Senior Lecturer, James Cook University Ines has extensive work experience as a social worker in social welfare practice since 1992, exposing her to a broad range of interventions and fields of practice Research has been an integral part of Ines’ professional social work practice. Examples include two projects at the North Queensland Domestic Violence Resource Service one developing perpetrator programs, the other the education in schools project as well as conducting the NQDVRS’s self-assessment against the Practice Standards of the Department of Communities. Over the years, Ines’ work in this area has attracted three Queensland Domestic Violence Prevention Awards and an Australian Violence Prevention Merit Award. Ines is currently teaching and working in the field education team in Social Work and Humans Services at JCU. She completed her PhD in 2015, and her thesis topic was ‘Social Work Field Education with External Supervision’.Ines has published widely, with a particular focus on field education and social work education. Ines social work practice experience and research interest are particularly centred around, child and youth welfare, violence prevention, professional development of supervision, social justice and human rights, women’s issues and field education for social work students. He partnership research with the Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Service explored young peoples' perceptions of service delivery, the Lighthouse and the community, Her current research explores social work in General Practice.
PhD Candidate, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies Isaac Abotebuno Akolgo is a PhD candidate and junior fellow at the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth. He is currently completing his dissertation on the political economy of money and finance in Ghana.
David K. Wilson Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University I have the privilege to head the Object Perception Lab in the Psychology Department at Vanderbilt University. I think of myself as a cognitive neuroscientist – I am interested in how we perceive, recognize and categorize objects (such as faces, letters, cars and novel objects such as Greebles). My laboratory is interested in the structure of individual differences in perceptual abilities. We also seek to understand perceptual expertise – defined as becoming very good at making perceptual judgments that started off as being very difficult – and investigates the behavioral and neural changes that occur during its acquisition.
PhD Candidate, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University Iman Sadeghi joined the DeGroote PhD program in September 2019. His primary research interests include Strategic Pricing, dynamic pricing, Channel Relationship, and Big Data.
College Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Valencia College Isis Artze-Vega, Ed.D. serves as college provost and vice president for academic affairs at Valencia College in Central Florida, a Hispanic-Serving Institution that serves about 70,000 students annually and has long been regarded one of the nation’s best community colleges. Prior to joining Valencia, Isis served as assistant vice president for teaching and learning at Florida International University, before which she taught English composition and enrollment management at the University of Miami. Isis is the editor and lead author of the Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching and co-author of Connections are Everything: A College Student's Guide to Relationship-Rich Education.
Associate Professor of Urban & Environmental Design, King Abdulaziz University Dr. Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin is a Sudanese urbanist and educator with a diverse and interdisciplinary education in architecture, human settlements, urban design, and planning. He earned his degrees from the University of Khartoum (2001), KU Leuven University in Belgium (2003), and Waseda University-Tokyo in Japan (2012). He also enriched his knowledge and skills by attending several international and regional capacity-building and training programs in urban design, city planning, and participatory design. Ibrahim has a rich and diverse architecture and urban design background, having worked on projects of different scales and contexts in Sudan and Japan. He is a registered architect and planner in the Sudanese Institute of Architects (SIA), the City Planning Institute of Japan (CPIJ), and the Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE). He balances his academic and research pursuits with a dynamic professional practice, collaborating with various NGOs, the private sector, and government agencies as a consultant. He also offers his expertise as an independent architecture and urban planning consultant. Dr. Bahreldin has a long and distinguished career in teaching, researching, and leading academic institutions. As the head of the Urban Planning and Design department at the University of Khartoum for four years (2015–2019), he pioneered the first Ph.D. program in urban planning in the country. He introduced two master’s programs in urban design and urban planning and management. He also took charge of the Master of Urban Design in Hot-Arid Areas at the Future University in Sudan, a joint program with Venice University. Moreover, he served as the Director of Investment at the University of Khartoum from 2016–2017, where he initiated some vital projects. Ibrahim is passionate about shaping the future of cities and communities in Sudan and beyond. He helped establish the Sudanese Urban Planning Association (SUPA) and the Sudanese Urban and Regional Planning Association (SURPA), and he currently serves as the country representative of the African Association of Planners. He is also an active member of various global networks and initiatives that promote planning and place-making. He has extensive experience designing, directing, and conducting training programs for professionals who want to enhance their city planning and urbanism skills and knowledge. Ibrahim is a prolific and influential scholar and practitioner in architecture and urbanism. He serves as an editorial member of several academic journals and has edited some special issues in renowned journals. He has also received many local and international awards, scholarships, and recognitions for his academic and professional excellence. He has published widely on architecture, public engagement, place-making, public space, public art, and activism. He has led and coordinated various research and professional projects in Sudan and Saudi Arabia that focused on master plans, place-making strategies, space production and activism initiatives, and community engagement programs. His academic work, research, and teaching emphasize the importance of creating meaningful and inclusive public places.
