Kristina P. Brant, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State

Keri Johnson is a journalist and poet from Southeast Ohio. Before co-founding the Independent, Keri served as an AmeriCorps VISTA at Rural Action and worked as a general assignment reporter for The Logan Daily News. Keri is a first-generation graduate of Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, grateful to work in Appalachian Ohio and passionate about capturing its stories.