Master's Degree Student in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology I’m a third-year student pursuing a BS in Biomedical Engineering and an MS in Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the Honors College of Rochester Institute of Technology. I’m a curious learner eager to try each and every new opportunity that comes my way! 📚Interdisciplinary background and applications, ranging from R&D labs to engineering services to the manufacturing floor ⚙️ Technical engineering skills such as print reading, CAD, Microsoft Suite, and MATLAB 🔬 Laboratory skills such as aseptic technique, mammalian cell culture (CHO), 📝 Communication skills and critical thinking, proven by multiple university writing awards (Kearse Award, Mary C. Sullivan Award) and research experience 📜 Contextualized knowledge of medical device regulatory landscape and public policy
Professor of Art History, University of Dayton Judith L. Huacuja is a Chicana scholar who researches and teaches across the disciplines of ethnic studies, women's studies and visual culture. She brings expertise in Latin American and African American contemporary art history as well as a secondary emphasis in non-Western art history. Dr. Huacuja's recent research explores the cultural histories in African American as well as Latin American art of the Midwest. Her research and teaching methods analyze aesthetics and philosophies in relation to minority issues of resistance, activism and integration. Dr. Huacuja's research grants include the College Art Association Cummings Fellowship, the Smithsonian Institution's Post-Doctoral Fellowship, the Chicana Studies Dissertation Fellowship (UCSB), a UC MEXUS Dissertation Research Grant, several Ohio Humanities Council grants and an Ohio Arts Council grant. Dr. Huacuja has undertaken numerous curatorial projects including "Three Generations of Chicana Art," "Latino Art of the Midwest," and "Sera," featuring artists whose work references Hispanic, Latino and Chicano social issues. Recent curatorial projects on African American artists include "Masks, Music, and Musings: A Retrospective Exhibition and Symposium on the Art of Curtis Barnes Sr." and "Marking the Past/Shaping the Present: The Art of Willis Bing Davis."
Associate professor of practice in counterterrorism, domestic terrorrism, cybersecurity and national security law and policy, University of Michigan Javed Ali is an associate professor of practice at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy where he delivers courses on counterterrorism and domestic terrorism, cybersecurity, and national security law and policy. Ali brings more than 20 years of professional experience in national security and intelligence issues in Washington, DC. He held positions in the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Department of Homeland Security before joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While at the FBI, he also held senior roles on joint duty assignments at the National Intelligence Council and the National Counterterrorism Center, and the National Security Council under the Trump Administration. Ali holds a BA in political science from the University of Michigan, a JD from the University of Detroit School of Law, and an MA in international relations from American University. He provides TV and radio interviews on a range of national security issues to US and international networks and similar print commentary in such publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Hill, and Newsweek.
Professor and Director of Security Studies, School of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell James J.F. Forest, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies, where he teaches undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree courses on contemporary security studies, terrorism and counterterrorism, homeland security, weapons of mass destruction, and other related topics. He is the director of the Security Studies program and is the Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed scholarly journal Perspectives on Terrorism. He has previously served as a Senior Fellow for the U.S. Joint Special Operations University (2010-2019) and as a faculty member of the United States Military Academy (2001-2010), six of those years as Director of Terrorism Studies (in the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point) and three years as Assistant Dean for Academic Assessment. He has served as an expert witness for terrorism-related court cases, and has provided testimony and briefings to the intelligence community and committee hearings of the U.S. Senate.
Senior research fellow, The University of Queensland I am a biological oceanographer and data scientist. Using both observational data and ecosystem models, I have a broad interest in understanding how oceanographic processes structure ecosystems and marine food webs. I also enjoy bringing large and/or disparate datasets together to answer scientific questions or help with building data visualisation tools for use by scientists, students and policy makers.
