Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia Dr. John Kim, M.D., M.S., grew up in Maryland and attended undergraduate school at Johns Hopkins University. After graduating, he went on to receive his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He moved to Dallas to complete a residency at the University of Texas Southwestern, serving an additional year as Chief Resident. He followed this up with a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Columbia University. Dr. Kim completed a T32 research training fellowship at Columbia and earned a Master of Science in Patient-Oriented Research/Biostatistics from the Mailman School of Public Health. In 2019, Dr. Kim joined UVA as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Kim’s research interests are in identifying modifiable risk factors that may contribute to pulmonary fibrosis, with a particular focus in fatty acids and sleep disorder breathing. Outside of work, Dr. Kim enjoys spending time with his family, running, hiking, cooking, and reading.
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Nipissing University My interests have always concerned how the human and natural environments interact and shape each other. My doctoral research examined fisheries livelihoods in southern Africa, on a stretch of floodplain river shared by Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. I have taught at Temple University in Philadelphia and Nipissing University in North Bay.
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University Dr. Joel Heng Hartse is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University courses. His research and teaching focuses on the teaching of language (especially writing) in the context of the internationalization of higher education, and his academic work has appeared in the TESL Canada Journal, Journal of Second Language Writing, Asian Englishes, Composition Studies, the Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes. Across the Disciplines, and English Today. His recent books include Dancing about Architecture is a Reasonable Thing to Do (Cascade, 2022), and TL;DR: A Very Brief Guide to Reading & Writing in University (On Campus/UBC Press, 2023. He is president (2022-2024) of the Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing, and former co-editor of the journal Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie.
Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, University of California, Davis Jane Shawcroft is a PhD student at UC Davis in the department of Communication. Her research focuses on understanding how media and technology play a role in the social, physical, mental, and emotional health of children and adolescents. In particular, she is interested in finding ways that society, educators, parents, and other invested individuals can leverage media and technology to support positive outcomes for children, adolescents, and families.
Research Associate in Climate Change Mitigation, University of Sheffield 2016: BA (Hons) Geography, University of Oxford 2021: DPhil (PhD) Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
Associate Professor in Health and Physical Education/Sport and Recreation Management, Mount Royal University I have a Bachelor of Recreation Studies and a Master of Arts focusing on Wilderness Education for Youth at Risk, both from the University of Manitoba. I completed my PhD in Educational Research focusing on Workplace and Adult Learning from the University of Calgary. My research interests focus on behavior (bullying, respect) in sport, and university instruction.
