Professor of Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Andrew Cleland is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He was selected as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair for 2023, a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer for 2017-18, was an APS Kavli Lecturer in 2017. He received his bachelor’s degree in engineering physics in 1983, and his PhD in physics in 1991, both from the University of California, Berkeley. He then pursued research in quantum systems at the Centre d’Etudes-Orme des Merisiers in Saclay, France, and later at the California Institute of Technology, before joining the faculty of the physics department at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1997. Prof. Cleland joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 2014. There he heads a research program on superconducting qubits and on quantum acoustics, and is the director of the Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility.
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), London School of Economics and Political Science Adelina Comas-Herrera is the director of the new Global Observatory of Long-Term Care based at the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre at the London School of Economics. She is currently principal investigator of a project on what lessons the English social care system can learn from the COVID experiences of other countries, and one strengthening responses to dementia in England, with a specific focus on care inequalitites. During the COVID pandemic she led the LTCcovid.org platform, an initiative linked to International Long-Term Care Policy Network that shares evidence and resources to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 amongst those who use and provide long-term care. She was a regular attendee of the SAGE Social Care Working Group meetings from May 2021. Previously she was co-lead of the Strengthening Responses to Dementia in Developing Countries (STRiDE) project. Funded by the Research Councils UK Global Challenges Research Fund, STRiDE was a multi-national project covering Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, and South Africa. The project aimed to build capacity to generate research that supports the development of policy responses to dementia, with related projects also under way in Hong Kong and New Zealand. Her main research interests are economic aspects of care, treatment and support of people with dementia, and long-term care financing, both in the UK and globally. She has extensive experience in developing simulation models of the future resources required to address long-term care needs and needs arising from dementia. She has a background in Economics (BA and MSc, Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and is currently Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has been a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank’s ageing and long-term care programme and for the World Health Organisation’s Department of Ageing and Life Course, preparing a country self-assessment tool for long-term care. She was a co-author of the 2016 and 2019 editions of the World Alzheimer Report.
Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne Adam Taylor is a Lecturer in Education at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. He has over 25 years experience as a senior school and system leader in the Australian non-government schooling sector.
Lecturer in Youth Physical Activity and Physical Education, Edge Hill University For the last two years I have held a role at Edge Hill University on the Physical Education and School Sport Programme. My expertise centres around the application of muscular fitness activity for children and young people, with a focus on the school environment as a vehicle for delivery.
Senior Research Officer, Massey University Dr Amanda Eng is a Senior Research Officer at the Research Centre for Hauora and Health (RCHH) at Massey University. She has considerable experience in conducting epidemiological studies in the field of occupational exposure and health. Dr Eng is currently working on a programme of research focusing on occupational health and national meta-data, including a recently completed study examining occupational risk factors for cardiovascular disease and a study examining occupational risk factors for mental health, as well as a number of collaborative projects with WorkSafe.
Sociology Instructor, York University, Canada Department: Sociology Dissertation topic: All I Need is One Mic: Utilizing hip-hop culture for community-based youth knowledge mobilization and activism RESEARCH INTERESTS Identity; Youth Culture; Sociology of Music; Gender; Social Movements; Sociology of Education; Qualitative Methods; Racialization; Intersectionality; Gentrification EDUCATION York University 2019 - Present Ph.D. Student, Sociology Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA): 4.0 Comprehensive Exams: Sex and Gender Systems, Qualitative Methods Committee: Carl James (supervisor), Elaine Coburn, Lesley Wood “All I Need is One Mic: York University 2017 - 2018 Master of Arts, Sociology Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA): 4.0 RRP Committee: Carl James (supervisor), Tania Das Gupta “Growing Roses from Concrete: exploring how racialized youth build resistance identity through hip-hop culture” Quest University Canada 2009 - 2013 Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Thesis Question: What is the relationship between law and morality? President’s Honour List ADDITIONAL TRAINING Indigenous Community Research Partnership Open Access Training 2022 Queens University Knowledge Translation Canada Summer Institute 2022 Knowledge Translation Canada Specialist Knowledge Translation Training