Assistant Professor of Political Science, Bowling Green State University Dr. Dominic D. Wells is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Fire Administration (FIAD) Program. He earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Kent State University in 2018, a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Bowling Green State University in 2013, and a B.A. in Political Science from Bowling Green State University in 2010. His primary research focuses on labor union politics and policy. Dr. Wells is the author of From Collective Bargaining to Collective Begging: How Public Employees Win and Lose the Right to Bargain (Temple University Press). His work has been published in Questions in Politics, the Journal of Political Science Education, the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, and Teaching Statistics. Dr. Wells teaches courses in political science, public administration, and fire administration. For more information about his work, please visit his personal website at dominicdwells.com
Professor of Political Science, Bowling Green State University David J. Jackson is professor of political science at Bowling Green State University. His research interests include U.S. political behavior and the interactive relationship between politics and culture. He is the author of Entertainment and Politics: The Influence of Pop Culture on Young Adult Political Socialization, a second and revised edition of which was published in 2009. He has published articles in such journals as Political Research Quarterly, American Politics Research, Polish American Studies, American Review of Canadian Studies, and the International Journal of Press/Politics. In 2007-2008 he was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Łódź. His book Classrooms and Barrooms: An American in Poland, was published in 2008.
Adjunct Research Fellow, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University Dominic Kelly is the author of Political Troglodytes and Economic Lunatics: The Hard Right in Australia. His writing has appeared in The Age, The Monthly, The Guardian, Australian Book Review, The Saturday Paper, Meanjin, Inside Story, Jacobin, The Market Herald and Arena Magazine.
Senior Lecturer in International Law, Cranfield University Dr Turns graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with an Upper Second Class LLB (Honours) degree in 1990 and an LLM in 1992, and has been a non-practising barrister and Member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple since 1992. From 1990 to 1994 he taught Public International Law as a Part-time Lecturer at the London School of Economics, and was a full Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool from 1994 to 2007. He has specialised in the education and training of military legal advisers since 1995 and has also delivered courses on international law for humanitarian aid workers, military officers (non-legal, including senior commanders) and civil servants, in the UK and many other countries around the world. Dr Turns was a Visiting Professor at the Institute of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna, in 2002, and is a Member of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (San Remo, Italy), the Board of Directors of the International Society for Military Law & the Law of War, and the Advisory Board of the Hungarian Yearbook of International Law & European Law. Research opportunities International Humanitarian Law (the Law of Armed Conflict) (jus in bello) Legality of the Use of Force by States (jus ad bellum) International Criminal Law Current activities Dr Turns' current scholarly interests are: the historical and contemporary evolution of warfare and its effect on the development and interpretation of the laws of war; Rules of Engagement as a tool for the governance of armed and security forces; the doctrine of armed reprisals; the status and treatment of prisoners of war.
Research Affiliate, University of Technology Sydney Louise is a Wildlife Campaigner with Humane Society International Australia. She is a wildlife coexistence advocate and researcher with a passion for wildlife conservation, welfare and environmental justice. In her research she identifies holistic, compassionate and integrative approaches to coexist with wildlife and support local communities. Her interdisciplinary research spans social science, natural resource management, climate adaptation, animal welfare and conservation sciences. Louise completed her doctorate in 2022. Her thesis explores the critical issue of human-animal coexistence with a focus on human and large carnivore interactions in production landscapes in the United States, South Africa and Australia. Her research aims to inform innovative government policies and practices and document evidence-based solutions that increase the resilience of landscapes, livestock and livelihoods while simultaneously conserving carnivores. This work illustrates the essential pathways to transform the paradigm from conflict towards coexistence that is both feasible and beneficial for people, animals and agricultural enterprises. Louise is an associate of the University of Technology Sydney where she worked for 14 years on sustainability issues such as biodiversity conservation, wildlife management, climate change adaptation and natural resources. She was a co-founder of the world's first Centre for Compassionate Conservation (CfCC) where she explored ways to reduce threats to wildlife from human intolerance in production landscapes and from emerging diseases.
