PhD Candidate, Flinders University
Isabella is PhD Candidate at Flinders University in conservation genomics and evolutionary ecology. She specialises in marine wildlife genomes, particularly cetaceans.
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Professeur de marketing, SKEMA Business School
Le Dr Isabella Soscia est professeur titulaire de Marketing à SKEMA Business School. Ses recherches portent sur la communication marketing et le comportement des consommateurs, avec un accent particulier sur les émotions liées à la consommation.
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PhD Student in History, University of British Columbia
Isabelle Avakumovic-Pointon works for the PROUD Project as a Research Assistant. She is PhD student in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia (UBC) researching disability history. She has an MA in European and Russian Affairs from the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies in the Munk School at the University of Toronto. Isabelle also has a BA in Honours history from UBC and a Bachelors from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris. Isabelle has been a research assistant for the PROUD Project at the University of Toronto Scarborough since 2021.
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PhD Candidate in the School for Business and Society, University of York
I am interested in the political economy of skill formation, welfare institutions and institutional change, as well as comparative social and education policy. My PhD research at the University of York shifts the focus from formal institutions to the narratives surrounding apprenticeships, considered to have grown over decades and centuries. I use state of the art quantitative methods that rely on a large amount of text as data to understand how narratives shifted across different institutional and cultural settings, and their impact on the institutional paths towards or away from traditional apprenticeships.
Prior to starting my PhD, I worked in the German vocational education sector for seven years, first as a trainer and social worker, then in quality management.
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Postdoctoral researcher, Le Centre de Recherche sur les Inégalités Sociales, Sciences Po
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at Le Centre de Recherche sur les Inégalités Sociales (The Center for Research on Social Inequalities) at Sciences Po in Paris, France. Here, I work with Dr. Jen Schradie and study the different information environments of the US and France.
I received my Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania in May 2023. My Dissertation, “The Irony of Openness: Gender Inequality in Self-Governed Knowledge Systems” built a framework for investigating gender gaps across different forms of open knowledge production, including Wikipedia and Open Source Software. My work speaks to the inter-disciplinary domains of digital governance and organization, information environments, and social activism.
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Medical Student, School of Medicine, University of Virginia
Isabelle Newman is currently a first year medical student at University Virginia School of Medicine. She has been working with the Reproductive Politics Lab with Vanderbilt University since 2021, and is interested in reproductive health.
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Assistant Professor, Public Service and Administration, Texas A&M University
Dr. Ishara Casellas Connors joined the Bush School’s Department of Public Service and Administration in 2021. Dr.Casellas Connors has an extensive background in higher education administration and in diversity and equity policy, having previously served as Associate Director for the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education at Tufts University and as Assistant Dean for Diversity at Texas A&M University’s College of Geosciences.
Casellas Connors holds a PhD from Boston College in Higher Education, an MA from Columbia University in Higher and Postsecondary Education, and a BA from Clark University in Business Management. Dr. Casellas Connors’ research examines issues of equity higher education, focused on state and institutional policy related to minority serving institutions. This work addresses the organizational efforts to address diversity and equity within complex policy and organizational landscapes. Finally, Dr. Casellas Connors considers the experiences of displaced learners, such as refugee and asylum students, in U.S. higher education to frame how state and institutional policy create a context for student success.
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College Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Valencia College
Isis Artze-Vega, Ed.D. serves as college provost and vice president for academic affairs at Valencia College in Central Florida, a Hispanic-Serving Institution that serves about 70,000 students annually and has long been regarded one of the nation’s best community colleges. Prior to joining Valencia, Isis served as assistant vice president for teaching and learning at Florida International University, before which she taught English composition and enrollment management at the University of Miami. Isis is the editor and lead author of the Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching and co-author of Connections are Everything: A College Student's Guide to Relationship-Rich Education.
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I'm a research fellow in the School of Biological Sciences, based at the University of Aberdeen's Lighthouse Field Station.
