PhD Candidate in English Literature, Dalhousie University Brenna Duperron is a PhD Candidate at Dalhousie University. Her doctoral project bridges Indigenous Studies and Medieval Studies, incorporating Indigenous Knowledge Systems, methodologies, and literary approaches to readings of medieval texts. Brenna is an active member of the academic community with four publications either in hand or forthcoming and a regular presence at regional and international academic conferences, focusing on both fantasy medievalism and medieval literature. Her contribution to Tarren Andrew's October 2020 English Language Notes special issue, “Ghostly Consciousness in The Book of Margery Kempe,” won the Van Courtland Elliot Prize from the Medieval Academy of America in 2022. She has also taught classes that interrogate the enduring legacy of medieval literature in popular culture, spanning from Tolkien to Marvel.
Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Saskatchewan I am a tenure-track professor in the Department of Management and Marketing at the Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan. I have also served as a USask Sustainability Faculty Fellow for the past two years, embedding sustainability learning outcomes into my classes. I teach introductory marketing, advanced marketing strategy, and entrepreneurship and venture development at the undergraduate level and a business and society class in our MBA program. My current research focuses on teaching cases that amplify the voices of Indigenous leaders and women leading companies in non-traditional industries. I am also a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) who has completed over 100 projects for various organizations in the areas of strategy, governance, communications and operational planning.
Assistant Professor of Business Law, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Brian J. Connolly is an Assistant Professor of Business Law at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business. His research and teaching centers in the areas of real estate, land use, and development law. His primary research interests include issues of public and private regulation of land use and their relationship to housing affordability and urban redevelopment. Professor Connolly has also written on First Amendment issues related to local government regulation – including signs and outdoor advertising and other free speech issues – as well as fair housing matters in local planning and zoning. Professor Connolly’s work on these topics has included filing multiple U.S. Supreme Court amicus curiae briefs and serving as an expert witness in cases involving these and other land use topics. Prior to entering academia, Professor Connolly spent over a decade in private law practice in Denver, Colorado, where he represented public- and private-sector clients in zoning, planning, development entitlements, and other complex regulatory matters. In private practice, he worked on projects that, taken together, included over $20 billion in real estate investment and created over 10,000 housing units, industrial facilities, and resort and recreational opportunities. He also represented clients in land use and zoning litigation and real estate transactions. Before his legal career, Professor Connolly served as an urban planner in local government.
Staff Attorney, State Democracy Research Initiative, University of Wisconsin Law School, University of Wisconsin-Madison Bryna Godar is a Staff Attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Bryna joined the Initiative following a clerkship with Judge Jeffrey R. Howard on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She was previously a Legal Fellow with the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota in St. Paul, Minnesota. Bryna graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was Vice President/Treasurer of Harvard Law Review. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist in Wisconsin and Minnesota, reporting primarily on local and state government.
Associate Professor, Criminology, University of Lincoln Dr Baris Cayli Messina is a social and cultural critic. He is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Lincoln. He is Editor-in-Chief of International Social Science Journal (Wiley) and Editor the book series, Temple Studies in Criminalization, History, and Society (Temple University Press).
Doctoral Candidate, Business Administration, Royal Roads University Bill is an experienced senior executive who holds a bachelor of Arts from the University of Victoria, a Master of Business Administration from Royal Roads University, and is a current Doctoral Candidate at Royal Roads in the Doctor of Administration program.
