People: Staff, Authors, Contributors

The following people are UUA staff or have written UU World articles, WorshipWeb elements, or other material on UUA.org.

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  • Outdoors, Lea holds her guitar and looks into the camera
    Lea Morris

    Lea Morris, also known as LEA (she/her/hers), was born in Baltimore to a father who toured the world playing trumpet in the funk band Black Heat and a mother who dreamed of opera while performing with her siblings in the Jones Family Gospel Singers. LEA was singing on the pulpit of the Baptist...

  • Jennifer Joy Pawlitschek is a New York City writer/performer and science nerd.
    Jennifer Joy Pawlitschek

    Jennifer Joy Pawlitschek is a New York City writer/performer and science nerd.

  • UU World contributor Paul Alan Bennett
    Paul Alan Bennett

    Paul Alan Bennett has an MA in Greek History from the University of La Verne, Athens, Greece, and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon.

  • Bethany Russell-Lowe

    Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe

  • Portrait of Ashley Emuka, UU@UN intern for the 2020-2021 academic year
    Ashley Emuka

    Ashley Emuka is a UUA Office at the United Nations intern for the 2020-2021 academic year. Currently, Ashley is a second-year graduate student in the Master’s in Public Health and Social Work dual degree program at New York University (NYU). She earned a B.A. in Global Health with a Minor in...

  • Portrait of Noorjahan Aktar, UU@UN intern for the 2020-2021 academic year
    Noorjahan Aktar

    Noorjahan Aktar is a UUA Office at the United Nations intern for the 2020-2021 academic year. Currently, Noorjahan is a senior at SUNY New Paltz pursuing a major in Political Science along with a minor in Studio Arts. She is passionate about fighting for human rights and learning more about...

  • Alastair Moock

    Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Alastair Moock has made a name for himself on the folk and Americana circuit, touring throughout the U.S. and Europe and playing renowned events like the Newport Folk Festival. When Moock’s twins were born in 2006, he turned his focus to children’s music,...

  • In a black and white photo, Adam sits on a chair, ankle crossed over knee, with a piano keyboard in front of him.
    Adam Podd

    Adam is currently Music Director and choral conductor at First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn, NY.

  • Melanie DeMore, smiling, looks over the edge of her sunglasses.
    Melanie DeMore

    Melanie DeMore (she/he/them) is a Vocal Activist whose thirty-year career has been dedicated to teaching, lecturing, mentoring, conducting, directing, and inspiring children and adults about the power of song as social and political change. Learn more on Melanie's website.

  • David Smith smiles in a formal portrait.
    David B. Smith

    Pastor David B. Smith serves as Executive Director of Worship at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, OK.