Frank Edwards has been involved in several initiatives bridging the gap between activism and digital media, notably as an editor with the Austin Independent Media Center, a community organizer with the citizen journalism project Chi-Town Daily News, and as an advisor to AREA Chicago. Frank is a graduate student in the department of Sociology and a Comparative Law and Society Studies fellow at the University of Washington. He holds an MA in Sociology from DePaul University, and his research interests include race, child welfare, social stratification, the sociology of punishment, and historical sociology.