My work focuses on the interactions between marine top predators and offshore energy developments and fisheries.
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PhD Candidate in Journalism, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Ismael Crespo Martínez. Doctor en Ciencias Políticas y Sociología por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Catedrático de Ciencia Política y Administración Pública en la Universidad de Murcia y Director del Departamento de Ciencia Política, Antropología Social y Hacienda Pública en esa misma Universidad. Director de Más Poder Local, revista digital sobre comunicación política y comportamiento electoral con foco en España y América Latina. Entre 2012 y 2018, Presidente de ALICE, Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores en Campañas Electorales.
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Professor of Mathematics, Director of Institute for Mathematics and Democracy, Wellesley College
Ismar Volić is a professor of mathematics at Wellesley College. His research area is algebraic topology. He has written over 30 scientific articles and three books, and has delivered some 300 lectures in over 20 countries. He also interested in the the ways mathematics and politics intersect. He teaches classes in this area and has co-founded the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy.
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PhD candidate in English, University of Sheffield
Current University of Sheffield PhD candidate in the school of English, supervised by Professor Adam Piette. Researching British antinuclear poetry since 1960.
MA Literature, Culture, Media from the University of Lund, Sweden (2019). BA in English, University of York (2017).
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Assistant Professor in Art History, University of Nottingham
I specialise in modern and contemporary art history and theory in Britain and America. I am particularly interested in how the historical past has been visualized by artists working in the 1980s and beyond. My research also often applies analytic models derived from historiography, narratology, and literary theory to its study of the visual arts.
Research interests:
Neo-Victorian studies, with a particular interest in the visual arts
Connections between literary and art theory
Histories of how art and science interact
Contemporary art and memory studies
Modern and contemporary Black art histories
Histories of display
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Betty Ruth and Milton B. Hollander Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
Dr. Mudawar's research interests lie in boiling, condensation, two-phase flow, high heat flux, thermal management systems, cryogenic systems, space vehicles, Lunar and Martian environments, microgravity, experiments on International Space Station and electronic cooling
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Assistant Professor, Computer Science, McMaster University
Istvan David is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at McMaster University, Canada, where he leads the Sustainable Systems and Methods Lab. His research focuses on sustainable systems engineering, Digital Twins, and automation of model- and simulator inference. Istvan is a seasoned industry professional, having filled multiple management and technical roles in the past decade.
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia
I am currently a BU/UBC Postdoctoral Fellow jointly appointed by the School of Public Health, Boston University (BU) and the Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, at the University of British Columbia (UBC)
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Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, University of Houston-Downtown
I earned my Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. Prior to receiving an MA in Organizational Communication, I earned a J.D. from the University of New South Wales and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University. My research areas: Conflict Management in Nursing Teams; Nurses’ Careers and Work Arrangements; Nurse Management and Leadership Communication; and Basic Research on Negotiations.
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Professor in sea level and flooding, University of Southampton
For the past 20 years I have worked on a wide range of coastal projects in industry and academia, focusing on: (1) assessing changes in mean and extreme sea levels, and associated coastal flooding and erosion; and (2) translating global projections of sea level changes down to local scales to inform risk-based management and policy. I am interested in sea level variations from time scales of minutes, through to long term changes, and have considerable experience in analysing observational data and applying hydrodynamic models.
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Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
As a computational social scientist, I use big data, machine learning, and AI to understand human behavior and complex social phenomena. My primary focus is on inequality and biases in socio-technical systems.
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PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Leeds
I am a second-year PhD candidate at the University of Leeds. My research focuses on how people at the community level perceive, experience, and respond to wildfires in high-latitude contexts, including the Arctic and surrounding boreal regions. I am interested in understanding why people throughout the high North are more or less vulnerable to the effects of wildfires and how we can increase their resilience. I have been involved in various projects at under- and postgraduate levels focusing on assessing climate impacts and vulnerability in spatially explicit and context-specific ways and tracking climate change adaptation at global and regional levels. I am also active in publishing my scholarly contributions in the peer-reviewed literature.
