Contributors

Eloise Stevens

Host, The Conversation's Curious Kids podcast

Host, The Conversation's Curious Kids podcast Eloise Stevens is the host and creator of The Conversation's Curious Kids podcast, and sound designer of The Conversation Weekly podcast. Outside of The Conversation, she produces audio for the BBC, ABC and The Guardian, among others, and has recently received an Arts Council grant to write a novel.

Erica Ellingson

Professor in Astrophysics, Emeritus, University of Colorado Boulder

Professor in Astrophysics, Emeritus, University of Colorado Boulder My research interests include multi-wavelength observations of high redshift galaxy clusters to measure dark matter mass distributions and quantify the effects of environment on galaxy formation and evolution. I am also a co-editor of the Journal of Skyscape Archaeology and develop educational materials on cultural astronomy.

Erin A. Cech

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan Erin A. Cech is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Associate Professor by courtesy in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Cech was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University and earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego and undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Sociology from Montana State University. Cech's research examines cultural mechanisms of inequality reproduction--specifically, how inequality is reproduced through processes that are not overtly discriminatory or coercive, but rather those that are built into seemingly innocuous cultural beliefs and practices. Cech’s research is funded by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation. She is a member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Sociology and her research has been cited in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Time, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Forbes, Chronicle of Higher Education and the news sections of Science and Nature. Cech's first book, The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfilment at Work Fosters Inequality (University of California Press) was published Nov 2021 and was named one of Financial Times' Best Business Books of 2021.

Elana Goldenkoff

Doctoral Candidate in Movement Science, University of Michigan

Doctoral Candidate in Movement Science, University of Michigan Elana Goldenkoff received her PhD in Kinesiology at the University of Michigan where she researched how the brain's motor control networks facilitate movement. Elana is passionate about science policy and promoting community and civic engagement among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students and professionals. She explores how people in STEM fields consider the ethical and social implications of their work and runs trainings on building equitable and sustainable community partnerships.

Emily Barritt

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law, King's College London

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law, King's College London Dr Emily Barritt is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law and Co-Director of the Transnational Law Institute. She holds fellowships at the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance at the University of Cambridge and the School of Law, Sciences Po. She is the author of the first monograph on the UNECE Aarhus Convention and has been cited by the Advocate General in recent jurisprudence from the Court of Justice of the European Union. Her research covers environmental justice, democracy, stewardship, climate litigation and Rights of Nature. Her work on a film about climate litigation and the Rights of Nature in Colombia was recently awarded a prize from King’s College London for international research engagement. Emily sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Environmental Law as an Analysis Editor and is a trustee of the Environmental Law Foundation.

Elizabeth Finkel

Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University

Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University