Distinguished Professor of Law and (by courtesy) Asian American Studies; Founding Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (2015-20), University of California, Los Angeles
Jerry Kang is Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA. He graduated magna cum laude from both Harvard College (physics) and Harvard Law School, where he was a supervising editor of the Harvard Law Review. After clerking for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, he started his professorship at UCLA in 1995. A leading scholar on implicit bias and critical race studies, Professor Kang collaborates broadly across disciplines and industries on scholarly, educational, and advocacy projects. An inspiring teacher, he has received UCLA’s highest recognition: the Eby Art of Teaching Distinguished Teaching Award. During 2015-20, he served as the University’s Founding Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
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Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Jerry McManus is a Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and a paleoceanographer. His research includes using deep-sea sediments to reconstruct past changes in the Earth’s climate and the large-scale ocean circulation, with a special focus on the role that the ocean plays in abrupt climate change. He has spent nearly a year of his life at sea and is involved in research projects in far-flung locales in every ocean basin. After 10 years at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, he returned to Columbia and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in 2008.
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Associate Professor of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University
My research interest deals principally with the theme of "why do things seem to go wrong?" My research involves global environment, institutional failings stemming from corporate governance issues, industry sector change, organizational failure, in-apt individual decision making failures and decision failures.
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PhD Candidate, Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University
I am a PhD student in Sustainable Land Use at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC. I've been living in the Nordics since 2009. I have a BSc in Environmental Biology at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá (Colombia) and a MSc in Forest and Nature Management at the University of Copenhagen. After my studies, I’ve gained experience in the private and public sector in Denmark as an ecosystem services consultant at consultancy firm COWI A/S Denmark, and ecosystem service specialist at Climate-KIC Nordic. I was also Project coordinator/Research assistant at the Department of Food and Resource Economics of the University of Copenhagen.
The overarching aim of my PhD study is to improve our systems' approach understanding the mechanisms behind the land use transformation. More specifically, the cumulative effects of extensive cattle ranching into tropical forests in protected areas, in order to implement effective and integrative land use planning in the northwest of Amazon region of Colombia. I am combining the systems approach with the use of Causal Loop Diagrams (CLD) together with remote sensing and GIS tools. The contribution of the study seeks to increase our knowledge to ensure pathways to reduce the alarming deforestation, create sustainable food systems and tackle the loss of biodiversity in this part of the Amazon.
As part of the Agenda 2030 graduate school at Lund University my research interests within the SGDs are focused on the nexus between the competition of land for food production (i.e., livestock) and the pressure on biodiversity and ecosystem services in protected areas with tropical rainforests.
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Psychologist and Faculty Member, Toronto Metropolitan University
I am an Instructor at the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, where I teach graduate students in the Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development.
I am also at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), providing therapy to students, training psychology residents and practicum students, and consulting with faculty and staff on complex student issues.
Between 2010 and the early part of 2022, I've have been a member of the University's Student Case Management Team which assists in supporting students of concerns and those students in conflict with the University's conduct and sexual violence policies. While on that team, I've provided risk assessments and disciplinary counselling to students who have been found to have caused harm. I'm also an Associate of Possibilities Seeds, a social change consultancy dedicated to gender justice and equity, since 2018. As an Associate of Possibilities Seeds, I've provided leadership and scholarship in their community of practice with respect to people who have caused harm, and created a number of policy response and support tools for effectively responding to campus sexual and gender-based violence for Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions. Prior to coming to TMU and since 2000, I've provided clinical support in a variety of social service and criminal justice settings, and apply an integrated, inclusive and positive psychology approach to the work I provide.
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Professional Memberships:
Secretary of the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association (member)
Research Interests:
Australian and global migration, multiculturalism, race and ethnicity, cultural studies, sport (esp. soccer), popular culture, Australian studies, Eurovision, gender studies.