Course 2022 SickKids Learning Institute Innovation York Mobilize YU 2021 York University Youth Engagement for Research 2019 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Community Based Research in Social Service Settings 2018 St. Michael’s Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training 2017 Toronto Hostels Training Centre Youth Mental Health First Aid 2016 Canadian Mental Health Association Motivational Interviewing 2016 Corrections BC Children Who Witness Abuse Counselling Certification I&II 2014 British Columbia Society of Transition Houses Mediation Skills Level I 2014 Justice Institute of British Columbia RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant “The Story of a Generation” Dec 2020 – Present Dr. Carl E. James, Dr. Paul Anisef Research Assistant Nov 2019 – Mar 2020 Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Dr. Stephen Gaetz Research Assistant Aug 2018 – Dec 2019 Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation Dr. Daniel Werb Research Assistant Sep 2017 – Dec 2017 Dr. Amber M. Gazso TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor York University WRIT Sep 2022-Apr 2023 Teaching Assistant York University HREQ 1920: Male-Female Relationships Sep 2020-Sep 2022 (virtual) Teaching Assistant York University SOCI 1010: Introduction to Sociology Sep 2019 – Apr 2020 Teaching Assistant York University Guest Lecture Toronto Metropolitan University “Do white People Have a Role to Play in Racial Justice?” Feb 21, 2022 Guest Lecture York University “Appropriation and Hip-Hop Culture” Feb 8, 2020 Guest Lecture Quest University Canada “Youth Political and Community Engagement” March 16, 2015 PUBLICATIONS Lippman, A. (Mar 10 2023). Students Across ‘Canada’ Are Calling for an End to Genocidal Companies on Campus. The Excalibur. Lippman, A. “Respect for the North: the sociopolitical significance of Toronto DJ culture” Hancock, M & Marsh, C. (Eds.). We Can Dance If We Want To: Canadian DJ Culture Turns Up Wilfred Laurier Press: Waterloo. (forthcoming) REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Lippman, A. 2022 “Hip-Hop as a Knowledge Mobilization Tool”. Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum, Online. Lippman, A. 2022. “Who’s Classroom? Disrupting Eurocentricity with hip-hop based pedagogy”. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Online. Lippman, A. 2022. “"Who's Streets": Hip-hop as a place-making space for youth in carceral webs”. Canadian Sociological Association Annual Conference, Online. Lippman, A. 2022. “Sensitive Thugs: reformulating masculinity and vulnerability through rap music”. Canadian Sociological Association Annual Conference, Online. Lippman, A. 2022. “Straight from the Streets: hip-hop culture, masculinity, and homeless youth” Popular Culture Associate Annual Conference, Online. Lippman, A. 2022. “We the North: The Sociopolitical importance of Toronto Rap History” Global Conference on Hip Hop Education, Online. Lippman, A. 2021. “Hip-Hop Hope: utilizing hip-hop to mobilize youth for social change”. Child and Youth Performance Conference, Toronto, ON. Lippman, A. 2020. “Hip-Hop Culture as an Agent of Social Change”. York Sociology Graduate Association 9th Annual Symposium. Toronto, ON. Lippman, Anna. 2020. “Engaging Youth in Community Based Research: The Squamish Teen Action and Advisory Group”. Health Xchange Conference. Vancouver, BC. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. “Hip-Hop Based Activism and Youth Engagement”. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association Conference, London, ON, June. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. “Hierarchical Masculinities amongst Homeless Black Youth”. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association Conference, London, ON, June. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. “Homelessness, Hip-Hop, and Black Masculinity in Toronto”. Canadian Association of Social Work Education Conference, London, ON. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. “Hip-Hop Based Youth Interventions in Toronto”. Canadian Association of Social Work Education Conference, London, ON. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. Poster Presentation. “Teaching Outside the Classroom: Hip Hop Based Educational Interventions”. National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, New York, NY. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. Poster Presentation “Pathways to Education: Hip-Hop Based Inquiry”. Research Centre for Public Sociology Open House. Toronto, ON. (Cancelled). INVITED TALKS Masri, L., Lippman, A., Sebei, M. 2023. “The Labour Movement and International Solidarity”. Labour4Palestine: Online, January. Lippman, A. 2022. “Identity, Intersectionality, and Understanding Our Social Location”. Showing Up for Racial Justice. Lippman, A. & Tecle, S. 2022. “Reimagining Safety Beyond Carcerality”. Social Planning Toronto: Online, January. Alqasem, M., Gill, R., Lippman, A. 2021. “Solidarity with Palestinian People and Workers” Canadian Union of Public Employees National Convention: Online, November. Lippman, A. 2021. “Poverty, Policing, and Social Determinants of Health” Health Providers Against Poverty: Online, October Alqasem, M., Jarrar, Y., Lippman, A. 2021. “Beyond Our Local Borders: Palestine”. Jane and Finch Political Conversations Café: Online, June Lippman, Anna. 2021. “Jewish Perspectives on the Palestine”. Palestine House Speakers Series: Mississauga, ON, May Lippman, Anna. 2021. “Online Organizing 101”. Urban Alliance on Race Relations 2021 Workshop Series: Toronto, ON, February. Lippman, Anna. 2016. “Reconciliation in the Boardroom; Beyond Land Acknowledgments”. British Columbia Library Trustee Association 2016 Conference: Libraries Connect! Richmond, BC, May.
