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Samia Cohen (she or they) is a writer, editor, teacher, public scholar, and creative practitioner with an interest in environmental storytelling, urban environmental history, and transgender studies. She is at work on a book manuscript, titled Impermeable: Stories of A Landfilled Urban Coast (under contract with the University of Pittsburgh Press), that explores the hydrological legacy of Providence, Rhode Island, where Samia was born, and the life that free-flowing water has supported in the city across time. Having completed her PhD in American Studies at Brown in 2024, she currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and History at Brown and in the CUNY system.