Associate Dean (Arts and Humanities), Bucknell University Anthony Stewart is a Professor in the English Department at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg PA. He is the author of George Orwell, Doubleness, and the Value of Decency (Routledge, 2003), You Must Be a Basketball Player: Rethinking Integration in the University (Fernwood, 2009), and Visitor: My Life in Canada (Fernwood, 2014). His latest book, Approximate Gestures: The Meaning of the Between in the Fiction of Percival Everett, was published in May 2020, with Louisiana State University Press. In 2016, he co-edited Post-Racial America? An Interdisciplinary Study, with Vincent Stephens, and in 2018, he co-edited (with Joe Weixlmann) a special issue of African American Review, on the work of Percival Everett.
Research Associate in NIHR Health Determinant Research Collaboration, Lancaster University Amelia is a research associate at Lancaster University working on the NIHR funded Health Determinant Research Collaboration (HDRC) which aims to boost research capacity and capability within local government. Her research interests include health inequalities and the wider determinants of health. Her background is in sport and exercise psychology with previous research exploring uptake and maintenance of physical activity.
Associate Professor of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University Angela Nelson is an Associate Professor with a core affiliation in Popular Culture within the School of Cultural and Critical Studies at Bowling Green State University and Director of the School. Nelson earned her Ph.D. in American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University and holds Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees. Her interdisciplinary research and teaching specifically centers on 20th- and 21st-century Black popular culture in the United States of America. Dr. Nelson has edited “This Is How We Flow”: Rhythm in Black Cultures (1999), co-edited Popular Culture Theory and Methodology: A Basic Introduction (2006) and published several journal articles and book chapters on African American popular culture. She is also the editor of two special journal issues, including “Religions in African American Popular Culture,” Religions (Summer 2019) and “Black Popular Culture,” Popular Culture Studies Journal and Africology: Journal of Pan African Studies (Fall 2020). Dr. Nelson is currently working on a monograph examining the cultural significance of the American television situation comedy series Good Times.
Professor of Leadership in Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University Alma Harris, FAcSS, FLSW, FRSA has held Professorial posts at the University of Warwick, University College London, the University of Malaya, the University of Bath, and she is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Swansea. She is internationally known for her research and writing on educational leadership, education policy and school improvement. In 2009–2012, she was a Senior Policy Adviser to the Welsh Government assisting with the process of system-wide reform. She co-led the national Professional Learning Communities (PLC) programme and led on the development and implementation of a master’s qualification for all newly qualified teachers in Wales. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Education University of Hong Kong. Professor Emeritus Harris is Past President of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement (ICSEI), which is an organisation dedicated to enhancing quality and equity in education. In January 2016, she received the ICSEI honorary lifetime award. In 2016, she was appointed to the International Council of Education Advisers (ICEA) to offer policy advice to Scotland’s First Minister and Deputy First Minister. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Professor Environmental and Marine Science, Southern Cross University Professor Amanda Reichelt-Brushett has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Coastal Management from the University of New England, a Master of Science in Marine Chemistry from James Cook University and a PhD in Ecotoxicology from Southern Cross University. Amanda has published numerous scientific journal articles on catchment management and aquatic pollution and is editor and co-author of a new text book titled: Marine Pollution -Monitoring, Management and Mitigation. She has 30 years of experience in investigating human impacts on the environment. Amanda has worked with communities in the Asia-Pacific region to help understand various local pollution issues and improve environmental outcomes. She was President of the Asia-Pacific geographic unit of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC A-P) from 2020-2022 and continues to play an active role in the global Society. Locally she is motivated to use her expertise to work within the community to improve the health of the Richmond River through leadership in the Richmond RiverKeeper organisation.
Law Lecturer, CQUniversity Australia Dr Angelo Capuano is a law lecturer at Central Queensland University. His research interests include labour law and the future of work. Angelo's publications include analysis of the legal implications of hybrid work and the use of technology in employment (artificial intelligence, algorithms and social media). He has a particular interest in workplace issues relating to social origin, class and disability. Angelo is the author of 'Class and Social Background Discrimination in the Modern Workplace: Mapping Inequality in the Digital Age', which was published by Bristol University Press in 2023. Outside of academia, Angelo has spent a number of years working as a government lawyer, court researcher and judge's associate.
