Contributors

Gemma Witcomb

Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Loughborough University

Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Loughborough University Dr Gemma Witcomb is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Loughborough University. Her research spans the broad area of mental health, including gender, identity, and body image.

Gui Lohmann

Professor in Air Transport and Tourism Management, Griffith University

Professor in Air Transport and Tourism Management, Griffith University I am a passionate, dedicated and dynamic senior management educator and researcher involved in multiple disciplines across several international universities. I also have transformative and team-building leadership experience to provide value-driving opportunities to stakeholders while managing research teams, programs, disciplines, and schools/departments. I have dual-sector (VET and HE) leadership and governance experience, particularly in changing organisational culture, systems, and processes. Since joining Griffith University, I have also led overseas marketing initiatives, engaging with agents and organisations to recruit undergraduate, Masters and PhD students, in some cases adding value through developing pathways opportunities. Research-wise, I have over 100 academic publications, with a research output that is practical and problem-solving. The Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing (ABDC A-ranked journal) awarded one of my journal articles the best publication of 2017 - amongst over 100 journal articles published in this particular year. I have been involved in successful grants in Brazil and Australia, comprising over $1M, including an Office for Learning and Teaching grant on Online Business Simulation and an ARC Linkage grant. When engaging with the industry, I aim to provide relevancy and value-added solutions. I have led a number of consulting and business projects across tourism and aviation firms and agencies, fostering not only consultancy opportunities, and staff training but also research and initiatives to support transformative learning organisations.

Gitte Marianne Hansen

Reader in Japanese Studies, Newcastle University

Reader in Japanese Studies, Newcastle University I have an interest in character construction techniques and story repetition across genre, and in my research I look at diverse fiction, such as Murakami Haruki’s, Kanehara Hitomi’s and Kirino Natsuo’s literary works, as well as Miyazaki Hayao’s animation and artwork by Aida Makoto, among others. My approach is interdisciplinary and I enjoy working thematically. Currently I am particularly interested in Murakami Haruki. I lead the AHRC funded project, Genderign Murakami Haruki: Characters, Transmedial Productions and Contemporary Japan. The project aims to examine Murakami's literary works in terms of the processes of translation, transmedial production and the gendering of his characters. I am particularly interested in his female characters and their changing position and diverse representation. For more information see my website: Eyes on Murakami: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/murakami/ Outputs related to my Murakami project includes a special issue on Murakami Haruki at Japan Forum Vol 32(3) that I co-edited in 2020 with Dr. Michael Tsang. Together we have also edited the volume Murakami Haruki and Our Years of Pilgrimage to be published with Routledge. Together with Professor Christopher Jones, I produced the art catalogue, Beyond Words: Transmediating Murakami Haruki, 2018. The catalogue can be viewed here: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/media/sites/researchwebsites/eyesonmurakami/Beyond%20Words%20-%20Transmediating%20Murakami%20Haruki%20(Jones%20&%20Hansen,%202018).pdf In 2016 I published my first monograph with Routledge: Femininity, Self-harm and Eating Disorders in Japan - Navigating contradiction in narrative and visual culture: https://www.routledge.com/Femininity-Self-harm-and-Eating-Disorders-in-Japan-Navigating-contradiction/Hansen/p/book/9781138905306

Gary Francis Prevost

Professor Emeritus of Political Science, College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University

Professor Emeritus of Political Science, College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University Current Position is Research Associate and Honorary Professor at Nelson Mandela University and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the College of St. Benedict and St. St. John's University (USA) Author or editor of twenty books and more than 100 academic articles focused on Latin America and South Africa. Research focus is revolutionary parties and social movements. Over 50 years of university teaching with a focus on international relations.

Gurpreet Singh

Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Binghamton University, State University of New York Gurpreet Singh joined Binghamton University's Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences in September 2021 as an assistant professor in the Division of Physical Therapy. He is a physical therapist with 16 years experience, with particular expertise in the areas of neurology and geriatrics. Singh spent seven years practicing and as a PhD candidate at the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center, one of the National Centers of Excellence. There, he worked with individuals with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. His academic experience includes seven years teaching in physical therapy programs, where he focused on the adult neuromuscular system, neuropathology, biomechanics and analyzing professional literature in physical therapy.

Giulia Vivaldi

Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London Giulia Vivaldi is a statistician and epidemiologist on the COVIDENCE UK study, a cohort study launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore the effect of COVID-19 on the general population. Her research has focused on the long-term impacts of the pandemic, such as how well vaccines continue to protect against infections and the long-term symptoms experienced by some people after COVID-19.