Senior Lecturer in Movement and Acting, University of Surrey Senior Lecturer in Movement and Acting at the Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey. Teaching Practices include physical and psycho-physical techniques, Laban, Storytelling, collaborative ensemble practice, mask-work, movement and intimacy direction. Professional performance credits include; Cabaret and Funny Girl at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Rat Pack: Live From Las Vegas (Savoy Theatre, London/UK & USA Tour), Jailhouse Rock: The Musical (Piccadilly Theatre, London), Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (New London Theatre, London/UK Tour), Pirates of Penzance (Kilworth House Theatre) and Three Phantoms (UK Tour). A teacher of movement and acting, Anna is the Director of Student Experience at the Guildford School of Acting and programme leader of the BA (Hons) Applied and Contemporary Theatre. Anna was Course Leader of the Professional Musical Theatre Diploma at Bodywork, Cambridge and has taught at Mountview and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Anna has been on the faculty at the Guildford Theatre School and the Guildford Summer Youth Projects since 2011. She has also been a part of the creative team for the Easter Theatre School and the Summer Theatre School at The Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey, Belfast since 2012.
Professor of Clinical Data Science and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, UCL Amitava Banerjee is Professor of Clinical Data Science, University College London, and Consultant Cardiologist at University College London Hospitals and Barts Health NHS Trusts. He is a researcher, educator and clinician with interests spanning data science, cardiovascular disease, global health, training and evidence-based healthcare. He has been active clinically and academically throughout the pandemic and is leading the NIHR-funded STIMULATE-ICP study looking at many aspects of Long Covid, including a large clinical trial of potential treatments. After qualifying from Oxford, he trained in Oxford, Newcastle, Hull and London, completing a Masters in Public Health at Harvard(2004/05), an internship at World Health Organisation(2005) and DPhil in epidemiology from Oxford(2010). He was Clinical Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine in Birmingham, before moving to UCL in 2015.
PhD Candidate, History, Indiana University Asher Lubotzky is a doctoral candidate for in the Department of History at Indiana University. His research focus is settler colonialism, apartheid, and decolonization in Southern Africa, as well as Africa-Israel relations, past and present. His Ph.D. dissertation explores the complex early relationship between the State of Israel and Southern Africa (1948-1976) as well as the different interpretations of Zionism among South Africans. He has also written about the Herero and Nama Genocide (1904-1907) in German Southwest Africa (Namibia). Asher is the recipient of the Gerda Henkel PhD Scholarship for 2021-2023. He has an MA in History from Bar Ilan University and a BA in Middle Eastern History and Philosophy from the University of Haifa.
Master's Student in Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Alicia received her Bachelor’s degree in Geography and Environmental Science with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, where she is also completing her M.S. degree. Her Master’s research focuses on the racial-sexual geographies of incarceration in the United States. She also contributes to various research projects around cities, housing and technology using critical GIS methods.
Researcher, Griffith University The first agency signed model with a physical impairment to feature in a national television campaign, Angel Dixon's mission is to challenge societies perception of disability. The international Mercedes Benz Fashion Week model and 2019 QLD Young Australian of the Year is a passionate activist for universal design and inclusion. Aware of the power that the media has in forming perceptions, Angel is advocacy manager for not-for-profit organisation, Starting With Julius, and CEO of the Attitude Foundation. Both organisations seek to accelerate the inclusion of people with disability through the creation of authentic media and education on inclusive principals. Learn more about: attitude.org.au and startingwithjulius.org.au.
Lecturer, University of Wollongong Armin is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Wollongong (UOW). His interdisciplinary research sits at the intersection of law, technology, science and philosophy. His publications and talks focus on the social, ethical and legal impact of emerging technologies such as machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), neuroscience and genetics. Armin’s current projects include studying the way technology is shaping the future of the legal profession (collaborating with Deakin University), and the potential use of AI in sentencing (collaborating with the University of Brawijaya). Armin has a great sense of innovation in teaching and learning and currently collaborating with colleagues at UNSW Sydney to build and prototype research and educational tools with artificial intelligence (https://safetofailai.streamlit.app). Armin has a great sense of innovation in teaching and learning and currently investigating the potential benefits and perils of the use of AI in education. Armin’s new research-led course, Law and Emerging Technologies, is offered to UOW students for the first time in 2023.
