Luke Elliott-Negri
CUNY Graduate Center
United States

Luke Elliott-Negri is a doctoral candidate at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is author of several articles about low wage work, industrial unionism, and social movement tactics. His dissertation research analyzes the prospects of a contemporary left-wing political party (the Working Families Party) against the backdrop of the literature on American exceptionalism with respect to party formation.

Isaac Jabola-Carolus
CUNY Graduate Center

Isaac Jabola-Carolus is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

James Jasper
Independent Researcher
United States

James Jasper writes about culture and politics. He recently retired from the CUNY Graduate Center.

Jessica Mahlbacher
CUNY Graduate Center
United States

Jessica Mahlbacher holds a Ph.D from the Graduate Center, City University of New York in Political Science and a Masters of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge. She was a Boren Fellow and is now working at the United States' Department of State. Her research interests include state-society relations in authoritarian regimes, mass mobilization, and center-periphery relations.

Manès Weisskircher
University of Oslo
Norway

Manès Weisskircher is a political scientist at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography and the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), University of Oslo. In 2019, he defended his PhD thesis at the European University Institute. His research interests are social movements, political parties, democracy, and the far right. He has published in journals such as European Journal of Political Research, Political Studies, Government and Opposition, Social Movement Studies, The Political Quarterly, and Sociological Perspectives.

Anna Zhelnina
University of Helsinki
Finland

Anna Zhelnina is a postdoctoral fellow at the Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (Urbaria) and the Faculty of Social Sciences. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the City University of New York. Her research interests include urban civic participation and challenges of engaging neighbors in diverse neighborhoods.