Most Recent Research Outcomes:
"Skirting the issue: finding queer and geopolitical belonging at the Eurovision Song Contest," Contemporary Southeastern Europe, vol. 2, no. 1 (2015), pp. 136-154.
Review of Tony Bennett (ed.), Challenging (the) humanities, (Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2013), Queensland Review, vol. 21, no. 2 (December 2014), pp. 235-236.
“Of Nerds and Men: Dimensions and Discourses of Masculinity in Nerds FC,” in The Sports Documentary: Critical Essays, eds Zachary Inglis and David Sutera, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2013.
“In the spirit of reconciliation: migrating spirits and Australian postcolonial multiculturalism in Hoa Pham’s Vixen,” in Spectral Identities: Ghosting in Literature and Film, eds Melanie Anderson and Lisa Sloan, Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2013.
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Research Assistant in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
Dr Jess Hardley (she/her) is an intersectional feminist, embodiment and mobile media scholar. She holds a PhD in Media and Communication from RMIT University and a joint Research Master’s Degree in Gender Studies from Utrecht University and Central European University. Her research primarily focuses on smartphones, gendered experiences of urban space, and experiences of safety and risk. She has been researching and teaching across Media Studies, Digital Cultures, Internet Studies, Cultural Studies and Gender Studies for over a decade. She currently works as a Research Assistant in Criminology at The University of Melbourne on a project exploring victim-survivor experiences of street harassment.
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PhD Candidate, Sheffield Institute of Social Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University
Jess Scott-Lewis is a Forensic Psychology PhD Researcher at Sheffield Hallam University. Her current research explores the use of knife imagery in anti-knife crime interventions and the emotional and cognitive effect on young people. Other research interests include the use of technology in education including virtual reality, and the impact of social context on life outcomes for young people.
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Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
Qualifications:
PhD Stanford Anthropology, MSc Oxford Forced Migration, BSocSci Hons-UCT
Expertise:
Angola, Mauritius, contemporary ethnography, inclusive innovation, higher education
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First Nations Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Jessa Rogers CF GAICD MAIATSIS is a Wiradjuri researcher, educator and board director with over fifteen years of teaching experience in schools and tertiary education. Jessa’s research focuses on Indigenous research methods and methodologies, and Indigenous peoples’ experiences of education.
Jessa holds positions of First Nations Senior Research Fellow, and Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Research (DECRA) Fellow (DE230100140) in the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC) at QUT. She was the founding principal of Australia’s first boarding school for Indigenous young mothers and babies in Far North Queensland. She has been a Fulbright Scholar (Harvard University), a Churchill Fellow, and was awarded a National NAIDOC Award for her contributions to Indigenous girls’ education. Jessa’s research draws attention to the voices of Indigenous students, with a specific focus on Indigenous boarding school experiences in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and mainland USA.
Jessa is the Managing Director of Baayi Consulting. She serves on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, St Philip's College (Alice Springs), the Wesley Mission Queensland Board, and the Pearson First Nations Advisory Board. Jessa is a member of the ACCAN Indigenous Advisory Group, and serves on the Aboriginal Australian Studies Journal Editorial Board, among other boards and committees.
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Lecturer and PhD student, RMIT University
Jesse Boylan is an artist and writer living on Dja Dja Wurrung country in Central Victoria. They teach research-based approaches to documentary as a sessional lecturer within the School of Art at RMIT, and they are a PhD candidate researching the role of art in addressing slow climate emergencies and global atmospheric change. They have published several recent essays and articles and worked briefly as a journalist for the Inter Press Service in East Africa and Asia-Pacific, 2009-2010.
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Associate Professor of Energy Economics, Colorado State University
Jesse Burkhardt, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University. His research interests include energy economics, air pollution, climate economics and industrial organization.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Seismology, Kyoto University
Jesse is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Kyoto University, Japan, and Geoscience Researcher at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington. Jesse's research focus includes the source physics of large earthquakes, linking geophysical models of earthquake with geological observations of faults, and using remote sensing techniques to measure the deformation of the solid Earth surface.
