Associate Professor of Energy Economics, Colorado State University Jesse Burkhardt, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University. His research interests include energy economics, air pollution, climate economics and industrial organization.
PhD Candidate in Medieval History, University of Liverpool James is a PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool, where he received an MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies following a BA in History from the University of Newcastle. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. James' PhD research approaches burials from the early Anglo-Saxon period with the perspective that transness is not a modern phenomenon, but a physical and emotional state that can be recognised in a variety of historical cultures. James' teaching has focused on the Viking Age in the British Isles. His outreach work has included talks on the relevance of trans history in our modern world to a variety of audiences from the WI to secondary school and undergraduate students.
Honorary Research Fellow, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney Jack Kelly is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Built of Built Environment at UTS. Jack is working on a range of projects about design, inclusion and remembering disability institutions. In addition to his UTS role, Jack currently holds a position at the Council for Intellectual Disability CID as a project worker where he has worked on various projects such as Mainstream and Me and My Health Matters. Jack is a co facilitator of information sessions, and a developer and tester of Easy Read documents, and is currently working on the Better Health Outcomes project at CID. At UTS Jack works as a Research Associate, and has completed a number of projects including the NDIA-funded project called My Home My Community and the Safe and Enjoyable Meals Training Project. Jack Kelly has worked in the disability research and advocacy sector for the past eight years. He started his research journey with the Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) inclusive research network in 2015, moving into a position as Research and Administration assistant. Jack is passionate about advocating for the rights of people with intellectual disability, with a strong focus on good health care due to his own experience within the health care system.
PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne Jacqueline has recently completed her PhD exploring the response to child abuse and neglect in primary care settings. Currently Jacqueline is working with in the area of child sexual abuse on projects such as the Stop It Now! Australia Program Evaluation and the AVA Project, which aims to explore the experiences and services needs of survivors of harmful sexual behaviour.
Lecturer, Aotahi School of Māori and Indigenous Studies, University of Canterbury My areas of teaching include the history and contemporary context of Te Tiriti, Māori and Indigenous development, and political issues facing Māori. I also teach into the Bachelor of Criminal Justice, including a paper that focusses on Māori over-representation in the criminal justice system. I am currently primarily engaged in research towards a PhD in Māori and Indigenous Studies with a philosophical focus. My research expertise includes Māori metaphysics, and Mana Wahine theoretical and methodological approaches. I work with Ara Poutama to develop and deliver kaupapa Māori/Mana Wahine programmes in the Huritini Unit at Christchurch Women’s Prison. I am also engaged in interviewing for, and preparation of s27 cultural reports for the courts.
Visiting Lecturer in Biology, University of Richmond Sevin, an expert in ecology and conservation biology, has worked at the University of Richmond since 2017. Sevin enjoys engaging her students in real-world issues. She led a project to install pollinator gardens on campus and also raised and released monarchs with her students as part of an international conversation effort. Her students have also taken part in the national camera trapping effort called SnapshotUSA with the Smithsonian Institution and collaborated with other students at North Gujarat University in India to address the increasing issue of human-sloth bear conflict.