Research interests
– Wildfire risk and adaptation
– Community vulnerability and resilience
– Climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction
– Compound impacts
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Ivano is a PhD Candidate for the School of Management at the Queensland University of Technology and a Sessional Academic in Contemporary Strategic Management at the same institution. He also holds affiliation as a Faculty Member at the SDA Bocconi School of Management of "L. Bocconi" University in Milan.
His thesis adopts a complex systems approach and examines the organisational vulnerability to Safety and Security Disruptions in Australian airports.
With a background in International Relations and Security Management built up in Europe, Ivano has extensive professional and academic experience in the fields of Risk and Crisis Management, Management Consulting and Management of International Organisations.
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ARC Future Fellow / Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
Current:
ARC Future Fellow / Associate professor Swinburne University of Technology
Highly cited researcher 2017-2022
Former:
Assistant Professor Leiden University
NASA Hubble Fellow
Carnegie Fellow
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Ivor Stuart is a freshwater fisheries researcher with the Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University. His areas of interest include fish migration, fishways and invasive species control. Ivor has worked in many rivers in eastern Australia and south-east Asia.
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Research Fellow, Psychology, University of Nottingham
I am a postdoctoral research fellow working with Daniel Jolley (University of Nottingham) and Lee Curley (Glasgow Caledonian University) on a three-year Leverhulme funded project investigating whether a conspiracy mindset may bias juror decision-making. This project aims to uncover the direction of this bias, to detail why it is present, and explore when such a bias comes to the fore (or fades into the background).
Prior to my postdoc, I completed my PhD at Keele University which sought to refine our understanding of intergroup conflict. As part of this research, I paid particular attention to the impact of identity, collective victimhood, and conflict type on group members' decision to forgive.
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Swansea University
Iwan Williams is a Senior Lecturer at Swansea University, whose teaching and research interests include Sports Communications and Public Relations. Prior to his academic career, Iwan worked as a communications consultant in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Siaradwr Cymraeg.
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Reader in Human Movement and Sports Medicine, Cardiff Metropolitan University
My research has focused on understanding how and why we move the way we do, from both a performance and injury perspective. I obtained my PhD on efficient running from the University of Exeter and have since led several injury epidemiology projects working directly with sporting governing bodies to inform injury prevention and management policies. My interests lie in female athlete health, brain health and running, having received national and international research awards within the field. I specialise in postpartum return to sport and concussion.
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Professor of Media and Genocide, New York University
I am an expert in the sociology of media, with an emphasis on genocide, mass violence, and ethnicity in sub-Saharan Africa. I have written about global media patterns in covering genocide in Africa, ethnicity, land, and politics in Kenya, and on the Kenyan media's experimentation with social media platforms. My research has appeared in African Journalism Studies, African Affairs, the International Journal of Press/Politics, Global Media and Communication, Media and Communication, Media, Culture, and Society, and Sociological Forum. My book on journalism in Africa is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press. I am an assistant professor at New York University's Department of Media, Culture, and Communication and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society at Harvard University.
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Orchestra Director and Assistant Professor of Music, Wake Forest University
James “Aaron” Hardwick has established a reputation as an outstanding conductor, educator, and collaborator — setting himself apart with his engaging, charismatic and musically precise approach on and off the podium. Highly versatile and musically insightful, his artistic collaborations span multiple genres including standard classical repertoire, musical theater, opera, video game music, popular music, and new works.
As a Professional Conductor & Musician
Hardwick has worked with the Winston-Salem Symphony, Ruebush Brass Ensemble, Brevard Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Williamsburg Symphony, Aiken Symphony Orchestra, CICA (Collaborations in Contemporary Art) Ensemble, Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony, University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra, East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra, Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia, among others. He was a finalist for the 2021 Erno Lányi International Conducting Competition and participated in the 2020 European Union International Conducting Competition. He is an Eastman School of Music Summer Conducting Fellow with the Rochester Philharmonic, and a two-time Conductor’s Institute of South Carolina Conducting Fellow. As a professional violist, he has performed with the New York City Ballet Company, Shenandoah Summer Music Theater, Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony, University of South Carolina (UofSC) Opera, UofSC Symphony Orchestra, Brevard Philharmonic and Aiken Symphony Orchestras.
