Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Brown University Karla Kaun is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Brown University. She is a behavioral neurogeneticist fascinated with the genetic, molecular and cellular mechanisms of memory and addiction. Her team investigates how alcohol and drugs of abuse influence the molecular mechanisms underlying memory formation to induce cravings by combining behavior with in vivo imaging, genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry and bioinformatics in Drosophila. Dr. Kaun is currently President for the International Behavioral and Neural Genetics Society and an Associate Editor for the Genetics Society of America peer-reviewed journal Genetics. She is the 2023 recipient of the National Association of Biology teaching Genetics Education Award and is an advocate for innovative teaching methods to decolonize STEM.
Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan Katherine Michelmore is an associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Michelmore is a leading scholar and educator on the social safety net, education policy, labor economics, and economic demography. A research associate at NBER, she is a recognized expert on the efficacy of the Earned Income Tax Credit and its impact on children. Previously, she was assistant professor of public administration and international affairs at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School. Katherine completed her PhD in policy analysis and management at Cornell University. She holds a BA in economics and psychology from Wesleyan University. Prior to obtaining her PhD, Katherine was a research assistant at the Urban Institute.
Associate Professor, Sport Psychology, University of Toronto I am an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean, Graduate Education in the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education at the University of Toronto. My research program in sport psychology draws on qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches and focuses on athlete mental health; stress, coping, and emotion regulation; and youth athletes’ experiences in sport and the influence of parents and coaches in youth sport. I am currently an Editor-in-Chief of the journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise, I am the Past President of the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS), and a Member at Large with the International Society of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise. In addition to my research and teaching, I am also a Registered Psychotherapist and provides clinical psychotherapy services for athletes, coaches, and individuals working in various high-performance environments including sport, music, and performing arts.
Lecturer in Criminology and Ethics, University of Essex Katerina Hadjimatheou is an applied ethicist and criminologist. Her work examines the implications of new developments in digital technologies and use of data for public security and policing and been published in leading criminology and philosophy journals including British Journal of Criminology and Law and Philosophy. Kat has more than 10 years experience working on interdisciplinary research projects funded by the European Commission, the EU Border Agency, and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council. She is a recognised expert in the ethics of technologies in a security and policing context and has been invited to provide consultation and advice to the Ministry of Justice, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the UK’s College of Policing, and the National Police Chief’s Council. She is an independent member of governmental and non-governmental bodies including the UK National Crime Agency's Independent Advisory Group on Ethics; Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Professional Standards Committee; the Independent Digital Ethics Policing Panel; and the Metropolitan Police's Research Ethics Committee. Kat is also the independent ethics reviewer for a number of EU-funded technology projects including D4FLY and ARESIBO projects (on biometric border technologies) and COPKIT (on big data for community policing).
Graduate Research Fellow for BSL, Deaf Studies and Linguistics, York St John University I am profoundly Deaf was born to Jamaican parents in London. I made my debut on BBC’s See Hear – Black Deaf Special (1992) and appeared on numerous TV programmes such as BSL Zone’s award-winning Double Discrimination documentary (2014) and my Close-Up interview from also BSL Zone (2018) about my lived experience through my personal journey. I was a representative for Black Deaf UK (BDUK), a Black Deaf led organisation which was inspired by Black Lives Matter (BLM) representing British Black Deaf people from African and Caribbean family backgrounds. After a long and through discussion with some Black Deaf people, the organisation was set up in July 2020 to challenge the societal attitudes towards racism and audism and educate, empower and liberate Black Deaf people living in the UK. Previously, I worked as a community support worker for Deaf Adult Community Team, (DACT), an NHS specialist community mental health service working with Deaf people with mental health issues in Springfield Hospital, London. In 2018, I gave a presentation about the history of BSL (British Sign Language) in colonial Jamaica to celebrate 70 years of Windrush and the NHS. I have recently been voted as one of the 50 nominees for Signature’s Hall of Fame for my long contribution to British Black Deaf Community. I was graduated MA in Culture, Diaspora, Ethnicity from Birkbeck College, University of London from Oct 2012 to Sep 2014. My dissertation title was ‘Race’, Deafness and Inequality in Higher Education’ focusing how Black Deaf students navigate themselves in the world of higher education. I am now working as a Graduate Research Fellow (part graduate teaching assistant and part student researcher) for BSL, Deaf Studies and Linguistics under the School of Education, Languages and Psychology in York St. John University. I now teach Deaf Cultures and Accelerated BSL (British Sign Language) Level 1, and I am currently working on my PhD thesis focusing on Black Deaf people’s experiences about the dual oppression of racism and audism based on intersectionality, using interview and autoethnography methods.
Lecturer in Law, University of Huddersfield Kikelomo Kila is a researcher in climate change, renewable energy and corporate regulation law and policy in developing countries. Her extensive research in climate change law earned her an endorsement as an Exceptional Talent in Legal Research by the British Academy in March 2020 and she has a recent book chapter publication with Cambridge University Press. She obtained a PhD in climate change law and policy from the University of Exeter under full doctoral sponsorship by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund. She obtained her LLB from the University of Buckingham in 2009 and LLM in oil and gas law from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen in 2012. She is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and a senior research consultant (policy, consultation and legislative drafting) to the Constitution Review Committee of the Nigerian Senate. Kikelomo specialises in teaching employment law, torts law and equity and trusts law and has practical experience in employment and torts law matters. Kike’s teaching expertise also covers a broad range of foundational law modules including company law, EU law and competition law.
