Sophie Lewis is a writer and independent scholar living in Philadelphia. She is a member of Writers Against the War on Gaza and teaches for the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research as part of our Philadelphia branch. Dr. Lewis studied literature, followed by environmental policy, at Oxford University, as well as politics at the New […]

Rafael Khachaturian received a Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University in 2017, and also holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in political theory from The New School. His research and teaching interests include modern and contemporary political thought, critical social theory, democratic theory, and the history of the social sciences. Rafael’s current work explores the […]

Patrick Blanchfield is an academic and a journalist. He holds an AB with Honors in Literature from Harvard College and a PhD in Comparative Literature from Emory University. He is also a graduate of the Emory University Psychoanalytic Institute’s four-year training program in psychoanalytic theory and clinical practice. Patrick writes about gun violence, trauma, religion, […]

Abby Kluchin holds a Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A. in philosophy of religion from Columbia University and a B.A. with High Honors from Swarthmore College. Abby specializes in Continental philosophy, psychoanalysis, and feminist theory. She is a co-founder of the Brooklyn Institute, and has taught at the Cooper Union, Columbia University, and Ursinus College. Abby co-hosts the Ordinary Unhappiness podcast […]