Concerning Video Games & Music
In 2020, Hardwick developed the first Video Game Music course offered at Shenandoah University bridging the gap between the Shenandoah Conservatory and Shenandoah University School of Business. Within a year, he led the first-ever research collaboration between music performance and esports entitled “We Play Together: A Collaboration between Music & Esports.” The project won the Shenandoah University Research Expo (SURE) Award and went on to be featured with the Esports Research Network (ERN) in Sweden. Most recently, he created, “Full Lobby, LLC” a company designed to build creative concert series for symphony orchestras that includes live performance of video game music, and new works. Hardwick is a casual and competitive gamer, former Apex Legends coach, and current advisor for the Wake Forest University Esports Association and Dash City Gaming in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
As an Educator
Passionate about collaboration and music education, Hardwick spearheaded the interdisciplinary concert series, “Paving the Way” with the Wake Forest Symphony Orchestra in 2022. The series seeks to change how symphonic music concerts are curated by collaborating with other scholars, building a narrative around the music that is performed, and elevating underrepresented composers and artists. He was named one of Hampton Roads’ “Most Outstanding Music Educators” two years in a row by the Virginia Symphony, was nominated by the Grammy Foundation® and the Recording Academy® as a quarterfinalist for the Music Educator Award in 2014, and received the Distinguished Music Educator’s Award from Yale University in 2011. He continues to work with youth ensembles, educators, and community members as a conductor and clinician.
As a Scholar
Published in 2021, his research entitled “Performing Game Sound: The American Symphony Orchestra and Video Game Music” explores live Video Game Music performance by symphonies and how Video Game Music can help orchestras diversify programming, build audiences and audience engagement, and aid in financial sustainability. His article “A Walkthrough: Connecting Gaming and Your Performance Ensembles” was featured in the North Carolina Music Educators Journal (Summer 2022) and explores how music teachers can engage with their students through video game music. He continues to teach and develop the Video Game Music class, (now taught at Wake Forest University) which has been host to a number of leading video game composers. His research and future publications grow as he continues to develop this course.
Concerning Credentials
Hardwick received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance (Conducting) at Shenandoah Conservatory. He earned a Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from East Carolina University. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Esports Management from Shenandoah University. He is a professional conductor and recently appointed Orchestra Director and an Assistant Professor of Music at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.
J. Aaron Hardwick is represented by AK Artist Management.
For inquiries please contact [email protected]
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Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia
J. Kim Penberthy, Ph.D, ABPP, attended Wake Forest University where she majored in psychology and biology. After graduation, she did research for a year at the Center for Alcohol Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She then returned to graduate school at Wake Forest University where she obtained a master’s degree in experimental psychology. She worked at the Duke Cancer Center before obtaining her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dr. Penberthy completed her internship in clinical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Eastern Virginia School of Medicine in Norfolk, VA. She went on to complete her fellowship in behavioral medicine in the Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine from 1998-2000. Dr. Penberthy has also completed her board certification in clinical psychology, as well as a fellowship in humanism in medicine at UVA. She is trained to work with patients who have chronic medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes or HIV. Additionally, she is trained to work with people who suffer with addictions, and conducts research exploring effective treatments for people with co-occurring psychological difficulties, addictions and medical conditions. She is a founding member of the UVA Contemplative Sciences Center and studies the therapeutic components of contemplative practices like mindfulness and a variety of psychotherapies. She is also the co-director of the Effective Coping and Communication Skills for Physicians program, which is a national CME program helping to improve the interpersonal skills of physicians. She joined UVA’s Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences in 2000 and is currently a professor.
