Contributors

Emerson Zerafa-Payne

Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland

Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland Emerson is a current PhD candidate and lecturer at UniSQ, but in his previous life taught teenagers English and Social Science. He has a Bachelor of Secondary Ed, Master of Ed, Grad Cert in Policy Analysis and his PhD is due for completion mid-2024.

Ena Chadha

Adjunct Professor York University Schulich School of Buisness / Chair of the Human Rights Legal Support Centre Board of Directors, York University, Canada

Adjunct Professor York University Schulich School of Buisness / Chair of the Human Rights Legal Support Centre Board of Directors, York University, Canada Chair, Human Rights Legal Support Centre Ena Chadha is a senior human rights lawyer, investigator, scholar and mediator. As a proud member of Ontario’s South Asian community, Ena’s career has been dedicated to advancing social justice in the province. Ena is Chair of the Human Rights Legal Support Centre of Ontario. She served as former Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission during the pandemic; Co-reviewer of the ground breaking systemic racism review of the Peel District School Board; Vice-Chair with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario from 2007-2015 and Director of Litigation with ARCH: Disability Law Centre, where she appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in seminal equality rights cases. Ena has authored several precedent-setting human rights decisions and has published extensively on disability, race and gender discrimination and harassment. Ena is a recipient of the 2023 Law Society Medal.

Esli Chan

PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science, McGill University

PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science, McGill University Esli Chan is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at McGill University. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender issues, disinformation and social media, and far-right extremism. She is affiliated with the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy and the Center for International Peace and Security Studies. She has former experience in foreign relations and international security in the federal government.

Erika Nyhus

Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Bowdoin College

Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Bowdoin College Erika Nyhus is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience at Bowdoin College. Her research program focuses on human executive function and memory using behavioral and EEG methods. Specifically, she is interested in how neural oscillations provide a mechanism for interaction among brain regions during memory retrieval and how we can change oscillatory activity to improve memory through non-invasive brain stimulation and mindfulness meditation.

Esbjörn Wettermark

Research Associate of Ethnomusicology, University of Sheffield

Research Associate of Ethnomusicology, University of Sheffield As an ethnomusicologist currently working with the folk scene/s in the UK, I have a particular interest in contemporary folk arts practices, representations of Romani and Travellers and the role of music archives. Prior to my research in the UK, I worked on Vietnamese music and music theatre over many years. This included my Masters and PhD research in Ethnomusicology at Goldsmiths and Royal Holloway as well as my work with the international research project Sustainable Futures for Music Cultures. In addition to my academic role, I have worked in arts management as Producer for folk and world music in Sweden (Region Gavleborg, 2017-2019) and as Education Manager for the English Folk Dance and Song Society (2019-2022). As a musician I was awarded the Swedish title Riksspelman (National Folk Musician) in 2005 for my performance of traditional music from Halsingland, northern Sweden..

Ellen Stewart

Professor of Public Policy and Health, University of Glasgow

Professor of Public Policy and Health, University of Glasgow Ellen Stewart is a social scientist working at the intersection of medical sociology and health policy. She joined the University of Glasgow as Professor of Public Policy & Health in 2024, having previously been co-Director of the Centre for Health Policy at the University of Strathclyde (2021-2024), and Chancellor's Fellow in the Centre for Biomedicine, Self & Society at the University of Edinburgh (2016-2021). She is one of the incoming Editors of the journal Sociology of Health & Illness, an active member of the Social Policy Association, and a member of the Wellcome Trust's Advisory Group for Early Career Awards.