C O N TRI B U TO R S Sailendra Kharel is an independent photographer who specializes in news and documentary work and on long-term personal projects. He worked as a staff photojournalist for The Kathmandu Post, Nepal’s leading newspaper, for seven years. He currently is pursuing a postgraduate diploma in photojournalism under full scholarship at ACFJ, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, supported by World Press Photo. His work has been widely published and exhibited in Nepal and internationally in prestigious festivals of photography, and he has won several awards. He is the founder of Voice to Express, a community platform that works to promote local photographers in Nepal. www.lightstalkers.org/sailendra_kharel
Amy Wimmer Schwarb, a native of Indiana, writes about myriad topics— including politics, the environment, sports, home design, travel, education, and breaking news—from her home in St. Augustine, Florida. Formerly a writer and editor at Florida’s St. Petersburg Times and executive editor at Indianapolis Monthly, her work has been cited in the anthology Best American Sports Writing.
Rebecca J. Scott, professor of law and the Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History, is an internationally renowned scholar who teaches a Law School course on civil rights and the boundaries of citizenship in historical perspective, as well as a seminar on the law in slavery and freedom. Her articles and book chapters have been published widely, and she is the author, with Jean M. Hébrard, of the new book Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation, which is cited in the Faculty Views article beginning on page 36.
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