Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Deakin University PhD in Experimental Psychology, The University of Memphis, May 1, 2004. Master of Arts in Criminology & Criminal Justice, The University of Memphis, May 4, 2001, Master of Science in Psychology, The University of Memphis, December 16, 2000. Bachelor's of Arts in Psychology (with Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Honours), Magna Cum Laude, The University of Memphis, May 9, 1997. Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, Deakin University, January 2008.
Profesor Ayudante Doctor en didáctica de la lengua extranjera (inglés), Universidad de Málaga Soy profesor de didáctica de la lengua extranjera - inglés en la Universidad de Málaga, España, e investigo sobre aprendizaje de lenguas, cultura digital y prácticas lingüísticas que realizan los fans o aficionados a productos de la cultura popular contemporánea, como series de televisión, libros de literatura juvenil o videojuegos. En concreto, estudio cómo los adolescentes y los jóvenes (y no tan jóvenes) como los fans usan y aprenden lenguas y construyen identidades de múltiples maneras. Me suelo centrar en estudiar estas prácticas de los fans en contextos de interacción social en línea, mediante tecnologías digitales. También me interesan los videojuegos y su aplicación al aula de lenguas, el uso de tecnologías digitales en general para aprender lenguas y las nuevas maneras de comunicar que proliferan en internet.
Associate Professor in Linguistics, The University of Melbourne I'm an expert in Indigenous Australian languages. I have worked with speakers of these languages in Arnhem Land since the mid 1990s in grass-roots organisations such as the Katherine and Ngukurr Aboriginal Language Centres, and as a researcher. I teach about these languages at the University of Melbourne, and have supervised students in documenting these languages first hand.
Deputy Head, Health and Social Care Unit and Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Briony Hill is an ARC DECRA Fellow (2023-25). She completed her PhD in Health Psychology in 2015 at Deakin University, Australia, exploring a psychosocial and behaviour change approach to preventing excessive gestational weight gain. For her thesis, she was awarded an Alfred Deakin Medal for Doctoral Thesis and an Australian Psychological Society (APS) Health College Award for Excellent Higher Degree Thesis in Health Psychology. Briony received an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in 2016 and completed an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (2017-2022) in the area of preconception wellbeing. She is currently Deputy Head of the Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. Research interests Briony's research interests centre on weight stigma before (preconception), during (antenatal) and after pregnancy (postpartum). She is currently leading an ARC Discovery Project, her DECRA and several seeding grants on the topic of weight stigma across the reproductive years. Briony also has a strong interest in health behaviour change and psychosocial wellbeing (including depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms, body image, and coping skills) and understanding the mechanisms that lead to the attainment of healthy diet and physical activity practices and weight for women during their reproductive years. She also applies an Ecological Systems Theory lens to her research to recognise the broader impacts on wellbeing that extend through the community, society and government. As part of this work, Briony is one of only a small handful of researchers globally, pursuing research to understand how we can eradicate weight stigma at all levels to reduce the burden and blame on women across the reproductive life phase. She is an advocate for co-design methods in her research, to ensure relevant stakeholders have their say in the development and implementation of interventions to meet their needs.
Lecturer, Curtin School of Population Health, Curtin University Blake Lawrence (PhD) is a Lecturer & Researcher in obesity, weight stigma and childhood adversity.
Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Auburn University Professor Connelly's research explores how corporate governance structures, such as shareholders and boards, affect competition and strategic outcomes. Some of the key theoretical mechanisms that underlie his work include signaling theory, social network theory, and tournament theory. Dr Connelly is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Management and Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal. He has also published in journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Strategic Organization. His work is often cited in media outlets, such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Dr Connelly teaches Strategic Management to undergraduates and masters students and is also involved in teaching and mentoring in the PhD program. In recent years, he has won Auburn University's highest awards for both research and teaching He has two decades of experience in engineering and international business with companies such as Westinghouse and Hughes. During this time, he has lived and worked in England, Asia, and throughout the United States.
