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People who help us understand The Trenches

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These are respected thinkers whose work relates to themes discussed in The Trenches. They are additional resources — not sources for the book. Listing someone here does not imply Isiah agrees with everything they teach, and it is not an endorsement. Not every author's work carries the same level of scientific support, and each profile says so where it matters.

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Vincent Felitti

Preventive medicine

Co-author of the original CDC–Kaiser Permanente ACE Study (1998)

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Robert Anda

Epidemiology, preventive medicine

Co-principal investigator of the CDC–Kaiser Permanente ACE Study

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Jack P. Shonkoff

Pediatrics, child development

Director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

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John Bowlby

Psychiatry, psychoanalysis

Founding attachment theory

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Mary Ainsworth

Developmental psychology

Empirical attachment research; the Strange Situation procedure

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Bruce D. Perry

Child psychiatry, neuroscience

Clinical work on childhood trauma, regulation and developmentally sensitive care

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Bessel van der Kolk

Psychiatry, trauma research

The Body Keeps the Score

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Daniel J. Siegel

Psychiatry, interpersonal neurobiology

Interpersonal neurobiology; integration; relationships and the developing mind

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Nadine Burke Harris

Pediatrics, public health

Bringing ACEs science into pediatric practice and public policy

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Ann Masten

Developmental psychology

Resilience as 'ordinary magic'

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Michael Ungar

Social work, resilience research

Resilience Research Centre; social-ecological models of resilience

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Brené Brown

Social work research

Vulnerability, shame and belonging

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Carol Dweck

Psychology

Mindset research

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Angela Duckworth

Psychology

Grit and perseverance

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Viktor Frankl

Psychiatry, logotherapy

Man's Search for Meaning

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Stephen Porges

Neuroscience

Polyvagal Theory

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Gabor Maté

Medicine, addiction

Trauma, stress and human development

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Parker Palmer

Education, vocation

The Courage to Teach

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bell hooks

Education, cultural criticism

Love, community and engaged pedagogy

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John Wooden

Coaching

Character-first coaching; the Pyramid of Success

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Simon Sinek

Leadership

Purpose-driven leadership

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Adam Grant

Organizational psychology

Generosity, rethinking and workplace psychology

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David Brooks

Writing, social commentary

Character, relationships and human development