Contributors

John Atkin

Reader in Fine Art, Loughborough University

Reader in Fine Art, Loughborough University Henry Moore OM CH personally funded Atkin throughout his MA sculpture course at the RCA in London. Since then, he has exhibited his work worldwide: e.g., the Guggenheim Museum in Italy, Museum of Modern Art Melbourne and New Orleans Museum of Art - are three such examples of high-profile venues worldwide. Recent publications on Atkins’ public art output focus on references to cultural heritage within urban design. Atkin has been invited to present keynote papers at a number of conferences worldwide including, 16th China Sculpture Forum. DIAOSU- National Sculpture Magazine of China: Sculpture by the Sea Symposium -Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia: Understanding the Post-Industrial City: Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Bauhaus – Lisbon, Portugal: International Sculpture Centre Conference, Pittsburgh USA: Curating in Action – Art as Social Practice, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China. Atkin is Reader in Fine Art and Director of Internationalisation at Loughborough University, and has lectured at numerous institutions worldwide, including Boston University: Tsinghua University, Beijing: Virginia Commonwealth University: Kansas City Art Institute: Hartford University, CT.: Sydney College of the Arts: Victoria College Melbourne: The Curtin Institute, Perth. He is Honorary Fellow, National Academy of Sculpture, Beijing, and Fellow at the Royal Society of Sculptors, London. John Atkin has developed a substantial body of work over the past 40 years which has been exhibited worldwide in the form of solo and group exhibitions, as well as public art. His research interests have evolved from the use of the found object as a metaphor for human identity into how outcomes from such research can be embedded into the public realm via regeneration projects worldwide. His early work is characterised by a series of figurative artworks which explore his own identity through the examination of family relationships, principally his father. The resulting artworks, sculpture, installation, tableaux, painting, film, screenplay formed the basis of a series of exhibitions, Juda Rowan Gallery London, Hatton Gallery, Ceolfrith Gallery. Themes of conflict permeated his output, which led to the development of further works influenced by study visits to, the Imperial War Museum, Wallace Collection, First World War poetry. Outcomes have been exhibited widely, from the Peggy Guggenheim Museum Italy, to Olympic Park Beijing. His output has straddled the digital-divide, where one half of his career is characterised by traditional making processes, and since 2003 has become an increasing synthesis of digital and traditional methods of making. Drawing has been the central plank of this extensive activity, recognised by significant awards from, the Rootstein Hopkins Foundation, Royal College of Art, and Loughborough University. Atkin continues to work with Interdisciplinary Design Teams, where the role of art in urban regeneration projects and urban design are key factors in shaping public space. To this end, he collaborates with Architects, Urban Designers, Landscape Architects, City Planners, Highway Engineers, Environmental Designers, Civil & Building Engineers, and other Design groups. Although his studio is the discreet environment for developing ideas, his work takes place worldwide, often working as an embedded component in fabrication team’s, as well as community groups, where history and heritage are prerequisites of a projects aims and objectives.

Jackson Nickerson

Professor Emeritus and Senior Lecturer in Strategy, Washington University in St. Louis

Professor Emeritus and Senior Lecturer in Strategy, Washington University in St. Louis Jackson Nickerson (born 1962) is an American academic who studies leadership, organizations, and strategy. Nickerson was the Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy (Emeritus) in Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He also was the Associate Dean and Director of Brookings Executive Education from 2009-2017, was a non-resident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution from 2010-2020, and is a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society.

Joel Vallett

Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Southern Utah University

Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Southern Utah University I am an Assistant Professor at Southern Utah University (SUU) and teach in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program. My research focuses on policy incentives as a driving force for policy implementation, success, and ethical decision-making. I have been fortunate to publish articles in policy journals such as the Policy Studies Journal and Administration and Society. While I enjoy my research, my true passion lies in incorporating applied learning in the classroom. My goal is to cultivate dedicated public administrators equipped to tackle life's challenges.

James Wallace

Lecturer in Management, Employment and Organisation, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University

Lecturer in Management, Employment and Organisation, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University James is a lecturer within the Management, Employment and Organisation subject group at Cardiff Business School. Broadly speaking, James' research interests relate to critical management and organisation studies, particularly regarding issues such as power and identity in the workplace. More specifically, he is interested in the issue of wellbeing in the workplace. He has recently been interested in thinking about how critical approaches to wellbeing may lead to arguments for alternative forms of organisation. James completed his PhD at Cardiff University in 2019. His thesis looked at workplace wellbeing programmes in terms of the power relations between employer and employee, considering what it means to be sick or healthy within the workplace. Since completing my thesis he have been working on publications relating to this research.

Jelisaveta Ckrkic

Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph

Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, working on DNA barcoding of parasitoid wasps, specifically subfamily Aphidiinae, and interactions with their host and hyperparasitoids. My PhD work was done on the same group of insects, examining phylogenetic relationships between the genera and species of the subfamily using morphological and molecular data.

Jeanette Mollenhauer

Honorary Fellow (Dance), Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, The University of Melbourne

Honorary Fellow (Dance), Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, The University of Melbourne Jeanette Mollenhauer has been a recreational folk dancer and teacher for several decades, and her two daughters were competitive Irish dancers. In 2017 she completed a PhD in dance studies at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney. Since then, Jeanette has published widely on Irish dance in Australia, including a book (Dancing at the Southern Crossroads), book chapters (see the edited book, Irish Women in the Antipodes: Foregrounded) and academic articles in prominent journals such as Dance Research Journal, History Australia and The Journal of Intercultural Studies. She has also published works about Croatian dance, dance taxonomies, Australian calisthenics and recreational folk dance. She is an Honorary Fellow (Dance) at the Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, The University of Melbourne.