Writers & Staff

This Week’s writers:

Tim Dodd is the director of the Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center at the University of Michigan. Prior to coming to Michigan in July, 2007, Tim had served as the executive director of the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University, associate dean of undergraduate studies at Case Western Reserve University, associate dean for academic advising at Gettysburg College, and director of academic resources and advisement at St. Lawrence University. Tim missed only one class in his four years as an undergraduate — a Spanish class –which, he recalls, was his only class on a particularly monsoon-swept Friday afternoon.

Steven Benson is a senior in LSA, and is the LSA Student Government President. He is actively involved in his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Mu, is a participant in Dance Marathon, and is also a campus day leader where he gives tours to admitted students. If you have any questions for Steven, please feel free to email him at sbens@umich.edu

Previous writers:

Scott Atran, Ph.D., is a visiting professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.  His comments are an adaptation of his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats & Capabilities on
March 10, 2010.

Gabriel Tourek is a senior in the Ford School of Public Policy.  He is the former managing editor of Consider.

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Hannah Frey is a sophomore in the college of engineering who currently has too much free time, hence her helping out Consider. Many of her works have been inspired by lolcatz and her sexy deep voice has the ability to lull men to sleep.

Dylan Stec is a freshman at U of M, pursuing a degree in International Relations. He hopes to, one day, lead the vast right-wing conspiracy.

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Lilly Zoller is a graduating senior in the college of LSA. She has a major in Program in the Environment with a specialization in sustainable solutions to global climate change and a minor in Peace and Social Justice.

Brian Ford is an LS&A senior with a major in Screen Arts and Culture and a minor International Studies. He cannot be trusted.

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Jae H. Chung is a graduating senior in the College of LSA. He is studying economics, political science, and entrepreneurship.

Robert Hinck is a junior in the College of LSA. He is studying political science.

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Robert L. Houbeck, Jr. (UM ‘72,’74,’75) is Director of the Frances Willson Thompson Library at the University of Michigan-Flint, and Adjunct Lecturer in Flint’s American Culture and Honors programs. He speaks regularly on bioethical issues.

Mark J. Perry (mjperry@umich.edu) is a professor of Economics at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan, and visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He writes daily on his blog Carpe Diem (mjperry.blogspot.com).

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Brad Detjen is a Senior in Chemical Engineering and an Executive Board member of Health In Action. HIA is an interdisciplinary student society that promotes sustainable development and service learning at volunteer sites in rural Guatemala and urban Detroit.

Rebecca R. Cheezum, MPH, is a doctoral candidate in the department of Health Behavior and Health Education at University of Michigan School of Public Health.  She is Co-Founder of Tet Ansanm Ak Ayiti (TAAA).

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parker cronin is a sophomore at the University of Michigan majoring in history and anthropology. He one day plans on becoming a lofty member of the academy by studying the history of history

Sara Burke is a junior at U of M majoring in psychology and English with the intention of pursuing a Ph.D. in social psychology and conducting research on intergroup relations and prejudice. She occasionally writes about political and social issues in her blog at seburke.wordpress.com.

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Lexie Tourek is a sophomore majoring in Mathematical Biology and Women’s Studies. She hopes to find a way to combine both of her interests as a feminist mathematician, a mathematical feminist, or something in between.

Rachel Yung is a senior majoring in Cultural Anthropology and minoring in LGBTQS Studies and Asian/Pacific American Studies. Born and raised in Ann Arbor, she’s a queer vegan liberal feminist secular humanist; she’s an artist, a museum docent, and an activist.

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Katelin Davis is a University of Michigan junior in the Program in The Environment. Her passions include plants, animals, people and the energy that exist among them. She also likes small and medium brown paper bags.

Avni Mehta is a University of Michigan senior majoring in sustainable development systems and policy.  She is a writer and a locally-renowned chef. Clark Baxtresser is a University of Michigan senior majoring in music and a member of the Men’s Glee Club.  He is currently researching the psychology of cigarette smokers on campus.

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David Greaney is a Troy, Michigan native who recently graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing.  He enjoys golf, fishing,and is a dominant beer league hockey goalie.

David Azad Merian graduated from the University of Michigan in May 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Screen Arts and Cultures.  He is a writer, filmmaker, and student.

