Senior Lecturer in Management Systems, University of Hull Dr Dionysios Demetis is a Senior Lecturer in Management Systems at the Hull University Business School and a Visiting Professor at Texas A&M University. He holds a PhD on Anti-Money Laundering and Information Systems from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he taught classes on Information Systems Management, IS Security and Research Methods. While at the LSE, he contributed widely to a number of research deliverables for the European Union, but most importantly to the domain of Anti-Money Laundering for the Spotlight EU project, as well as the GATE EU Project targeting Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. His research on the Risk-Based Approach to Anti-Money Laundering and the 3rd EU Directive has been featured in the IMOLIN select bibliography of the United Nations while his research on ‘Data Growth and the Consequences to Anti-Money Laundering’ has won the Emerald Highly Commended Award from the Journal of Money Laundering Control. For his teaching at the London School of Economics, he was awarded the departmental Teaching Assistant award for Outstanding Contribution based on peer review and student feedback from the Information Systems Department in 2006. During his PhD, he secured three consecutive research scholarships from the LSE. His book on AML entitled ‘Technology and Anti-Money Laundering’ and published by Edward Elgar is the first book to provide a coherent theoretical structure for Anti-Money Laundering research and practice, based on Systems Theory, and the first book to provide an Information Systems perspective on Anti-Money Laundering. With LSE Professor Ian Angell, he co-authored another book that applies second-order cybernetics to uncover deep-seated epistemological paradoxes in science. The book is entitled ‘Science’s First Mistake’, and it is published worldwide by Bloomsbury. Dr Demetis has a background in Physics from the University of Crete, as well as an MSc from the London School of Economics on the Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems. Prior to this academic post he was an Adjunct Professor for the California based Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL), where he lectured on the International Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering courses for the university’s online program for about three years. He has also been lecturing for TJSL on Qualitative Research Methodology for both MSc-level and PhD-level students, while advising a number of students in their research. He has given a large number of talks in conferences, and is a regular speaker at Cambridge University at the Annual Economic Crime Symposium.
Doctoral research fellow, Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, UCL Conducting research on people smuggling and border policing at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, UCL. Previously working on international migration and antiquities trafficking in conflict zones. Award-winning freelance investigative journalist and documentarist. Creative editor and co-director of the journalist collective Brush&Bow C.I.C.
Adjunct professor, Department of Family Medicine & Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley is a Registered Clinical Psychologist in BC, AB, ON and NS. She worked for almost 15 years in multidisciplinary teams on medical, surgical and cancer care hospital units providing assessment, therapy and consultation for patients with chronic and life-threatening health conditions. She also conducts research as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, with a cross appointment in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Dalhousie University and an Adjunct Professor appointment in the Department of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Saint Mary’s University. She has an active research program on behavior change, obesity, chronic disease, professional resiliency and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Dr. Lee-Baggley has over 45 peer-reviewed publications and over 130 scholarly presentations. She is the director of Dr. Lee-Baggley and Associates, which provides evidence-based workplace wellness solutions.
Canada Research Chair in Life Course Transitions in Northern and Rural Communities; Professor of Sociology, Nipissing University David Zarifa is Professor and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Life Course Transitions in Northern & Rural Communities in the Department of Sociology at Nipissing University and Academic Director of the Nipissing University Research Data Centre.
Associate Research Professor in Climatology, Desert Research Institute Dr. McEvoy is a researcher with the Western Regional Climate Center. His research interests are interdisciplinary and span the fields of climate, hydrology, and meteorology. His research interests include advancing drought monitoring technology, seasonal drought prediction, the role of evaporative demand on drought, quality and uncertainty assessment of weather observations, and climate modeling.
Professor of Economics and Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University Dr. Dennis Jansen is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas A&M University and is currently the Mary Julia and George R. Jordan Jr. Professor of Public Policy in Economics. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his undergraduate degree in economics and mathematics from St. Louis University. His research focuses on macroeconomics, financial economics, forecasting, and the economics of education. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation and has worked for the Texas Education Agency to study the Texas school finance formula, and to evaluate both the Texas Educator Excellence Grant program and the Texas District Award for Teacher Excellence program. Professor Jansen was a Fulbright Scholar in 2008, lecturing and conducting research in Ireland. At Texas A&M University Dr. Jansen has served as Department Head, Director of Graduate Programs, and Director of Undergraduate Programs. He has also held research or teaching positions at the National University of Ireland-Galway, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Indiana University-Bloomington, North Carolina State University, Korea University, Southwest University of Finance and Economics (China), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Catholic University Leuven, and Maastricht University.
