Emily Sekine is a writer and researcher with a PhD in Anthropology from The New School for Social Research. She is most drawn to projects that explore the relationships between people, other creatures, and landscapes. Currently, she works on a book titled The Unsteady Earth, which looks at how people respond to the uncertainties surrounding seismic and volcanic processes in Japan. The material for this book is based on several years of fieldwork research, which was supported by the National Science Foundation, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Sekine also works as a developmental editor, specializing in the social sciences and the humanities.