Professor of Bioinformatics, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Skuse teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in Bioinformatics and for students in all programs within the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences. He is also the founding member and chair of the RIT Institutional Biosafety Committee. Dr. Skuse spent more than a decade on the faculty of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. While at the University of Rochester Dr. Skuse studied the genetics of a common disease which predisposes affected individuals to tumors of the central and peripheral nervous system. He has co-authored several US and European patents, written and edited professional books, published numerous scientific articles and has served as the Chief Information Officer and founding partner of a scientific information and services provider. He also provides consulting services to a number of local, national and international clients in the areas of human genetics, biotechnology, forensic DNA analysis, information management and communications.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Dr Giselle Newton (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Digital Cultures and Societies Hub, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Giselle also holds an appointment as Adjunct Associate Lecturer at the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW, Sydney. Giselle is a social researcher of technology, health and family with a background in sociology, media studies and linguistics. Giselle's research agenda focuses on how developments in digital and bio- technologies facilitate the emergence of new identities, communities and family structures; shifts in knowledge practices and positionings; and changes in power dynamics particularly between laypeople, experts and institutions. Giselle's current projects focus on DNA datascapes and 'dark ads' targeting health consumers on Facebook. Giselle complete her PhD at the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW, Sydney in August 2022. Giselle's PhD study explored how digital technologies such as social media and direct-to-consumer DNA testing have afforded donor-conceived people new opportunities to bond, sleuth, educate and strategise. Giselle’s thesis entitled “Everyday belongings: Exploring Australian donor-conceived adults’ social, linguistic and digital practices across private and public domains” won Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses in 2022. As a donor-conceived person herself, Giselle's advocacy is a critical aspect of her work. In 2019, Giselle was an invited delegate to the 30-year anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child at the United Nations with group of donor-conceived advocates. Following this monumental event, delegates devised the International Principles for Donor Conception and Surrogacy, world-first minimum standards in donor conception. At a national and state level, Giselle has contributed to several legislative reviews and inquiries including the Review of the Human Reproductive Technology Act 1991 (WA), Assisted Reproductive Treatment Amendment Bill 2021 (SA), Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform Bill 2021 (AUS) and Inquiry into Matters Relating to Donor Conception Information 2022 (QLD). Giselle is also a member of the inaugural national peak body for donor-conceived people, Donor Conceived Australia.
Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management, Queen Mary University of London Dr Güven Demirel is a Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management at Queen Mary University of London. He holds a PhD in Physics from the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany and conducts interdisciplinary research on complex systems. His recent research focuses on the stability, resilience, and sustainability of supply networks; the effectiveness of supplier development programs, and innovation in supply chains.
Associate Perinatal Physical Activity Research Group Team Member, Canterbury Christ Church University I am an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist specialising in pelvic health physiotherapy with over 15 years of clinical experience. I have furthered my specialist training with a PGCert in Continence for Physiotherapists at the University of Bradford and completed a Masters in Advancing Practice in Physiotherapy at Ulster University. I have independently been involved in several research projects leading to academic publication and look forward to continuing my research journey as I embark upon a PhD. I am also a lecturer at Suspi University in Switzerland on the rehabilitation and women's health module. I sit on the Board of Trustees for the Pelvic Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy charitable body and I chair the journal subcommittee and sit as co-editor for the Journal of Pelvic Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy. I also engage in peer review for several high impact journals.
Assistant Professor of English, Emory University Gwendolynne Reid is a scholar in rhetoric, composition, and writing studies, with a focus on writing in the disciplines, genre studies, and digital writing. Dr. Reid’s courses include writing and inquiry in the liberal arts, writing and inquiry in the liberal arts for multilingual students, rhetorical studies, and a discovery seminar on digital natives and digital literacies. She also frequently oversees students in self-directed studies in individual topics, and she is a participating faculty member in the Oxford Research Scholars program. Her students have published in edited collections, textbooks, and the undergraduate journal Young Scholars in Writing and presented at conferences such as the National Conference of Undergraduate Research. A frequent presenter and panelist at academic conferences, Reid is a founding member of the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum and a member of the International Society for the Advancement of Writing Research, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Conference on College Composition and Communication, the Council of Writing Program Administrators, and the Small Liberal Arts Colleges-Writing Program Administrators. She currently serves as co-chair of the CCCC Standing Group on Writing and STEM. Reid received a BA degree in intercultural studies summa cum laude from Bard College at Simon’s Rock, an MA degree in English from North Carolina State University, and an MA in screenwriting and film studies from Hollins University. Reid taught writing and rhetoric courses at North Carolina State University for a decade and joined the faculty of Oxford College in 2017 after receiving a PhD in communication, rhetoric, and digital media from North Carolina State University in 2017. Education PhD North Carolina State University 2017 MA North Carolina State University 2005 MA Hollins University| 2005 BA Bard College at Simon's Rock 1999 AA Bard College at Simon's Rock 1997 Research Interests My research focuses on the role of writing and rhetoric in human understanding and specifically on the role of writing in the construction of disciplinary knowledge. Because genres and writing practices have changed in response to new media environments and communication technologies, my special focus is on digital writing in the disciplines. My interests stem largely from many years of teaching undergraduates about disciplinary writing and research and the realization that today’s students and communicators must adapt to increasingly complex communication environments.
Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Dr Gianfranco Giuntoli is a Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre. His research interests lie in the social study of health and illness, with a particular focus on the connections between well-being, poverty and employment transitions, and how social and policy factors affect people’s intra-personal and inter-personal experiences of well-being and their resilience.
