Professor of English

After a state of emergency was declared in St. Louis County following unrest in Ferguson, we FEATURE Koritha Mitchell, an Ohio State University professor and expert on racial violence in America. Mitchell wrote "Living with Lynching: African American Plays, Performance and Citizenship, 1890-1930," and she examines how texts help targeted communities survive and thrive. Her media experience includes WBNS-10TV, PBS, and ColorLines.com.

Product Manager - Augmented Reality

Google announced the creation of its new parent company, Alphabet. To discuss this new venture, we FEATURE Cecilia Abadie, director of APX Labs. With over 20 years on the crest of emerging technologies, Abadie has extensive experience on database websites and gaming communities. She is a Google Glass Pioneer and Google Glass Explorer, Speaker and Developer and was recently selected by Google as one of the first ten "Glass Community Leaders". Her media experience includes CNN, The Daily Show, CNET, Huffington Post, The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Senior Director

To comment on Japan reopening its first nuclear power plant since Fukushima, we FEATURE Yuki Tatsumi, senior associate at The Henry L. Stimson Center. Tatsumi has 15 years of experience as an analyst of the issues in the US-Japan alliance, Japan's security policy and Japanese domestic politics. She has authored, co-authored and edited several books on the US-Japan alliance and Japan's security policy including “The New Nuclear Agenda: Prospects for US-Japan Cooperation.” Her media experience includes the New York Times, PBS Newshour, Al Jazeera, The Japan Times, the Hill and CNN.

Senior Manager

Following the EPA spill where millions of gallons of wastewater from the Gold King Mine spilled into the Animas River in Colorado, we FEATURE Jane Carter Ingram, director of the Ecosystem Services Program at the Wildlife Conversation Society. Carter Ingram works with WCS staff and partners around the world to identify and develop innovative approaches such as Payments for Ecosystem Services that stimulate the sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems. Her media experience includes several published works through Springer Science and Business Media, Environmental Science and Policy and more.