Professor of Sociology, Education and Demography, Penn State Dr. David P. Baker is Professor Sociology, Education, and Demography at the Pennsylvania State University, and a Nonresident Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education, The Brookings Institute, Washington DC. His research focuses on the impact of education on individuals and societies, economies, and science; international comparisons of school organization; academic outcomes, and educational policy. His most recent books are The Schooled Society: The Educational Transformation of Global Culture. Palo Alto CA: Stanford University Press, which won the American Education Research Association- Outstanding Book of the Year, 2015; Global Mega-Science: Universities, Research Collaborations and Knowledge Production. Stanford University Press 2024 (w/ J. Powell).
Senior Lecturer in Policing Studies, Charles Sturt University I hold BJuris LLB LLM degrees for the University of South Africa (Unisa) and LLD from North-West University (NWU), South Africa. I am an admitted Advocate of the High Court of South Africa (similar to barrister).
Professor of Practice in English Literature, University of Arizona I'm a prolific scholar of fantasy, science fiction, and the Inklings -- JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis in particular. I'm also the editor for SPECULATIVE POETRY AND THE MODERN ALLITERATIVE REVIVAL: A CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY (Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2024), a book that aims to explain and outline the prevalence of a contemporary revival in medieval alliterative poetics. My academic articles have appeared in almost every major journal dedicated to SF and fantasy, and I've also written around two dozen reviews and encyclopedia articles. I served five years as the reviews editor for FAFNIR; in 2020, we became the first academic journal to ever win a World Fantasy Award. I've also won the May Kay Bray Award from the Science Fiction Research Association.
Professor, Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia My research topics include discrete fracture network modelling, advanced numerical modelling of block cave mining, mechanical behaviour of hard rock pillars, slope stability analysis, and synthetic rock mass modelling applications. I am also researching Engineering Philosophy and Behavioural Rock Engineering, which studies cognitive biases’ role in rock engineering design, emphasizing the applications of machine learning to empirically derived concepts and inductive design.
Professor, School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria My interdisciplinary scholarship is located at the intersection of Childhood Sociology and feminist thought. My work takes on a social justice perspective and is centered on various issues affecting children and youth in families and communities. Over the recent years, my community-based youth-led participatory research has been underpinned by intersectionality and post-colonial theories.
