Senior Lecturer School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University Kate O’Reilly is a Senior Lecturer with the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University and teaches into both the undergraduate and post graduate programs. Kate’s research interests are related rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury, perimenopause and menopause and women's sexual and reproductive health.
PhD PhD Candidate, Institute of Political Science, Leiden University CandMy research interests are in the areas of international political economy and development economics, particularly during periods of economic crisis across the Global South. I study financial statecraft in emerging markets to reveal how low-income governments use strategic tools like deception to gain advantages in financial interactions with powerful institutions or states. My work investigates how transparency, corruption, and domestic and international political constraints shape government decisions to borrow, and how these decisions affect social and political outcomes for vulnerable citizens. My work has been published in the Review of International Organizations, the Review of International Political Economy, New Political Economy, European Journal of Political Research, and Population and Development Review. Prior to my PhD I studied at the University of Antwerp and Northeastern University.
Professor in International Development Studies and Canada Research Chair, Dalhousie University Dr. Kate Swanson is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in International Peace, Security and Children and a Professor in International Development Studies at Dalhousie University. While she has wide ranging interests in critical human geography and development, much of her current research focuses on youth migration, violence, and forced displacement in Latin America and the U.S./Mexico border region. Her other work includes research on gentrification, policing, and informal economies; borders, migration, and asylum; emotional geographies and care ethics; higher education and learning; and environmental policy. She is currently developing new research on fisheries, labour, and human rights in the Americas.
Associate Professor, Boise State University Dr. Krishna Pakala is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Boise State University. He was the Director for the Industrial Assessment Center funded by the Department of Energy at Boise State University. He served as the Faculty in Residence for the Engineering and Innovation Living Learning Community (2014–2021). He was the inaugural Faculty Associate for Mobile Learning and the Faculty Associate for Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning. He was the recipient of the Foundation Excellence Award, David S. Taylor Service to Students Award and Golden Apple Award from Boise State University. He was also the recipient of 2023 American Society for Engineering Education's (ASEE) National Outstanding Teacher Award, ASEE Pacific Northwest (PNW) Outstanding Teaching Award, ASEE Mechanical Engineering division’s Outstanding New Educator Award and several course design awards. He serves as the campus representative and was the past-Chair for the ASEE PNW Section. His academic research interests include innovative teaching and learning strategies, use of emerging technologies, and mobile teaching and learning strategies.
Professor of History, University of Montana Professor Kyle G. Volk's award-winning research and teaching focus on the broad history of the United States, with emphasis on political, intellectual, legal, and social history. He is especially interested in the history of American democracy; the problem and politics of dissent and difference in American society; capitalism, law, and the American state; civil rights, civil liberties, and the contested meaning of freedom in American life. Volk's research has been supported by the American Society for Legal History, the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Antiquarian Society. His first book, Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2014), explores the pioneering popular struggles over minority rights that developed out of conflicts over religion, race, and alcohol in nineteenth-century America. Moral Minorities received two major honors from the Organization of American Historians (OAH) in 2015: the Merle Curti Award for Best Book in American Intellectual History; and honorable mention for the Frederick Jackson Turner Award for the Best First Book in American History. His current work explores the problem and politics of personal liberty throughout U.S. History. Volk's scholarly excellence was celebrated in 2016 by the University of Montana when he was named the Provost's Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. Professor Volk's excellence in the classroom has been recognized on several occassions. He was the 2014 recipient of the Helen and Winston Cox Award for Excellence in Teaching, the University of Montana's 2015 nominee for CASE Professor of the Year, and the 2019 winner of the College of Humanities and Sciences' William Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching Across the Curriculum. Most recently, Volk garnered the 2022 University Distinguished Teaching Award, the University of Montana's highest teaching honor. Professor Volk advises the department's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta (the history honor society) and the UM History Society. He founded the department's Lockridge History Workshop and continues to coordinate it each year. Volk is also a Prelaw advisor for history undergraduates and an affiliated faculty member of the African American Studies Program as well as the Department of Public Administration and Policy.
