Khury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at IPS. He researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Khury graduated from the Clark University Graduate School of Geography in Massachusetts, after completing a dissertation that focused on...
Heidi Peltier is Director of “20 Years of War,” a Costs of War initiative based at Boston University’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.
Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, New Brunswick in the Department of Africana Studies and the Program in Criminal Justice. Noura is a Co-Editor of Jadaliyya, an electronic magazine on the Middle East that...
Actor and activist Danny Glover has been invested in transformational movements since his college years, where he helped organize a five-month long student strike at San Francisco State University that led to the creation of the first School of Ethnic Studies in the...
Tope Folarin is the director of the Institute for Policy Studies. He’s been with IPS since 2010, first as a Newman Fellow and later as Board Chair. He’s a winner of the Whiting Award for his debut novel, A Particular Kind of Black Man, and the Caine Prize...
James Early is the former Director of Cultural Studies and Communication at the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Since 1984, Mr. Early has served in various positions at the Smithsonian Institution,...
John Cavanagh was Director of the Institute for Policy Studies from 1999-2021, and is now a Senior Advisor at IPS. He directed IPS’ Global Economy Program from 1983-1997. Cavanagh is the co-author of 12 books and numerous articles on a wide range of social and...
Robert L. Borosage is the President of the Institute for America’s Future and co-director of its sister organization, the Campaign for America’s Future. He also is a board member at the Institute for Policy Studies.
