Associate Professor of English, University of Tennessee Bill Hardwig is currently working on a book project tentatively called "How Cormac Works," focusing on the fiction of Cormac McCarthy and narrative style. His "Upon Provincialism: Southern Literature and National Periodical Culture, 1870-1900" (University of Virginia Press, 2013) explores the late-19th century fascination with fiction about the American South. Drawing on travel writing and the often-misunderstood local color movement, this book tracks how the nation’s leading interdisciplinary periodicals, especially the Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, The Century, translated and broadcast the predominant narratives about the post-war and post-reconstruction South. He has co-edited with Susanna Ashton "Approaches to Teaching the Work of Charles W. Chesnutt" (MLA Publications 2017), winner of Sylvia Lyons Render Award. He has also edited scholarly editions of the autobiography "Background in Tennessee "(University of Tennessee Press, 2021), written by Evelyn Scott, and a collection of stories about the Appalachian Mountains, "In the Tennessee Mountains" (University of Tennessee Press, 2009), written by Mary Noailles Murfree, which was first published in 1884. Professor Hardwig teaches courses on American literature, focusing on Southern, African American, and Appalachian literature of the 19th and 20th century. Course topics include the literature of Cormac McCarthy (ENG 482), immigration in American Literature (ENGL 331), race and science in American literature (ENG 398), Southern literary regionalism (ENG 551), and recurring sections of Southern (ENG 441) and Appalachian (ENG 444 and 661) literature and culture. Professor Hardwig designed and runs the website Literary Knox, which provides information, walking tours, and virtual tours that explore Knoxville’s literary history. Professor Hardwig has held the Department of English’s Carroll Distinguished Teaching Professorship, has received the College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching award for Junior Faculty and the John C. Hodges Excellence in Teaching award, has three times received awards for teaching/mentoring from UT’s English graduate students, and has won university and regional advising awards.
Profesor de Finanzas y Turismo, Universitat de les Illes Balears Bartolome Deya Tortella is PhD in Economics by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain). He has published several research papers in international journals like Water Resources Research, Water, Journal of Environmental Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Water, Advances in Accounting, Management Research, The European Accounting Review, between others. He has participated and participates consecutively since 2001 in a total of 10 research projects at both national and international level. Has made contributions in several national and international conferences. Has made several research visits at prestigious investigation centers like Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Arizona State University – (USA). In July 2004 he received First Prize for Financial Studies in Human Resources Area (Centro de Estudios Financieros). He is reviewer of several international reviews like Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Economics, European Accounting Review, among others. Nowadays he is a full professor in the Department of Business Economics in the area of Financial Economics and Accounting in the University of Balearic Islands, from October 1997. He is also coordinator of several international conferences (International Conference Tourism China-Spain, International Conference of Digital Tourism, etc). He has been also the coordinator of the Melia Hotels International Chair. He has held various management positions of responsibility since March 2004 like vice dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business and Dean of the Faculty of Tourism. Actually is the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Tourism.
Associate Professor; UNESCO Chair in Arts and Learning, Queen's University, Ontario Dr. Benjamin Bolden, music educator and composer, is an associate professor and UNESCO Chair of Arts and Learning in the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University, Canada. His research interests include arts education, music education, the learning and teaching of composing, creativity, arts-based research, assessment in the arts, teacher education, teacher knowledge, and teachers’ professional learning. His research has been published in journals including Review of Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Music Education Research, and Music Educators Journal. He serves on the editorial boards of The International Journal of Research in Aesthetic, Arts, and Cultural Education; The Canadian Music Educator; and The Canadian Music Teacher. As a teacher, Ben has worked with pre-school, elementary, secondary, and university students in Canada, England, and Taiwan. Ben is an associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre and his compositions have been performed by a variety of professional and amateur performing ensembles across Canada and internationally.
Lecturer, Monash University Binh Thanh Ta is a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Science, Monash University, Australia. She is interested in studying social interactions in higher education and medical care contexts.
Reader (Associate Professor) in International Relations, University of Essex Brian Phillips is a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. He researches and teaches about terrorism, civil war, and organized crime. His book, "Insurgent Terrorism: Intergroups Relationships and the Killing of Civilians," co-authored with Victor Asal and R. Karl Rethemeyer, was published in 2022 with Oxford University Press.
Profesora de Fotografía y Estética, Universidad CEU San Pablo Doctora en Comunicación y Licenciada en Historia del Arte. Ha impartido docencia en diversas asignaturas relacionadas con la fotografía en la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad CEU San Pablo, así como en másteres. Integra la docencia universitaria con la investigación, especializándose en fotografía de moda y fotografía documental en España como piedra angular. La doctora Guerrero desarrolla su actividad docente simultáneamente con su actividad en la gestión: es directora del Master Oficial en Comunicación Moda y Belleza, organizado en colaboración con el grupo editorial Unidad Editorial (Telva/Yo Dona).
