Lecturer in Education, Federation University Australia Josh is a lecturer in the Institute of Education, Arts and Community at Federation University. His teaching interests include outdoor education, science education and professional practice. Josh's research focuses on different models of teaching and learning in middle years education. Josh uses the arts-based methodology of poetic inquiry within his research. Josh has worked in several P-12 school contexts across Government, Independent and Catholic sectors. Josh is also heavily involved in multiple professional associations related to his work in the outdoor and broader education sectors. His contributions to these groups involve: speaking, professional writing and advisory panel membership. Josh has also served on multiple advisory panels related to outdoor education curriculum at both a state and federal level. Areas of expertise (1) Year nine- and middle-years programs Josh’s research on year nine programs has focused on how current programs utilise curriculum and pedagogy to engage students at these year levels in schooling and the barriers that schools face in developing and maintaining these programs. (2) Arts-based methodologies In his research, Josh uses arts-based methodologies as non-representational ways of understanding, deconstructing and representing what is happening in middle years programs. Within his doctorate, Josh employed three different forms of poetic inquiry to 'understand' and 'deconstruct' what was happening in the context examined. (3) Educational policy Josh has a strong interest in educational policy. In particular, those related to both curriculum and outdoor activities. (4) Outdoor education curriculum Josh strongly advocates for the inclusion of outdoor education in the curriculum. He has undertaken several roles for the VCAA and ACARA around projects to update the curriculum in this area. Research interests Year nine programs Middle years education Arts-based methodologies Poetic inquiry
Lecturer in Forensic Investigation & Analysis, Professor of Forensic Science Education, Atlantic Technological University John Cassella Professor of Forensic Science Education- Atlantic Technological University Republic of Ireland I graduated with an honours degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences (Biomedical Science) and Chemistry from Leicester in 1988 and a Doctorate in Orthopaedic Pathology from the University College London in 1993 [Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital]. I have published widely in medical and related biomedical sciences and in forensics. Working in many of London’s major teaching hospitals in medical research, I also taught medical, radiography and podiatry students. As a lecturer in Biomedical Sciences and subsequently a University Reader in Biomedical Sciences and ‘Programme Leader’ for the Forensic Science degree at the University of Derby, I joined Staffordshire University in 2005. At Staffordshire University I taught elements of forensic pathology, techniques of Human Identification and body recovery from disaster situations. Conferred a Professorial Chair in Forensic Science Education in 2008 with over 75 journal publications as well as books and numerous national and international Conference presentations. I sit on a number of groups that work at a national level to promote the development and improvement of the delivery of forensic education and improve the links between academia, the forensic industry and UK Police Services. I was part of a former Home Office Group (now part of DSTL) for Search Techniques development for homicide victims and was a work stream lead for ‘rapid services and custody suites’ for the successful Staffordshire Police-Staffordshire University partnership. I am an ‘Associate’ of Kenyon’s International Emergency Services and was deployed to Grenfell Tower in 2017. In 2021, I worked with Police and mortuary staff in the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust mortuary based at Birmingham International Airport for Covid-19 victims. My current role in the at the newly created Atlantic Technological University in the Republic of Ireland, has allowed me to develop my teaching in forensic science with a better understanding of the European perspectives and to develop research into the location of homicide victims on the East coast of Ireland and ‘near body post mortem’ drugs testing. Experience 2021- Present Lecturer in Forensic Investigations & Analysis, Atlantic Technological University Republic of Ireland 2005-2021 Professor of Forensic Science Education, Staffordshire University 1999-2005 Senior Lecturer, Reader in Biomedical Sciences, Head of BSc Forensic Science, University of Derby 1998-1999 Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, University of Central England, School of Radiography & Podiatry, Birmingham 1996 – 1997 Post Doctoral Research Worker, Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Neuropathology, London 1993 – 1996 Post Doctoral Research Assistant, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London 1990-1993 PhD, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Institute of Orthopaedics, London 1989-1990 Research Assistant in Cell Pathology , St Thomas's Hospital, Institute of Dermatology, London 1988 – 1989 Research Assistant in Morbid Anatomy, The Royal London Hospital, Institute of Pathology, London Education BSc (Hons) Combined Studies in Medical Laboratory Sciences and Chemistry (1988) 1993 PhD Orthopaedic Pathology (University of London) Faculty of Science (1993) PGCE Warwick University (Secondary Science, 1998)
Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Guangdong Ocean University Jingchao Long is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Atmospheric Science at Guangdong Ocean University. He received a PhD in Meteorology in 2018 from the Department of Marine Meteorology of Ocean University of China. His research concerns the variability of marine clouds on a broad range of timescales, and air-sea interaction, such as the atmospheric response to oceanic eddies and fronts, with the application of satellite observation and climate model.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Part-Time Instructor of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Weinkle is a general internist and general pediatrician and is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a product of the Medicine-Pediatrics residency at UPMC Shadyside and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He practices primary care medicine at the Squirrel Hill Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center and certified Patient Centered Medical Home, providing comprehensive care to patients of all ages with and without insurance and representing a broad diversity of languages, faiths, cultures, native lands, and socioeconomic backgrounds. In addition, Dr. Weinkle serves as a medical advisor to the Closure project of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, a project intended to improve the quality of care and change the individual experience at end-of-life, and is engaged in other Foundation initiatives related to patient-provider communication, genetic screening, and vaccination. Driving both of these endeavors is a strong commitment to infusing his interactions with patients with the core values of his faith, beginning with the idea that both patient and provider are created in the Divine image and must act and be treated accordingly. Dr. Weinkle serves as the Medical director of the Physician Assistant Program at Chatham University.
Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison Jennifer Raynor is an Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before entering academia, she conducted policy-relevant economic research for the U.S. federal government for nearly a decade, most recently at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries. Her research focuses on improving the efficiency and sustainability of fisheries and wildlife management, primarily using methods from economics, data science, and remote sensing. She strives to inform the legislative decision-making process and works closely with state and federal resource managers to design and evaluate conservation policies. Jennifer serves on the Board of Trustees for Global Fishing Watch, and her research has appeared in top journals such as Science and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Her work has also been featured in major national and international news outlets, such as The Atlantic, The Associated Press, The Washington Post, The Economist, National Geographic, Scientific American, and Smithsonian Magazine.
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Archeology, The University of Edinburgh I am an archaeologist and heritage researcher who studies the material traces of the contemporary world. I joined ECA in October 2020 as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and am undertaking a four year research project studying the creation and use of waste-modified landscapes (Reimagining British Waste Landscapes). Understanding the use of waste materials in landscape modification as a form of creative practice, I examine different varieties of land-reclamation, artificial hill building, dumping, and land-art across the UK and how they are used and valued as creative spaces. Prior to joining ECA, I was a Teaching Fellow in Heritage and Museum Studies between 2017 and 2019 at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL). I gained my PhD in 2017 (also from the Institute of Archaeology) which traced the material remnants of mega events like the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Great Exhibition of 1851. This resulted in my first monograph, A Contemporary Archaeology of London’s Mega Events: From the Great Exhibition to London 2012 (2022, UCL Press: open access). Prior to my doctorate, I completed an MA in Cultural Heritage Studies, following an undergraduate degree in Archaeology, both at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. I have also worked extensively as a commercial archaeologist excavating on construction sites across London and south-east England since 2007. I continue to work on archaeological fieldwork projects whenever I can.
