R.John Williams (robert.j.williams@yale.edu) is an assistant professor of English and affiliated with the new media studies collective at Yale. His teaching and research focus on transpacific literature, film, and art, with a special emphasis on East/West cultural studies. John’s new book Buddha/Machine is forthcoming next year from Yale University Press. He lives in the college with his wife, Brooke, and their two sons, Miles and Harry.
John Wargo is a Professor of Risk Analysis, Environmental Policy, and Political Science, and Chair of the Yale College Environmental Studies Major and Program. B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.L.A. University of Massachusetts, and Ph.D., Yale University. He holds appointments in the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Department of Political Science. He has been a professor at Yale since 1985. He has lectured extensively on the limits and potential of environmental law, with a focus on human health.