Contributors

Kilian Vos

Research Associate, UNSW Sydney

Research Associate, UNSW Sydney I am a researcher in Coastal Science and Remote Sensing. My research uses big-data satellite remote sensing to monitor sandy coastlines and study how they respond to changes in waves and water levels. I am especially interested in coastal changes driven climate variability like ENSO.

Kristyn Gorton

Professor of Film and Television, University of Leeds

Professor of Film and Television, University of Leeds I have published extensively on film and television, particularly on feminist media studies, emotion and affect, British television history, and discourses on care in contemporary culture. My most recent publication is Remembering British Television: Audience, Archive and Industry (BFI/Bloomsbury, 2019) with Professor Joanne Garde-Hansen, and I'm currently writing a monograph on Sally Wainwright for Manchester University Press with Professor Beth Johnson.

Kent E Vrana

Professor and Chair of Pharmacology, Penn State

Professor and Chair of Pharmacology, Penn State Dr. Kent E. Vrana is the Elliot S. Vesell Professor and Chair of Pharmacology at the Penn State College of Medicine. He received his B.S. with honors in Biochemistry from the University of Iowa, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Pharmacology minor) from Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans. His post-doctoral fellowship training was in embryology and molecular biology at the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Baltimore, MD (on the Johns Hopkins University campus). Dr. Vrana joined the Department of Biochemistry at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center as an assistant professor and then moved to the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine where he rose through the ranks to full professor. In 2004, Dr. Vrana assumed the position of Professor and Chair of Pharmacology at the Penn State University College of Medicine. Dr. Vrana is a member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals (Associate Editor for Pharmacology (Karger Press), the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (an ASPET journal) and Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids (Karger Press)). He has served as chair (30 times) and/or a member of over 110 scientific review panel meetings for the federal government and non-profit organizations. He has co-authored more than 190 scientific articles, book chapters, and monographs (including two textbooks). In 2009, he was named an honorary professor of the School of Medicine of the Peruvian University of Applied Science in Lima, Peru, and was inducted into the Society of Distinguished Educators at the Penn State College of Medicine. In 2015, he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS). He currently serves the immediate past president of the Association of Medical School Pharmacology Chairs (AMSPC).

Kate Anderson

Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning (Health, Disability & Inclusion), Deakin University

Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning (Health, Disability & Inclusion), Deakin University Dr Kate Anderson is a senior lecturer and researcher at Deakin University, Melbourne. Kate grew up in a family of educators and is driven by her passion for education and inclusion across the lifespan. Kate is a qualified speech pathologist and has worked in the areas of cerebral palsy, autism, and assistive technology. Her primary research explores how communication about health services and technologies can be made more accessible for people with disability or diversity. She is passionate about co-design and consumer consultation, and teaches inclusive design methods to students from a wide range of disciplines. Kate is also a Fellow of Deakin's Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE).

Karl Matikonis

Lecturer at Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast

Lecturer at Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast I am a lecturer at Queen’s Management School. My PhD and subsequent research focus on taxation, including windfall taxes and domestic and non-domestic property taxation. It also extends to how policy decisions impact businesses, in particular small and medium sized enterprises.

Kirsti Mills

Research Assistant, Queensland University of Technology

Research Assistant, Queensland University of Technology As a person with lived-experience, I am passionate about protecting and supporting people who are at risk of, or have experienced violence, abuse and trauma to lead a life that is safe and meaningful to them. I graduated Queensland University of Technology (QUT) December 2022 having completed a Bachelor of Justice (Criminology & Policing). In addition to my studies, I collaborated with a team to co-author a large state of knowledge report on violence perpetration, and tutored first-year justice students with the Oodgeroo Unit at QUT. Previous work involves project management in the advertising industry. I value kindness, growth, curiosity and determination.