Jeff Kelly Lowenstein is an investigative journalist, author and the founder and executive director of the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism. He is also the former Padnos/Sarosik Endowed Professor of Civil Discourse at Grand Valley State University. His work has been published in The New Yorker, USA Today and the Center for Public Integrity, among many publications, and has earned national and international recognition from organizations like Investigative Reporters and Editors, the National Press Club, the National Headliner Awards and the National Association of Black Journalists.  The 2017 David Laventhol/Newsday Visiting Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, he previously worked full-time for The Chicago Reporter and the Chicago Tribune Company’s Spanish-language newspaper. Jeff has participated in fellowships about racial justice, the environment, health, business journalism and trauma, and was president of the Ochberg Society for Trauma Journalism. A Fulbright Scholar, Specialist and Teacher who has done stints in Chile, New Zealand and South Africa, Jeff has written or edited seven books.  He and his wife Dunreith, a writer and educational consultant, live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Their son Aidan lives in Oakland, California.