Professor of Philosophy, The Open University Derek Matravers is Professor of Philosophy at The Open University and a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. He has written Art and Emotion (OUP, 1998), Introducing Philosophy of Art: Eight Case Studies (Routledge, 2013); Fiction and Narrative (OUP, 2014); and Empathy (Polity, 2017). He is the author of numerous articles in aesthetics, ethics, and the philosophy of mind. He edits, with Paloma Atencia-Linares, The British Journal of Aesthetics. Between 2017 and 2020 he directed, with Helen Frowe, the UK Government funded project, Heritage in War. A monograph detailing the findings of this project is due out next year: Stones and Lives: The Ethics of Protecting Heritage in War (OUP, 2024).
Director of the Global Chair Nebrija-Santander on Migration and Human Rights, at Nebrija University in Madrid, Professor in Law, University of Bristol Diego Acosta is Professor of Migration and European Law at the University of Bristol, where he is also International Strategic Lead for the Migration and Mobilities Research Centre. He is also the Director of the Global Chair Nebrija-Santander on Migration and Human Rights at Nebrija University in Madrid. Professor Acosta is the author of more than 60 publications. His latest monograph (Cambridge University Press, 2018) looks at the legal construction of the national and the foreigner in South America from independence in the early 19th century until today. His new project analyses free movement of people regimes globally, and he has obtained funding from the Open Society Foundations. Professor Acosta has testified before the parliaments of Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru on migration law reform, and has advised numerous governments, international organisations, law firms, political parties and NGOs in the USA, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa. He has produced the written observations for the applicant submitted to the European Court of Justice in several cases.
Chair and Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Professor David N. Pellow is the Dehlsen and Department Chair of Environmental Studies and Director of the Global Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he teaches courses on environmental and social justice, race/class/gender and environmental conflict, human-animal conflicts, sustainability, and social change movements that confront our socioenvironmental crises and social inequality. He has volunteered for and served on the Boards of Directors of several community-based, national, and international organizations that are dedicated to improving the living and working environments for people of color, immigrants, indigenous peoples, and working class communities, including the Global Action Research Center, the Center for Urban Transformation, the Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety and Health, Global Response, Greenpeace USA, and International Rivers.
University of Bristol Darius Wainwright is a historian who specialises in the history of cultural relations, public diplomacy, and soft power. He primarily focuses on the spread of American norms, values, and ideas at both state and non-state levels in the Middle East, as well as US-Iran relations more broadly. Darius has also written extensively on the British Council's activities during the Cold War. Darius' current research builds on his prior work. He is currently examining how American cultural bodies, like the Smithsonian Institute, facilitated cultural exchanges. He is also exploring how New York City used the 1964-65 World's Fair to engage with overseas governments and foreign publics.
Assistant Professor of English, Texas Woman's University I am an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric at Texas Woman's University, where I teach courses in writing, rhetoric, communication, and grammar. My research concerns automated language technologies and generative AI, particularly as they relate to the teaching and learning of writing.
Professor of Library and Information Science, Drexel University Dr. Agosto is Professor in the College of Computing & Informatics at Drexel University, where she serves as Director of the Masters of Science in Library and Information Science program. Her research investigates young people’s use of information and information technologies, the role of social context in shaping youths’ information practices, and public library services. She is widely published in these areas and is the recipient of numerous teaching and research awards.
