
Julie Kafka ’12 (“The Miracle of Zucchini,”), from Newton, Mass., is a global studies major with minors in environmental studies and geology. Interested in women’s rights, sustainable food, and environmental geology, Kafka is also a captain of Ultimate Frisbee.

Kirsten Weir (“Boots On the Ground,”) is a freelance writer based in Minneapolis. She has a master’s in journalism from NYU and writes about science, health, and the environment for magazines such as Discover, New Scientist, and Psychology Today.

David McKay Wilson ’76 (“Ink In His Veins,") is a New York-based journalist who writes regularly for magazines at colleges around the country, including Colby, Dartmouth, Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, and others.