Contributors

Kieran Connell

Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Queen's University Belfast

Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Queen's University Belfast Kieran Connell teaches history at Queen's University Belfast. His first book, Black Handsworth: Race in 1980s Britain was published by the University of California Press in 2019 and shortlisted for the Whitfield Prize. His next book, Multicultural Britain: A People's History will be published in 2024.

Karyn Amira

Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston

Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston Karyn Amira joined the Department of Political Science in August of 2015. Her research interests are in American Politics and Political Psychology with specializations in ideology, public opinion, media influence, political behavior and experimental methodology. She teaches courses in Media and Politics, Political Psychology, Research Methods, Political Parties and Capstone. Her current research agenda is centered on affective polarization and candidate perception, although she has also been involved in recent projects on authoritarianism and Donald Trump's effects on the Republican Party. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Perspectives on Politics, The Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, American Politics Research, Social Science Quarterly, The Journal of Experimental Political Science, The Journal of Political Science Education and International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society. View more information here: www.KarynAmira.com

Karl Beaulieu

PhD student in Social Work, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

PhD student in Social Work, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Karl is a PhD student in Social Work at UQAM. His work focuses on inequalities and the criminalization of social problems.

Karen Livesey

Senior Lecturer of Physics, University of Newcastle

Senior Lecturer of Physics, University of Newcastle Dr Karen Livesey is the 2023 Women in Physics lecturer, touring the nation thanks to the Australian Institute of Physics. She is a Superstar of STEM in 2023-24, awarded by Science and Technology Australia. Along with teaching theoretical physics at the University of Newcastle, she researches nano-magnets with biomedical and technological applications.

Kirsten Zickfeld

Distinguished Professor of Climate Science, Simon Fraser University

Distinguished Professor of Climate Science, Simon Fraser University Dr. Kirsten Zickfeld is a Distinguished Professor of Climate Science in the Geography Department at Simon Fraser University, which she joined in 2010. She holds a PhD in physics (2004) from the University of Potsdam in Germany. Dr. Zickfeld’s primary research interests are in the long-term effects of human activities on climate. She has published extensively in the research literature on topics such as the irreversibility of human-induced climate change, the climate effects of carbon dioxide removal, and carbon budgets consistent with climate targets. Dr. Zickfeld served as Lead Author for the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the IPCC Special Report on the Global Warming of 1.5 degrees. She also serves on the Scientific Steering Committee of the Global Carbon Project.

Kate Vincent

Lecturer in Social Work, Social Work Program Convenor, University of Tasmania

Lecturer in Social Work, Social Work Program Convenor, University of Tasmania I am a White, Euro-Australian, cisgender female, living and working in lutruwita / Tasmania. I am a Lecturer in Social Work and the Social Work Program Convenor at the University of Tasmania.