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Thomas Nelson

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Born into a rich heritage of Virginia patriots, my 4th great grandfather, Gov Thomas Nelson, Jr., Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and others active in Virginia history. I love history and wrote the History of the 318 Field Hospital to honor my grandfather, Maj (Dr) Hugh Thomas Nelson, Jr., who I never met, as well as honoring his men. I traveled to France to see the land his unit operated and participated in the Great War.

Pardis Mahdavi

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Pardis Mahdavi, PhD is associate professor and chair of anthropology. director of the Pacific Basin Institute and dean of women at Pomona College. Her research interests include gendered labor, migration, sexuality, human rights, youth culture, transnational feminism and public health in the context of changing global and political structures. She is the author of four books: her first book, Passionate Uprisings: Iran's Sexual Revolution was published with Stanford University Press in 2008, and her second book, Gridlock: Labor, Migration and 'Human Trafficking' in Dubai, also Stanford University Press,...