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freelance

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Assistant professor of anthropology, University of Michigan

Jason De León is an Army brat who grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and in Long Beach, CA. His research interests focus on political economy, undocumented migration, deportation, violence, material culture and archaeology of the contemporary past. Since 2008 he has directed the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a long-term analysis of clandestine border crossing. In addition to his academic research, Jason has been a touring musician since the 1990s. He has released several independent records and toured the U.S. and Mexico multiple times.

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Independent Author; Feature Writer, The Atavist, The New York Times Magazine, Atlantic, National Geographic, et alia.

David Dobbs specializes in writing longform articles for publications such as The Atavist, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Neuron Culture (his blog at Wired.com), Nature, and National Geographic. He has taught master classes in longform writing at the University of Vermont, the graduate journalism program at City University London, and the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing, where he is a research affiliate.

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Reporter, The New York Times; columnist, About New York; Co-author, 102 Minutes: The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive in the Twin Towers