Postdoctoral Researcher in English Literature, University of Oxford Dr Lillian Hingley is a postdoctoral researcher and stipendiary lecturer in English Literature at the University of Oxford. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on anglophone literature from the Romantic period to the present, she is currently preparing her first monograph on the philosopher Theodor Adorno’s engagement with anglophone writers. She has published articles in leading journals such as Studies in American Jewish Literature, Notes & Queries, Telos, and Journal of Modern Literature, as well as reviews in Irish Studies Review, James Joyce Quarterly, The Beckett Circle, and Notes & Queries. Before her current position, she worked as a lecturer at the University of Warwick’s Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies and as an RAI Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute. After earning her BA and MA in English Literature from the University of Warwick, she completed her DPhil English thesis ‘Theodor Adorno and Anglophone Modernist Literature’ as the Hertford College – Faculty of English DPhil Scholar in Irish Literature. At Oxford, she has held various academic positions, including: convenor of the Oxford English Faculty’s Modern and Contemporary Seminar, PI of the Oxford Critical Theory Network, and RAI Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute. When she’s not in Oxford, she’s probably reading – with a mocha – in Manchester, her beloved home city.
Professor of Aquatic Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dr. Laodong Guo’s major research focus is on aquatic biogeochemistry, with an emphasis on the role of natural organic matter and nano-sized colloids in governing the fate, transport and bioavailability of chemical species, including trace metals, radionuclides, engineered nanoparticles, and legacy and emerging contaminants. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Oceanography in 1995 from Texas A&M University (TAMU), College Station. After working as a postdoc and assistant research scientist at TAMUG, Dr. Guo joined University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF) in 2000 as a research professor in the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) and then University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in 2005 as a faculty member (tenured in 2006) in the Department of Marine Science. Dr. Guo has been a professor in the School of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since 2012. Dr. Guo serves as an editor of Journal of Oceanography (Springer), an associate editor of Frontiers in Environmental Science - Biogeochemical Dynamics (Frontiers), and an editorial board member of Scientific Reports (Nature), Water (MDPI), and Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (MDPI).
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University Lars Brummel works as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Public Administration of Leiden University. His current research focusses on the impact of multilevel governance on the perceived legitimacy of crisis governance and crisis measures. He has further published in international academic journals on topics related to democratic governance, crisis management, and political polarization.
Clinical and Research Psychologist, The Danielsen Institute, Boston University Laura E. Captari, Ph.D. is an academic researcher and staff psychologist at the Danielsen Institute. She completed her doctorate in counseling psychology, where her dissertation explored links between emotional abuse and neglect, attachment processes, dissociation, and affect regulation. Dr. Captari’s research and clinical interests include the developmental and relational impacts of trauma, disaster, and loss across the lifespan, with attention to intersectionality, spirituality, the mind-body connection, and culturally-embedded strengths (e.g., gratitude, compassion, humility, meaning) that can serve as pathways to resilience and flourishing, particularly for those who hold marginalized identities. She also has developing interest in supporting the unique needs of therapists and those in helping professions. Dr. Captari is co-author of the forthcoming book, Trauma and the Family: A Systemic Approach to Assessment and Intervention. Dr. Captari firmly believes in the transformative possibilities of psychotherapy to help us more deeply understand ourselves and reshape the stories we are living in; become more curious, compassionate, and adaptable amidst life’s hardships; and experience greater freedom and creativity in work, love and play. She has received advanced training in psychodynamic, relational, and DBT approaches in a variety of settings (e.g., hospital, community mental health, college counseling, intensive in-home, private practice), and completed postdoctoral specializations in psychoanalytic and group approaches, as well as infant parent mental health. Dr. Captari welcomes each patient to a collaborative therapeutic journey that attends to the whole person, integrating cultural and spiritual resources, as well as the creative arts and nature, in order to promote well-being.
Associate professor of secondary math education, Mississippi State University Liza (Cope) Bondurant is an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Learning at Mississippi State University. A first-generation college graduate, she began her career as a secondary mathematics teacher in upstate New York. Interested in improving the mathematical experiences of traditionally marginalized students, her research focuses on rehumanizing mathematics through embodied teaching and learning, the development of mathematics identity, and teacher development. She has published numerous articles and book chapters, has given talks at regional and national conferences, and has participated in several grant-funded research projects. She is a Department Editor of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 (MTLT) journal and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education (JUME). She has been recognized with awards, such as the College Teacher of the Year by the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM), and has served in various leadership roles, such as the President of the Mississippi Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (MAMTE). https://www.faculty.msstate.edu/lb2206
Professor of Political Sociology, University of Sussex Luke is a political sociologist at Sussex University interested in socialism, social democracy, social and green alternatives, and global politics. His book Alternative Societies: For a Pluralist Socialism, 2023, covers: alternative economies; social alternatives; utopianism and change; socialism and its critics; the democratic economy; and alternative globalisation. He has published The Sociology of Globalization, 2010 (second edition 2017), and, with Stephen Driver, New Labour, 1998, and Blair's Britain, 2002. He co-edited Social Democracy: global and national perspectives, 2001, which looks at changes and national differences in social democracy, its relationship to Europe and globalisation, and criticisms and alternatives. The Third Way and Beyond: criticisms, futures, alternatives, co-edited, 2004, is about critical perspectives on the third way on issues like equality, the state, and community. Luke is author of Ecology and Society, 1994. His PhD in the 1980s was on socialism and associational democracy.
