ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Irus Braverman (1970- ) was born in Jerusalem, Israel. She is currently professor of law and adjunct professor of geography at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. Her main interests are in the interdisciplinary study of law, geography, anthropology, and science and technology studies. Upon her graduation from law school in 1995, she worked as a prosecutor and then as an environmental lawyer. After several years, she gave up practicing law and returned to academia, while also opening her own yoga studio. Braverman wrote her Master's thesis in Criminology on house demolitions in East Jerusalem (which became her first book, in Hebrew). In 2004, she moved to North America to work on her doctorate in law, which she later turned into her first book in English "Planted Flags: Trees, Law, and Law in Israel/Palestine." Braverman is also the author of "Zooland: The Institution of Captivity" (2012) and "Wild Life: The Institution of Nature" (2015). Her most recent book, "Coral Whisperers: Scientists on the Brink" (California, forthcoming Fall 2018) draws on interviews with one hundred coral scientists to explore their emotional and professional challenges in today’s political and physical climate. Finally, Braverman edited four book collections on legal geography, animals, genetics, and ocean legalities (forthcoming) and over fifty articles and book chapters.