Katherine O’Donnell PhD Sociology, Indiana University; Professor, Sociology, Hartwick College. Her recent publications include “Weaving Solidarity from Oneonta to Oxchuc ” inAntipode, 2008 and “Pimping Maria from Puebla to Panama: Peasants, Paramilitaries, and Petroleum ”inNorth American Dialogue, 2
Mary McAuliffe received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Maryland and has taught at several universities and lectured at the Smithsonian Institution. For many years she was a regular contributor to Paris Notes. She has traveled extensively in France and is the author of Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends. She lives in New York City with her husband.