Adjunct Associate Professor in, Griffith University Kate Freiberg, Adjunct Associate Professor at Griffith University, is Director of Research and Development at RealWell. Her work draws together developmental psychology and prevention science. She maintains a strong focus on the development of accessible resources and methodologies to support frontline professionals, schools, child serving organisations, and policy makers who strive to achieve better outcomes for children and families living in challenging environments.
Associate Professor in Indigenous Economy, University of Otago I am the kaitohutohu of the Otago Business School's Te Maea: Māori and Indigenous Economy and Enterprise Network.
PhD Candidate in Criminology, University of Westminster I'm currently doing a PhD in Criminology at Westminster University, researching prison officer life satisfaction in Finland and Scotland. I also host the Evolving Prisons podcast where I interview people around the world with experience of prison - governors, officers, psychiatrists, doctors and prisoners - to show the realities of life in prison and the human behind the uniform or crime. Previously, I have worked for the Office of Public Prosecutions in Melbourne, Australia, in their specialist sex offences unit. I've worked as a Court Officer and a Fitness to Practise Investigator in Scotland. I've also spent time teaching crime scene skills at a science camp in America.
Professor of Special Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison Kimber Wilkerson is a professor of Special Education. She is the Principal Investigator (PI) of a research project funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to develop and examine the effectiveness of virtual coaching and an online community of practice for rural special educators. The goal of this research is to reduce burnout, increase teachers' desire to stay in the profession, and to increase their positive impact on learning for students with disabilities. Dr. Wilkerson is also the Project Director of a master's level special education teacher residency program, funded by a Teacher Quality Partnership grant, in collaboration with Milwaukee Public Schools. She formerly directed a similar special education teacher residency program serving rural and other high-need Wisconsin school districts Dr. Wilkerson is also co-PI on two federally-funded training grants to prepare master’s level special educators and one doctoral leadership grant. She has broad expertise in the preparation of teachers to work with students with disabilities and providing instruction to students with disabilities to improve their long-term academic and social/behavioral outcomes.
Postdoctoral researcher in Human-Computer Interaction, Queensland University of Technology Dr Kellie Vella researches human-computer interactions with a focus on social, wellbeing, and sustainable contexts. She draws upon theories and methods across the humanities (in particular, social and motivational psychology, ethnography, and participatory research) to better understand how to design, apply, and evaluate technologies. She has published in leading conferences and journals within the field of Human-Computer Interaction and has been navigating a research-driven career across numerous projects, including but not limited to research on positive wellbeing for young men; designing for ecoacoustics research; technologies for disaster victim identification; home-based technologies to engage people with local nature; technologies to reduce campsite waste at music festivals; and designing for young children's nature engagement.
Associate Professor of Accounting, Utah Valley University Kari Joseph Olsen received his Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Southern California in 2015, and teaches courses in management accounting and financial reporting. His research interests are in management control systems, performance feedback and personality characteristics.
