Contributors

Angela Wanhalla

Professor of History, University of Otago

Professor of History, University of Otago I am a Kāi Tahu historian based in the History Programme at the University of Otago.

Angela Meadows

Lecturer in Psychology, University of Essex

Lecturer in Psychology, University of Essex I have a PhD in Psychology from the University of Birmingham, UK. My research is focused on weight stigma, health, and wellbeing. I am currently a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Essex in the UK. In 2018/2019, I was an ESRC postdoctoral fellow in Psychology at the University of Exeter, UK, andan SSHRC Banting Fellow in Psychology at Western University, Canada from 2019 to 2021. In 2013, I founded the Annual International Weight Stigma Conference to bring together researchers and practitioners from a range of health, social science, and policy backgrounds. www.stigmaconference.com

Ansie Smit

Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria

Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria Research Interests Numerical and computational techniques Applied statistical methods Statistical seismology Natural hazard and risk estimation Education 2019: PhD Mathematical Statistics, University of Pretoria 2010: MSc Mathematical Statistics, University of Pretoria 2003: Bsc(Hons) Mathematical Statistics, University of Pretoria 2002: BSc Financial Mathematics, University of Pretoria Employment 2020 – current : Senior lecturer, Department of Geology, University of Pretoria Natural Hazard Centre, Africa, University of Pretoria 2013 – 2019 : University of Pretoria Natural Hazard Centre, Africa, University of Pretoria 2008-2013 : Aon Benfield Natural Hazard Centre Africa, University of Pretoria 2006-Jan 2008: Munnik Basson Dagama Attorney, Business Analyst 2005-Aug 2006: AC Nielsen Marketing and Media Pty Ltd, Research Statistician 2004 : Junior Lecture, Department of Statistics, University of Pretoria

Ahmet Begde

PhD Candidate, Neurorehabilitation, Loughborough University

PhD Candidate, Neurorehabilitation, Loughborough University I am a final year PhD student at Loughborough University with a background in physiotherapy. I have a BSc degree in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation from Pamukkale University in Turkey and an MSc in NeuroPhysiotherapy from the University of Nottingham in the UK. My PhD also focuses on neurorehabilitation and investigates the effectiveness of dual-task exercise training on cognition, mobility and fall risk in people with dementia. I am an HCPC-registered physiotherapist and a Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

Angela Wright

Professor of Romantic Literature, University of Sheffield

Professor of Romantic Literature, University of Sheffield My interests lie in literature published between the 1760s and 1820s, and my publications have come broadly from the interactions between the Gothic and Romantic modes during these decades, both in Britain and in France. In 2013, for example, I published Britain, France and the Gothic: The Import of Terror with Cambridge University Press, and there I investigated the roles played by translation, adaptation and silent plagiarism between the Gothic and Romantic modes in Britain and France. The book was shortlisted for the Allan Lloyd Smith memorial prize for Gothic Fiction in 2015, and won an honourable mention. My new book Mary Shelley explores the continuing fascination with the aesthetics of terror and horror that pervade the works of Mary Shelley from Frankenstein in 1818 to the later novels and short stories that she published in the 1810s, 1820s and even 30s. By demonstrating the shared aesthetics of terror and horror that range across her body of work, I hope that this book will show the agility, discursive breadth and continuing preoccupations that characterise Mary Shelley’s writing throughout her career. The book was published in January 2018, and you can see its cover here. http://www.uwp.co.uk/book/mary-shelley-hardback/ Other publications include the co-edited Romantic Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion (Edinburgh University Press, 2015) and Ann Radcliffe, Romanticism and the Gothic (Cambridge University Press, 2014) (both with Dale Townshend). I am also currently co-editing a three volume Cambridge History of the Gothic with Professors Dale Townshend and Catherine Spooner. I am also currently writing another monograph, entitled Fostering Romanticism which addresses the wealth and considerable weight of poetry, drama and prose published between the 1760s and 1820s that focusses upon the foster or adoptive parent. This research was funded by means of a Leverhulme fellowship in 2016-17, and should, I hope, be completed by Autumn 2018.

Ari Pinkus

Manager, American Communities Project, Michigan State University

Manager, American Communities Project, Michigan State University I thrive at the intersection of ideas as a researcher, writer/editor, and project manager. Currently, I collaborate on a few digital platforms. I am research scientist/manager for the American Communities Project based at Michigan State University, where I study and elevate trend research. I am also co-founder and co-editor of two publications: The Well, a nutrition and wellness newsletter on Substack; and Well-Schooled, the site for educator storytelling. I am a Certified Brand Strategist and Certified Platform Strategist via Section. I am the author of two novels, The Moral Tango and The Style Whisperer. Previously, I held writing and editing roles at The Christian Science Monitor, ABC News, the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), and Campaigns & Elections magazine. At NAIS, I launched and oversaw the organization’s thought-leadership blog, Independent Ideas. I wrote much about creativity, mindfulness, sustainability, and diversity. At the Monitor, I was a national news editor and lead editor of a community journalism project, Patchwork Nation, examining political, economic, and cultural trends in the US. At ABC News, I was part of the “Good Morning America” digital team, where I wrote about popular culture, including wellness, music, and books. I earned a BA in media studies and political science from Penn State University and an MPA from New York University.