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Research Fellow in Physics, University of Cambridge
Junior Research Fellow in Physics at Trinity College and postdoctoral researcher at Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
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Research Assistant, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University
Jesse is a Research Assistant at Brock University, soon to start her PhD at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include gender equity and coaching and Safe Sport. Jesse has coached the University of Toronto Women's Lacrosse team for the past 5 years, as well a coaching the National Chinese Women's Lacrosse team and a variety of youth teams.
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Associate Professor, Political Science, UMass Amherst
My major areas of scholarly interest are social policy, voting rights policy, political parties, and the American presidency. I have published a book on the development of federal education policy - An Education in Politics: The Origin and Development of No Child Left Behind - with Cornell University Press, and am currently writing a book on the development of the Voting Rights Act since 1965. I have also published research on the politics of presidential rhetoric, the evolving relationship between the president and the parties, and the effects of state education reforms on parental attitudes and behavior.
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PhD Candidate at Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Jesse is a Research Assistant and PhD Candidate at Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences.
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Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Science, Carleton University
Dr. Jesse Vermaire is an Associate Professor with the Institute of Environmental Science and cross-appointed with the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University. His research focuses on the long-term impacts of human activity on our freshwater resources including microplastic pollution of freshwater. His research is supported by grants from NSERC (Discovery, Engage, RTI, Strategic Project) and other federal and provincial programs such as (CFI, ORF, Northern Contaminants Program).
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Republic Constitutional Scholar, Federalist, Co-Author of the Uluru Statement, University of Notre Dame Australia
Jesse J. Fleay is a leading Noongar constitutional academic, whose PhD at the University of Notre Dame explores the depth and meaning behind the Uluru Statement from the Heart, effective First Nations concepts of justice, and a model for an Australian republic.
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Research Associate, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), Lancaster University
I'm a researcher integrating philosophy of technology and design. I make things (often relating to emerging technologies) and try to figure out how these may affect people and their world(s).
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Duke University
Jessi Streib is an Associate Professor of Sociology. She is the author of The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay After College.
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Public Health & Nutrition Research Fellow, University of Southampton
I have recently completed my Master's in Public Health & Nutrition, and now work as a Research Fellow on a global health study investigating the impact of climate change on food security and health in Ghana. Prior to this, I did my Bachelor's (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences.
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PhD Candidate in Agroecology, Florida International University
Jessica Dominguez obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Florida International University in 2013. Soon after, she became a teacher at Academy for International Education Charter School where she taught middle school Math and science for 3 years, and during which time she earned her Professional Educator’s Certificate. In the summer of 2017, she began her Master of Science in Environmental Studies under professors Dr. Kateel Shetty, Dr. Krishnaswamy Jayachandran and Dr. Mahadev Bhat. Jessica completed her Master’s degree in Fall of 2019 and began her PhD in Spring of 2020. Jessica’s research (for both Master’s and PhD) is focused on the citrus greening disease, which is a deadly bacterial disease that affects all species of citrus. Jessica hopes to find effective antimicrobial compounds derived from natural sources (plants and/or microorganisms) to provide novel and sustainable treatment options for this devastating disease.
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Research Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
Dr. Faul’s scholarly interests are at the intersection of epidemiology, biodemography, and aging. She is currently collaborating on a grant to identify gene-by-environment interactions and their influence on later life cognitive decline and is co-leading a study to characterize disparities in Alzheimer’s disease risk through analysis of polygenic risk and other epidemiologic factors. She is a co-investigator on the Health and Retirement Study and Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol and has led the development of a workshop to train social scientists on the use of genomic data.
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Early Career Researcher in Television, Gender, Film and Media Studies, UNSW Australia
Jessica Ford is an early career researcher, tutor and casual lecturer at the School of the Arts & Media, UNSW. Jessica is also the Co-Founder of the Sydney Screen Studies Network. She lectures and tutors in film studies, media studies and gender studies and has published essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Community and Girls. Her research interests lie in contemporary American postnetwork television and television histories with a focus on gender and feminism.
