PhD Candidate, Palaeobotany, University College Cork My research interests are in plant evolution and palaeobotany. Fossils are an important insight into how organisms and ecosystems have changed over time, with palaeobotanists assessing plant fossils in particular. My first research project studied fossils of early land plants to investigate the evolution of leaf organisation. For my PhD I am researching plant fossils following the worst mass extinction event in Earth's history, the end-Permian event, to understand the responses of ecosystem inhabitants to environmental change.
Lecturer in Podiatry, University of South Australia I teach, research and practice across a variety of roles. I've elaborated on these roles below but please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of further assistance. I have been a lecturer in podiatry at UniSA since 1999, teaching paediatric theory and practice and introducing second-year podiatry students to clinical practice. I am also an Academic Integrity Officer, which you can read more about here. I am an active Honours supervisor for students studying podiatry, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, exercise physiology and medical radiations and currently supervise two Masters of Research and three PhD candidates. I am happy to discuss potential projects with anyone interested. My research interests include the use of foot orthoses in children and adults with flat feet; assessment and management of gait and lower limb concerns in children; and the development of proforma's to direct podiatric practice. Recent research projects include gait changes and balance concerns in children with coordination difficulties, investigations of podiatric practice and, academic support for podiatry students (including the use of 3D foot models for teaching - for which I won the 2021 Winnovation award for science). My work as a clinical podiatrist has been expansive, with experience in public and private sectors positions across metro and rural settings and I continue to own a private practice part-time and act as a senior therapist working with children and disability within the NDIS arena. My engagement with the profession includes being an Executive committee member for the Australian Foot and Ankle Research Network (AFARNet), and an inaugural member of the Advocacy Committee for the Australian Podiatry Association (2018). I have also acted as a consultant podiatrist for Diabetes SA, Correctional Services SA and held positions on the Podiatry Board of South Australia (Academic Representative 2008 to nationalisation), the Prescription rights advocacy group (South Australia) and remain involved in the Paediatric Special Interest Group associated with the Australian Podiatry Association. I frequently talk to media regarding children's feet and general foot and lower limb concerns.
Ph.D Candidate and Public Scholar, Concordia University Hone Mandefro Belaye is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia. Hone holds a Master of Arts in development studies from the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague and a Master of Arts in social work from Addis Ababa University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in sociology and social work from Jimma University in Ethiopia. Hone’s research examines the change and continuity in relationships among neighbours as their living space in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, changes from single-story houses to high-rise condominiums. His research is supported by a Vanier Scholarship from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Wadsworth International Fellowship from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Before Moving to Montreal as a Public Leadership Fellow at Jeanne Sauvé Foundation/McGill University in 2017, Hone was a lecturer in the School of Sociology and Social Work and director of Community Services at the University of Gondar in Ethiopia.
Teaching Associate, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Monash University Hang Khong earned her Ph.D in teacher professional development at the University of Queensland in 2020. She has been involved in several funded research projects about pre-service and in-service teacher training across different contexts such as Vietnam, Indonesia, and Australia. Her research interests include teacher learning and professional development, initial teacher education, classroom talk, school and pedagogical reform, doctoral education, and education in Vietnam. She has jointly published papers in internationally renowned education journals such as Educational Review, Cambridge Journal of Education, Educational Research, Professional Development in Education, Education and Information Technologies, and book chapters under Routledge, Springer and ABC-CLIO. One of the papers was awarded Educational Review’s Most Read Article in ‘Literacy, Languages and Performing Arts’ stream in 2014.
Associate lecturer, Literature, The University of Melbourne Hannah Lauren Murray teaches literature at the University of Melbourne and is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool. Her research focuses on depictions of race, in particularly whiteness, in early US fiction. She has published research on Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Brockden Brown, and early American utopian fiction, and her monograph 'Liminal Whiteness in Early US Fiction' was published with Edinburgh University Press in 2021.
