Contributors

Annie Pezalla

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Macalester College

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Macalester College Dr. Pezalla's research expertise is in social identities, positive youth development, and family relationships.

Amanda C. McClain

Assistant Professor of Nutrition, San Diego State University

Assistant Professor of Nutrition, San Diego State University Amanda McClain’s mixed methods research employs community-based and social science perspectives to investigate how the stress of marginalization, especially food insecurity, shapes food choice and dietary intake and gets ‘under the skin’ to impact allostatic load and cardiometabolic risk among low-income and historically-marginalized populations, particularly Hispanic/Latine communities. Simultaneously, her research aims to identify and leverage existing cultural, social, human, and material capacities (i.e., assets), as a part of behavior-change interventions embedded in existing infrastructure (e.g., federally-qualified health centers, food assistance programs), to mitigate the stress of marginalization and promote food security, nutritious diets, and cardiometabolic health equity. She is the Primary Investigator for several research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. McClain serves on the advisory committees for two San Diego community-based organizations addressing food access and food insecurity, including Project New Village, a BIPOC-led, grassroots nonprofit. Dr. McClain is also a core member of Project New Village’s Urban Agriculture Workgroup, which has developed necessary infrastructure to promote equitable access to local produce in an historically-marginalized area of San Diego through support from Danone Institute and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Andrea Kasinski

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Greater than 90% of the human genome is transcribed, yet the functional role for most transcripts is unknown. Many of these unknown transcripts fall into a class of RNAs referred to as non-coding RNAs. The general goal of the Kasinski Lab is to determine the molecular contribution of non-coding RNAs (microRNAs, lncRNA, circRNAs) in normal and disease cells, and to capitalize on this knowledge through developing RNA-based therapeutics. The current projects in the Kasinski lab are subdivided into the following: Project 1: Ligand-mediated delivery of therapeutically relevant small RNAs Project 2: Endogenous delivery of RNAs through secreted extracellular vesicles (ie. exosomes) Project 3: High throughput screening for small molecule inhibitors that alter miRNA biogenesis Project 4: Identification of miRNAs and protein-coding genes mediating drug resistance

Amanda Margaret Narvali

PhD Student, Philosophy, University of Guelph

PhD Student, Philosophy, University of Guelph I am currently working towards my doctorate of philosophy at The University of Guelph. My doctoral research is focused on the gendered harms of Artificial Intelligence through Deepfakes and Stable Diffusion, as well as within the realm of healthcare. I am interested in AI Ethics, Epistemology, Healthcare Ethics, and Bioethics. I graduated in October 2022 with an MA in Philosophy from Western University. I graduated in June 2021 with a BA in Philosophy and Creative Writing from The University of Guelph.

Andrew Kenrick

Visiting Research Fellow, School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia

Visiting Research Fellow, School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia Andrew Kenrick (he/him) holds a PhD in Life Writing from the University of East Anglia, where he is a visiting research fellow. He specialises in writing ancient biography, and is currently writing about the lives of queer Romans. He lives in Norwich with his partner. Key Research Interests 1st Century BC/AD Rome; ancient food and dining; perceptions/portrayals of race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation in the ancient world; biography. Academic Background BA Hons in Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Birmingham (2002) MA in Biography and Creative Non-fiction, University of East Anglia (2017) PhD in Life Writing, University of East Anglia (2023, thesis title - African Kings, Roman Rule: The Life of Juba II and Cleopatra Selene of Mauretania) Career Prior to returning to academia, Andrew worked as an editor for over 10 years. He holds a PhD in Life Writing, his thesis developed a new methodology for writing biographies of ancient characters, using Juba II and Cleopatra Selene of Mauretania as his test case. His area of research interest is object-based biography and life writing, as well as non-fiction publishing. He is the founder and editor of Hinterland, a quarterly print magazine of creative non-fiction. Teaching Interests Publishing; non-fiction; archives; archival research; biography; archaeology.

Anna Talbot

PhD Candidate, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney, UNSW Sydney

PhD Candidate, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney, UNSW Sydney Anna teaches and researches in public international law, focusing on international human rights law and international refugee law. She is completing a PhD with the Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney, focusing on how the right to life can protect people at risk of displacement (or already displaced) in the context of climate change. She also coordinates the Strategic Litigation Network for the Kaldor Centre, connecting lawyers and academics to support litigation relevant to refugees. Prior to commencing her PhD, Anna worked as a litigation solicitor, having conducted complex strategic human rights litigation in various courts throughout Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe. She has been involved in precedent-setting cases, including to secure urgent, life-saving medical care for refugee children detained offshore by the Australian government, release from indefinite immigration detention, and compensation for survivors of torture and sexual violence in Kenya. Earlier, while living in London, Anna represented Amnesty International at the United Nations in Geneva and New York, focusing on expert human rights mechanisms. Anna has appeared as an expert witness before Australian Parliamentary inquiries and served as a member of the Law Society of NSW’s Human Rights Law Committee. She has published widely, including on refugee and human rights issues and presented at conferences on domestic and international law.