Photo by Kelly MitchellRowan Wolf, PhD,  is a sociologist, teacher, writer and activist. Her areas of interest include social justice, environment, and globalization/corporatization at the core. She frequently writes where these issues intersect which takes her from empire and fascism, to civil liberties and politics, to the links between corporatization and genocide. Rowan was a member of the City of Portland’s Peak Oil Task Force, which submitted its efforts and recommendations to the City in February of 2007 (Descending the Oil Peak: navigating the transition from oil and natural gas). She maintains her own site Uncommon Thought Journal, is the Editor in Chief of Cyrano’s Journal, and may be reached by email at rowan@uncommonthought.com