Dr. Penberthy is active at UVA and regionally and is on the UVA cancer committee, the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center patient and caregiver advisory board, The Steward School board of trustees and the Bryan Innovation Lab in Richmond. She is married to David Penberthy, M.D., a radiation oncologist who practices in Richmond. They have one daughter, Morgan, who attends Wake Forest University. Kim and her family enjoy standup paddle boarding, cycling and traveling.
Penberthy has published clinical works and guides on persistent depression, including "Persistent Depressive Disorders – Advances in Psychotherapy and Evidence-Based Practice," and co-authored "CBASP as a Distinctive Treatment for Persistent Depressive Disorder," "Group Treatment Manual for Persistent Depression: Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) Therapist’s Guide," and "Group Workbook for Treatment of Persistent Depression: Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) Patient’s Guide."
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Ph.D. Candidate in Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine
Maya Hernandez is a interdisciplinary doctoral candidate at UC Irvine with a research focus on understanding the risks and affordances of social technologies on adolescent development and mental health and an emphasis on historically marginalized populations. Her experiences span across developmental science, clinical psychology, public health, and informatics. She leverages quantitative, qualitative, and youth participatory action research approaches with multimodal data collection and analytic strategies.
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Professor Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Reformed Theological Seminary
J. Nicholas Reid (DPhil Oxon) is the author of Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia: Confinement and Control until the First Fall of Babylon (Oxford University Press). He is Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Hybrid MDiv Program at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando. Nicholas is also a Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. His research involves publishing cuneiform texts in various collections around the world, as well as writing on topics of social history, such as slavery, prisons, and labor in ancient Mesopotamia. He has authored numerous articles in leading journals, including Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, International Review of Social History, Revue d’Assyrologie, and Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete. Nicholas also coauthored a monograph on Old Babylonian Letters from Ancient Kish, which will be published later this year in the historic series Oxford Edition of Cuneiform Texts (Oxford University Press).
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Dickinson College
I teach and research contemporary political theory at Dickinson College. In 2020, I published a book on Michael Walzer - Foundation Professor of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and Dissent editor emeritus - with Polity Press, as part of its Key Contemporary Thinkers series. I had earlier written my PhD thesis as an historical study of Walzer's thought. I received my PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2011. I am currently writing a book on the concept of community. In 2023, I organized a conference on Walzer's book Spheres of Justice to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of its publication. I have an M. Phil in International Relations from University of Cambridge (2001). My major interests are in theories of justice and political ideologies. Some of my teaching and research is at the intersection of the two subfields; for example, I have published on just-war theory, global justice, and migration ethics. My planned next book connects the latter two themes. My teaching interests also include the history of political thought, comparative political theory, and ethics.
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Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
J. W. Traphagan is an anthropologist and professor emeritus of Religious Studies and in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations at the University of Texas at Austin and a visiting professor at Waseda University in Tokyo. He’s published nine books and numerous articles in scientific journals. His two most recent books are the ethnographic mystery novel The Blood of Gutoku and his anthropological memoir Embracing Uncertainty: Future Jazz, That 13th Century Buddhist Monk, and the Invention of Cultures.
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University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
Jaana Dielenberg works to improve outcomes for biodiversity through the promotion of robust science and Traditional Knowledge. Jaana is a University Fellow at Charles Darwin University and is the Communications and Engagement Manager of the Biodiversity Council. The Biodiversity Council brings together leading experts including Indigenous knowledge holders to promote evidence-based solutions to Australia’s biodiversity crisis.
Jaana has worked in the environmental research and management sector for 20 years. For more than a decade her focus has been research translation, knowledge brokering, communication and stakeholder engagement for multi-partner large-scale science programs, with a particular focus on biodiversity conservation and climate action. She started her career in waterway management and planning in Victoria, and has since enjoyed living in the Northern Territory and Queensland.
She has a Bachelor of Arts (Geography) and a Master of Environment, both from The University of Melbourne.
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