Contributors

Joanna Dermenjian

Research Fellow, Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research Fellow, Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University As a Research Fellow at the Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University, Joanna Dermenjian explores Canadian women’s cultural legacy focusing on the intersection of world wars and women’s volunteer labour.

Joanna Nadin

Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Bristol

Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Bristol Dr Joanna Nadin is a former broadcast journalist, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister and government speechwriter. Since leaving politics she's authored more than 90 books for children, teenagers and adults, including the UK bestselling Worst Class in the World series, the Carnegie Medal-nominated Joe All Alone, which is now a BAFTA-winning BBC drama, and Penny Dreadful is Magnet for Disaster, which was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. She's a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Bristol, where her research centres on class, identity and the formation of self in fiction, as well as books for younger children celebrating curiosity and non-conformity, often through the device of comedy. She's on the editorial board of Leaf Journal on Writing for Young People.

Jamie Woodward

Professor of Physical Geography, University of Manchester

Professor of Physical Geography, University of Manchester I am a Professor of Physical Geography in the Department of Geography at The University of Manchester and a member of the Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology Research Group. Current research themes include exploring records of human activity in ice age environments, Holocene river environments, Anthropocene rivers and microplastic contamination, geoarchaeology of the Nile Valley, records of Pleistocene glaciation and river behaviour in the Mediterranean mountains. I also co-edit Geoarchaeology: An International Journal.

Javad Pool

Research associate, The University of Queensland

Research associate, The University of Queensland

José A. Morales García

Profesor e investigador científico en Neurociencia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Profesor e investigador científico en Neurociencia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Jose A. Morales-García is a neurobiologist on the Department of Cellular Biology in the School of Medicine at the Complutense University. He is also a member of the Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED). He was awarded his PhD (summa cum laude with a Special Doctorate Mention) in 2011 for a thesis entitled 'Identification and analysis of new cellular targets implicated in neurogenesis and neurodegeneration` performed at the Autonoma University of Madrid. During his scientific training in the University of Würzburg and Tübingen (Germany) and in the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain), his work was focused in the study in vitro and in vivo of the mechanism underlying neurodegenerative disease, mainly Alzheimer's and Parkinsonism in order to develop new neuroprotective, antiinflammatory and neurogenic compounds for the treatment of these disorders. Also participates at the Autonoma University of Madrid as a teacher in the Master of Pharmacological Research and in the Postgraduate Certificate “Expert in Public Communication and Dissemination of Science”. He has vast experience in scientific communication as a speaker and organizing divulgation activities to bring science to the general public.

James Wenley

Lecturer, Theatre Programme, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Lecturer, Theatre Programme, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington James Wenley is a Pākehā theatre academic, practitioner and critic. James was awarded a PhD from the University of Auckland and is a Lecturer in the Theatre programme of Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. James makes theatre under his company Theatre of Love, and is the editor and founder of TheatreScenes.co.nz, a platform for reviews and commentary on Aotearoa theatre. His book, Aotearoa New Zealand Theatre in the Global Theatre Marketplace: Travelling Theatre (2021), is published by Routledge.