Contributors

Catherine Zhu

Student Journalist, Don't Call Me Resilient

Student Journalist, Don't Call Me Resilient

Christopher Star

Professor of Classics, Middlebury

Professor of Classics, Middlebury I received degrees in Classics from Bates College (BA), the University of Cambridge (MPhil) and the University of Chicago (PhD). I also studied at the Humboldt University in Berlin. My teaching and research focus on the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. My long-standing interests lie in considering how the Romans came to grips with the transition from freedom to autocracy, how this transition shaped their concept of the self, and how their ideas continue to inform modern debates. My first book, The Empire of the Self, looks at the relationship between two of the emperor Nero’s advisors, the Stoic philosopher and dramatist Lucius Annaeus Seneca, and Petronius, the author of the proto-novel the Satyricon. I have also written Seneca, an introduction to his life, works and legacy, the first of its kind in English in several years. My current research focuses on eschatology and accounts of global catastrophe. I have published Apocalypse and Golden Age: The End of the World in Greek and Roman Thought. I am also working with the inaugural Humanities Research Seminar on the topic, “Crisis, Catastrophe, and Recovery.” Supported by a grant from midd.data, I am developing a digital project that documents and analyzes the history and uses of the word “apocalypse” from ancient Greece to contemporary media.

Claudina Habru

Research associate, University of Adelaide

Research associate, University of Adelaide Claudina Habru is a Research Associate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Adelaide. Before moving to Australia, Claudina was a lawyer in the Solomon Islands and later manages her family’s business.

Christina von Roemeling

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Florida

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Florida Christina von Roemeling, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida. Collectively she has nearly 15 years of translational research experience involving the targeted and immunologic treatment of cancer. Her studies focus on delineating mechanisms of tumor-induced innate immune suppression in pediatric and adult brain malignancies, and identifying different strategies to co-opt this cellular cross-talk pharmacologically with small molecule inhibitors and through biomedical engineering tactics using recombinant adeno-associated virus to enhance immune recognition of cancer. She continues to draw from her multidisciplinary training including molecular cancer cell biology, drug development, nanomedicine, and biomedical engineering to identify and develop unique targeted treatment platforms that can be directly translated into clinical therapies for brain tumor patients. Dr. von Roemeling specializes in three dimensional imaging of cleared tissue specimens, providing unique insights into the geo-spatial features of malignancy, such as biophysical barriers that contribute to disease progression, or unique prognostic and therapeutic indicators of tumor response to treatment.

Carlos Monterrubio

Researcher and Lecturer in Tourism, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico

Researcher and Lecturer in Tourism, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico Carlos Monterrubio holds a PhD in Tourism from the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is currently a researcher and Lecturer in Tourism at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico. His main research interests are vulnerable groups, gender and interspecies relations in tourism, leisure and events.

Christopher Ewing

Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University

Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University Christopher Ewing graduated with a B.A. from Vassar College and a Ph.D. in History from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His research takes a transnational approach to LGBTQ+ politics and he is currently working on a project that examines the development of hate crimes activism between Australia, Europe, and the United States. He is the author of The Color of Desire: The Queer Politics of Race in the Federal Republic of Germany.