International Affairs. She lives in New York City.

Leigh Held is a graduate of the Boston University College of Communication. During her time in Boston she worked as a nighthawk on the Boston Globe’s sports desk and for CFO magazine. She began writing her first novel as a senior in college, and is now working on the second. Currently, she freelances her work can be also be found at www.buzzine.com. 

Lisa Guáqueta studied economics at Universidad Externado de Colombia and holds a master's degree in international affairs from The New School. Her interests include the urban dynamics of Latin America, especially the role of cities and local governments in international issues. She is both fascinated by and fearful of boarded up windows and doors, and, for some strange reason, takes many photos of abandonded industrial structures.

Malalai Joya is one of Afghanistan’s leading democracy activists. In 2005, she became the youngest person ever elected to the Afghan parliament. She was suspended in 2007 for her denunciation of warlords and their cronies in government. She has just written her memoir, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Woman Who Dared to Speak Out (Scribner, 2009). Visit her personal website here.

A native of Belgium, Marie Mainil holds a B.A. in International Relations from Drake University and a M.A. in Political Science from the New School for Social Research. While in New York, she was a Women in International Leadership Fellow at International House and a student fellow at the India China Institute. She has taught in China and done field work in India on “development projects, human displacement, and the U.N. Global Compact.” She has served as a counselor to Middle-Eastern and South Asian youth at Seeds of Peace International Camp, and as a Program Associate on U.N.

Mary K. Refling completed her Ph.D. in Italian at Columbia University and teaches as an adjunct professor at Westchester County Community College in Valhalla, New York. Recent scholarly activities include the translation of a novel on the 11th Century Duchess of Normandy, Sibilla of Altavilla, and a scholarly monograph on student and faculty activism at the medieval University of Paris.

Michael J. Jordan is a Slovakia-based foreign correspondent who has reported from two dozen countries over the past 16 years. He is a long-time correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, serving as the Monitor's correspondent in Budapest, at the United Nations, and now Bratislava. In addition to reporting, Michael has recently taught journalism courses at Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong; the University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia; and Masaryk University in Brno, the Czech Republic, and trained Romani reporters in Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania.

A born and bred Capetonian, Miné Venter enjoys nothing more than wasting time with her three canine children, Sammy, Lani, and Lilo; spending countless hours in dark and musty second-hand bookshops; and frequenting the many coffee shops in and around Cape Town. She is currently conducting research for her doctoral studies at Stellenbosch University.

Navjot Singh, a British writer and freelance journalist, is the author of: Newcomer's Handbook Country Guide: China: Including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Shenzhen (Firstbooks & InkwaterPress, U.S.A., 2008), and also China: The Business Traveller's Handbook (Stacey International, U.K., 2009).

Nicola Macnaughton graduated from Edinburgh University with a degree in Politics in 2006. She is currently volunteering with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) – an international development organization that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries.

Patrick Nolan Guyer is a statistician with the American Human Development Project at the Social Science Research Council in Brooklyn, NY. Patrick holds a BA in Political Science from McGill University and an MA in International Affairs from the New School. He has researched and written on human development and human rights in various contexts and also counts among his interests the study of languages, electoral politics throughout the Americas, and strategies for sustainable marine resource management. He also dances, quite badly, but with much gusto.