Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, King's University College, Western University Jane’s research interests are practice-informed having developed through 25 years of clinical experience with children, youth, and families across multiple settings including: child welfare, domestic violence, child and family community services, hospital based child and adolescent mental health and school social work. Her current research focuses on the impact of trauma and expanded forms of adversity (including systemic racism, inequality and community violence) on academics, with a particular focus on adverse experiences of students who have been suspended or expelled from school. Her research generally falls within two broad areas of focus: 1) child and family mental health with subspecialties in early adversity and school success, and 2) clinical practice and education.
Associate Professor, Centre for People, Place & Planet, and School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University Justine Dandy is an Associate Professor in Psychology at the Centre for People, Place & Planet. She has worked in teaching and research positions at Flinders University (1996-2000) and the University of Western Australia (2000-2003). She moved to Perth in 2000 and commenced at ECU in October 2003. Research Areas and Interests - Cross-cultural, cultural and social psychology - Attitudes to immigration, diversity and multiculturalism - Acculturation attitudes and strategies - Ethnic, cultural and national identity
Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Humanities and Performing Arts, De Montfort University Jennifer Voss has been researching and teaching at DMU since 2015. In 2022, Jennifer completed her PhD in Drama and Film History; a project funded Midlands 4 Cities in partnership with the AHRC. Jennifer’s doctoral research explored women’s performances of emotion during the transition from silent to sound cinema in Britain and the US. Her work uses close performance analysis alongside archival research to offer an interdisciplinary investigation into acting training practices and women’s experiences of screen acting. In 2023, Jennifer was awarded funding for a postdoctoral research project titled, 'Scrapbooking Screencraft: Exploring Performativity, Agency, and Women’s Screen Acting in the Archive’. This project explores the British fan-made scrapbooks of 1920s and 1930s film stars held within DMU’s Special Collections, and considers them alongside scrapbooks and ephemera held at a number of national archives. Through the creation of digital, performance-based, and site-specific exhibitions, Jennifer’s work seeks to identify, dissect and examine the performative personas of key screen actresses featured within the scrapbooks. In addition to her academic research and teaching, Jennifer also has extensive experience working in various roles within a number of university archives, including: DMU Special Collections, Hammer Script Archive, Peter Whitehead Archive, and the Indian Cinema Archive.
Research Associate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Joonsoo is a recent graduate from the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and a current research associate with the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy. In addition to holding a MPH from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, he also holds a BHSc from McMaster University.
Research Director of the People Lab, Harvard Kennedy School Jessica Lasky-Fink is a Research Director of The People Lab. Much of her research focuses on using insights from behavioral science to improve the delivery of government services and programs, with a particular focus on the social safety net. Jessica holds a MA in International Economics and Development from Johns Hopkins SAIS, a BA in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego, and is currently a PhD Candidate in Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
Associate Professor in Botany, University of Otago Janice Lord is a botanist with a diverse portfolio of work centered around New Zealand native plants – how they interact with other organisms such as pollinators and mutualistic fungi, how they can be used to mitigate climate change and its impacts, and how we can incorporate vibrant native ecosystems into a sustainable future. She gained her PhD from the University of Canterbury then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Macquarie University, Australia, for 5 years before joining the University of Otago Botany Department as a Lecturer in 1997.