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
Jessica is a Senior Associate in Grattan Institute’s Health Policy program. She previously worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia in various roles within the Economic Analysis, Payments Policy and Financial Markets departments.
Jessica holds a Master of International Economic Policy from Sciences Po and a Master of Science in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.
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Senior Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute
Jessica Hagen-Zanker is a Senior Research Fellow leading ODI’s migration research. Her research focuses on migration and development, migration decision-making, the links between migration and social protection, the humanitarian-development nexus as well as the analysis of social protection programmes and policies.
Jessica has designed and delivered numerous household surveys and has extensive mixed methods data collection experience in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, as well as expertise in systematic literature reviews. Jessica has advised numerous governments and international organisations and has led policy analysis and contributed to policy dialogue in high-, middle- and low-income countries, including the UK, India, Jordan and Nepal.
Jessica holds a PhD in Public Policy from Maastricht University. She is also a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
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Lecturer Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University
Jess is a proud Darkinjung woman who works as a Research Fellow and lecturer at Griffith University. Jess offers comprehensive experience working with multiple stakeholders within local and State governments and NGOs. She is a behavioural scientist with extensive experience delivering change on several social issues. Her current work focuses on designing, implementing, and evaluating campaigns across various social problems, focusing on health and well-being and environmental contexts. She uses quantitative and qualitative research to co-create, build, and engage with stakeholders. She has led projects to increase breakfast consumption for workplace institutions. She has managed projects for local councils that focus on koala and domestic dog interactions, with the program successfully decreasing koala mortalities by 40% (Leave It). Her work now focuses on health and wellbeing in both the Indigenous and Institutional space.
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PhD researcher, University of Southern Queensland
Jessica Heim is currently undertaking PhD studies on light pollution, megaconstellations, and ethics.
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Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Whitman College
I am a professor of medieval literature and culture at Whitman College, specializing in the study of religion and gender and sexuality. My public-facing work has been published by Ploughshares, and my academic work has appeared in Exemplaria, the Journal of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, and Religion & Literature, among other venues.
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Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, The Open University
Jessica Hughes is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at The Open University. Her research focuses on the cultural and religious history of the southern Italian region of Campania, especially the area around Vesuvius and the Campi Flegrei. She is interested in how the traces of Greco-Roman antiquity co-exist and intertwine with other elements of local history and geology, particularly the material culture and practices of vernacular Catholicism. In 2024 she has a British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship - during this year, she is writing a book about the Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in the modern town of Pompeii, and its evolving relationship with the neighbouring archaeological excavations.
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Associate Professor of Health Systems and Population Health, Epidemiology, University of Washington
Dr. Jessica Jones-Smith investigates socioeconomic causes and correlates of obesity risk in both high- and low/middle-income countries. Past and current research pertains to income- and ethnicity-based health disparities in obesity; early life risk factors for obesity; and the nutrition transition and increasing obesity prevalence in low- and middle-income countries.
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Lecturer in Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney
I am lecturer in Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney, specialising in gender, sexuality and intimacy. In my work with the Boys Studies research group I explore the relationship between boys and feminism (learn more at https://boysresearch.org/)
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Lecturer in Ecology, Trinity College Dublin
Jessica Knapp is an ecologist interested in how our landscapes can best support biodiversity and ecosystem functions, particularly pollinators and pollination services.
Knapp completed her DPhil with Juliet Osborne at the University of Exeter before moving to Lund University, Sweden, where she worked as a Researcher. Now, at Trinity College in Dublin, Knapp works as an assistant professor in Ecology.
Impact-driven, Knapp enjoys transdisciplinary research, where her projects combine ecological and social sciences to understand the drivers and mitigators of biodiversity decline.
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