The long term goal of my research is to advance our mechanistic understanding of the interacting effects of neurological injury and chronic stress on the brain, particularly as they relate to autonomic functions. Further, we seek to develop strategies and methods to optimize cognitive function and regulate neurophysiological state to ameliorate the effects of chronic stress on negative cascade effects such as in maladaptive aging.
I am a professor of experimental phonetics at City, University of London. My research focuses on understand the process of human speech production and the distribution of speech sounds in the languages of the world. My research has been funded by a.o. the Leverhulme Foundation for studying asymmetries in the articulation of the English speech sounds.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Guelph Joshua August (Gus) Skorburg is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Academic Co-Director of the Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI), and Faculty Affiliate at the One Health Institute at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. His research spans topics in applied ethics and moral psychology.
Assistant Professor of Design, Rochester Institute of Technology Juan holds a Masters of Industrial Design (MID) from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and a Bachelors of Industrial design (BID) from Universidad Rafael Landivar, in Guatemala City. He was raised in a colorful and vivid culture, quickly developing an interest in how things were made, tearing everything he owned apart and putting it back together, often with a few leftover pieces. After a succession of projects related to design for development, Juan was chosen as a Fulbright fellow for the class of 2013 by the U.S. Department of State. He went on to be the lead designer for Voxel8, helping create the world’s first 3D Electronics printer. He is currently Chair of the Product Design BFA at MICA in Baltimore, MA. Juan was honored as one of MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 for 2017. He is currently Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).
Professor of Media Ethics and Law, University of Minnesota Jane E. Kirtley is the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, where she directs the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law and is an affiliated faculty member at the University of Minnesota Law School. Prof. Kirtley was Executive Director of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in Arlington, Virginia from 1985-1999. She writes and speaks frequently on media law and ethics issues, both in the United States and abroad and is co-author of a textbook, Media Ethics Today: Issues, Analysis, Solutions (Cognella 2016). Prof. Kirtley serves on the boards of Communication Law & Policy, the Journal of Media Law & Ethics, and the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation. Her honors include the Edith Wortman First Amendment Matrix Foundation Award and the John Peter Zenger Award from the University of Arizona. She is a member of the New York, Virginia and District of Columbia bars.
Honorary Professor, University of Sydney I am an honorary Professor of Celtic Studies at the University of Sydney. I specialise in early religious history of the Celtic nations. I also have a special interest in seafaring; its history and literary representation.
