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Elizabeth Svoboda writes on topics from creationist biology classes in Galápagos schools to the connections between suffering and selflessness. She is the author of What Makes a Hero? (2013) and, for...

Simón(e) D. Sun is a postdoctoral research fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna Gray Fellow, and a senior fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender...

Nitashia Johnson is a multimedia artist and educator hailing from Dallas, Texas. An alumna of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Texas Woman's University, and the...

Neil Shea's work appears in National Geographic, the Virginia Quarterly Review, and The American Scholar, among other publications. Over nearly 20 years he has covered conflict, cultural change, and...

Dr. Dina Siddiqi is a clinical associate professor at New York University. Her research focuses on the study of Bangladesh, development studies, transnational feminist theory, and the anthropology of...

Dr. Sudipta Roy is a senior researcher at the World Faiths Development Dialogue and a research fellow at the Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. He is a...

Clara Germani manages projects and coaches writing at The Christian Science Monitor. She has had bureau assignments with the Monitor in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and South America. She was also...

Melanie Stetson Freeman has been a staff photographer with The Christian Science Monitor since 1985. While covering news and feature assignments, she has visited every continent and more than 80...

Alfredo Sosa is The Christian Science Monitor’s photography director. Born in Venezuela, he moved to California in the 1980s where he earned a BFA in photography. Subsequently, he received an MFA at...

Lee Rood has been the Reader’s Watchdog at the Des Moines Register since 2012. A longtime investigative reporter and editor, she created a unique column to help readers find answers and accountability...

Nathaniel Brown is an filmmaker and photographer making work about place, belonging and community. Born in Australia and raised in the United States, he is a Fulbright scholar, fluent in Chinese, and...

Tyler G Hall is a writer, director, and producer based in Brooklyn and East Africa. He was a senior field producer and segment director at Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, where he received an Emmy...