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Eric Eaton is a senior at the University of Michigan majoring in English. He currently measures his life in coffee spoons and cigarette butts but will learn to adapt to Michigan law in May.

Gabe Tourek is a senior at the University of Michigan majoring in Public Policy with a concentration in development and health.

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Omeed Firoozgan and Ben Woll are graduating seniors in the Political Science Department. They represent Global Zero at U of M, one of many national chapters part of an international initiative to eliminate nuclear weapons, supported by hundreds of world leaders and activists.

Alec Thomas is a professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences in the UM College of Engineering.  His research interests include laser-plasma interaction at relativistic intensities and particle acceleration with intense lasers.

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Lauren McGlothlin is a pre-law junior from Maryland majoring in Political Science and English. She is an active member of Chi Omega Sorority and LSAStudent Government and also a writing tutor at the Sweetland Writing Center.

Charles Stone is a junior at the University, majoring in History. Born in Royal Oak, Michigan, his interests include Detroit Tigers baseball,  “Family Guy”, and “Jeopardy!”

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Robert Vine is a junior at the University of Michigan majoring in Political Science. He spends most of his time building canoes and testing paddles on the Huron River.

Danielle Foley is a senior at the University of Michigan majoring in English and Philosophy. She is interested in educational issues and leads creative workshops for high school girls in a correctional facility.

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Kate Stenvig is a graduate student in the School of Education, and a Rackham Representative on the Michigan Student Assembly. She is also a leader and organizer with the Defend Affirmative Action Party and BAMN.

Michael Rorro is a senior at the University of Michigan, majoring in Economics and Near Eastern Studies.  He is currently the Vice President of the Michigan Student Assembly.

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Lindsay Miars is a senior at the University of Michigan studying Comparative Literature and Communication Studies. She is the current editor-in-chief of The Michigan Independent, and secretary of the College Democrats. She spent the past summer interning at the PBS headquarters in Washington DC, and tutoring children in Quito, Ecuador. She hopes to pursue journalism as a career.

Imran Syed is a second-year law student at Michigan Law School and a columnist for The Michigan Daily. He graduated with a Bachelor’s in political science from Michigan in 2008, and has served terms as editorial page editor and summer editor in chief of the Daily.

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Nils Stannik is a U of M student from the Philadelphia area. He is studying engineering and German at Michigan with the goal of pursuing a career in renewable energy technologies. Nils is involved with the Michigan Solar Car Team, as well as the Student Clean Energy Coalition. He can be contacted via e-mail at nstannik@gmail.com.

Gareth Collins is a senior at the Ford School of Public Policy, with a focus area of economic policy in the developing world, and a minor in Chinese.  Born and raised abroad, Gareth has strong ties to Asia and Australia, but calls Chicago home.  He currently chairs U of M’s environmental chapter of the Roosevelt Institution, a national, student-run policy think thank.

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Kate Heller is a University of Michigan senior majoring in Anthropology and minoring in the Program in the Environment.  She is part of the Michigan Sustainable Foods Initiative through which she works to encourage dorms, university programs, students, and staff to rethink their consumption and consider its effects on community and environment.

Remy Elbez graduated with a master’s degree in Physics and Economics from Ecole Polytechnique in France, and is currently a PhD student in Applied Physics at the University of Michigan.

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Tali Fisher graduated from the University of Toronto with an honors degree in Architecture.

Leonard Cleveland graduated from the University of Michigan Law
School in 2007.

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Sean Malone is a Senior English Major with a Classic civilizations Minor at the University of Michigan. His interests are Writing, Reading, Music, Greek Mythology, and Roller Coasters. In the future he hopes to be a writer, but which field is not yet determined. While he stills thinks Google is a helpful resource now, he hopes that this article will help to keep large businesses in check and make people aware of the cost of convenience.

Kevin Bunkley graduated from The University of Michigan in 2008, and worked as an editorial columnist for The Michigan Daily. He has since discovered that Google and the rest of the job market is not friendly to History majors. Later this year he will go to work in Washington, D.C. for very little pay and the thrill of adventure. He lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he spends his time regretting his choice of a career path, and missing the world of a liberal college campus.