Research Fellow, School of Educational Psychology & Counselling, Monash University Bethany Devenish is a research fellow at the School of Educational Psychology and Counselling (EPC) at Monash University. Her research focus has been on programs that effect broader community and cultural change, to develop inclusive communities that promote positive outcomes for children and adolescents with disability, and/or from low socioeconomic homes or communities. Her PhD examined the pathways through which poverty can impact the outcomes of children and adolescents, evaluating a school-based program designed to promote student voice and agency within their community. She has collaborated with multidisciplinary teams both locally and globally to support delivery of culturally responsive, strengths- and evidence-based programs for children, adolescents, families, schools, and other formal and informal community actors. Bethany has strong experience in knowledge translation and a passionate interest in child voice, including within research, and system change. Bethany is excited about continuing and progressing her research to see inclusive communities that promote positive outcomes and active participation of all children become a reality.
Associate Professor of English & Women's and Gender Studies, Drake University A Southern California native, I earned my undergraduate degree in English from Humboldt State University in Northern California. I then moved to the deep south where I completed my Ph.D. at Louisiana State University. My research interests focus on popular culture, young adult literature, feminist theory, and women's studies. I have an ongoing obsession with horror films, which began when my brother forced me (at age 12) to watch George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Along with my love of zombies and powerful women in horror films, I am continually intrigued by the amorphous classification(s) of cultural productions as either "high" or "low" forms of art. Is it "literature" or "fiction" or a "trashy novel?" Interrogation of these troublesome labels is an ongoing preoccupation.
PhD Student, University of Delaware Baffour Agyeman Prempeh Boakye is a Doctoral student at the University of Delaware, and a Research Associate at the Elections Research and Resource Centre in Accra, Ghana. His research interests focus on democracy, elections and political parties. He holds both a Master of Philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Ghana.
Associate professor, Università di Torino After ten years at the University of York, where she did her PhD and two postdocs in ancient proteins between Archaeology and Chemistry, Beatrice was awarded a position from the Italian Government under the "brain-gain/Rita Levi Montalcini" scheme. She is now an associate professor in "Research Methods for Archaeology" at the Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin. She has a lab for molecular archaeology and palaeontology, focusing especially on palaeoproteomics. Her research and her teaching include both the natural sciences and the humanities (archaeology, anthropology and cultural heritage).
Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Media Studies, Griffith University Dr Bridget Backhaus is media studies scholar interested in the role of community and alternative media in social and environmental change. A former community radio journalist and producer, her research explores the intersections of voice, listening, identity, and participation within community media.
