Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Hamilton College Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo received his Ph.D. in political science from Claremont Graduate University and his B.A. in political science, international relations from Bucknell University. His research and teaching interests include history of political thought (Western, non-Western, and Indigenous), American political development, liberation, martial virtue, resistance, and revolution. Currently, he is working on research projects exploring various forms of resistance to injustice. His work has appeared in Polis and The Conversation. Recent and previous affiliations include the Newberry Library, the Huntington Library, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
PhD Candidate, Centre for Global Learning, Coventry University Kayden Schumacher is an enthusiastic PhD scholar, researcher, lecturer and school counsellor, with passion, curiosity, empathy, a diverse educational background and motivation to make a difference, specifically involving gender, sexuality and feminism in education, research, and social sciences. Kayden is due to defend their PhD studentship thesis in the Centre for Global Learning at Coventry University, UK with research focusing on transgender and gender diverse student’s and educator’s experiences in the English education system. Kayden is a Sexualities and Gender special interest group convenor for the British Educational Research Association, a member of the AtGender Board, an ambassador for Trans In The City, a PGR Representative for the Centre for Global Learning and has co-created a Gender Research Network for postgraduate researchers in the West Midlands. Kayden was a double degree and dual-sport NCAA athlete in their undergraduate, and has gone on to earn two masters degrees in social psychology and education - school counseling respectively. Kayden has taught psychology undergraduate and masters students about gender, sexuality, mental and physical health, and research methods, has worked as a school counsellor across all levels within the Midwestern, USA, and is a proudly married transgender and pansexual person.
Deputy Director, Melbourne Disability Institute, The University of Melbourne Kirsten Deane is the Deputy Director of the Melbourne Disability Institute and an Enterprise Professor in Disability. Based at the University of Melbourne, MDI facilitates and supports interdisciplinary research that addresses the complex and systemic issues facing people with disability. MDI brings people with disability, families, government and non government organisations together with researchers to co-produce research that has real-world impact on policy and practice and helps to build a more inclusive and equitable society. With more than 15 years experience in the disability sector and a background in research, policy, advocacy, campaigning and communications, Kirsten is most well known for her role as Campaign Director for Every Australian Counts, the grassroots campaign that fought for the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Kirsten was a panel member on the recent independent review of the NDIS and has also served on numerous boards, committees and advisory councils, including Co-Chair and Deputy Chair of the National People with Disability and Carer Council. Kirsten has three children and as a result has excellent conflict mediation skills.
Senior Research Officer, Western Sydney University Dr Allison is a cross-disciplinary researcher who has worked in psychology, healthcare and social computing research. They hold a PhD from Macquarie University, where their dissertation examined how antisocial online behaviours are rationalised and normalised within toxic and subversive online communities. More broadly, their research examines experiences of populations marginalised and underserved by dominant systems: young people impacted by cancer; LGBTQI+ inclusion in healthcare and the workplace; and online communities for marginalised and subversive groups.
Professor, College of Education, University of Otago Karen's research is youth-focused. The book Fierce Hope. Youth Activism in Aotearoa (Bridget Williams Books) reports her recent Marsden-funded research about what inspires young people to join others to create social change. An earlier Marsden-funded project culminated in the book Children of Rogernomics: A neoliberal generation leaves school. That book was about young people coming to adulthood in the wake of New Zealand's neoliberal reforms, connecting their accounts with the wider social and economic story.
Associate Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education, Deakin University Katrin completed a Bachelor of Media and Communication/Bachelor of Nutrition Science double-degree with Distinction in 2019, at Queensland University of Technology. Her cross-disciplinary background is reflected in her postgraduate research interests, with her PhD project focussing on how the design and uses of infant feeding and baby-tracking applications shape the experience of contemporary parenthood in Australia. Her current work explores parental concerns and strategies of managing young children's data privacy, and seeks to test popular baby apps to gain insights into their data sharing capacities and practices.
