Lecturer in Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University I am an artist and academic, working as a Fine Art Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. I completed my MFA degree at the Slade School of Fine Art (UCL) in 2023 with a distinction and won the Almacantar Studio Prize for my graduate show. In 2022 I was awarded the Terence Cuneo Memorial Trust prize for my commitment to painting during my studies at the Slade. In 2016 I completed my BA from Goldsmiths, University of London where I also focused on painting and the female body. My research is centred around experiences of womenhood, which incorporates painting, drawing and printmaking. My large-scale canvases celebrate women’s emotional, physical and psychological capabilities, whether they are captured running, practising a headstand or preparing for the act of painting. Contextualised against traditional art-historical representations of women that frequently constrain the female body within interior settings or sexualise it as an object of desire, my paintings champion the potential for women to find freedom and friendship through physical expression. The active body becomes a site of confidence for women from which they are able to orientate and assert their place in the world as they engage in a diverse range of activities. My work has been exhibited across the UK and, in 2024, I presented an online exhibition with Unit London and my first international exhibition in Seoul. My work is in collections around the world.
American Politics Program Director, United States Military Academy West Point Lieutenant Colonel Lee Robinson is the Director of the American Politics Program and an Academy Professor within the Department of Social Sciences at West Point. Lee teaches the introductory course to American politics and the capstone course on public policy. He is a 2000 graduate of the United States Military Academy and holds an MPA from Cornell University and a PhD in Public Administration and Policy from the University of Georgia. Prior to service as an Academy Professor, Lee served for over 20 years as an Army Aviation Officer including two deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan. Lee commanded the 603D Aviation Support Battalion in the 3rd Infantry Division from 2019-2021 and served as a strategist for the Army Talent Management Task Force from 2021-2022. His research focuses on strategic human resource management, public management and organizational performance, and civil-military relations.
Scientific Research, Unesco Lavina Sequera is a Masters graduate, a merit scholarship holder (2022-2023) from the University for Peace - UN Mandated (UPEACE) in International Law and Human Rights, with an internship with the Natural Sciences Unit at the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO as a Scientific Researcher to the Chief of the Unit. With over 16 years dedicated towards social and humanitarian initiatives across Government, Private and Not-for-Profit’s in India, she spearheaded India’s largest rural CSR program for Hindustan Unilever Ltd. spanning across 70,000 villages in 2010-12 and yet again, established a women’s empowerment, income-generating program across 600+ rural artisans, preserving endangered craftwork for Souvenirs of Soil Pvt. Ltd. In the past, she supported humanitarian initiatives such as mapping rural Tanzania to combat Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) under the aegis of the UN; mediated legal / international aid sustaining the welfare of children in an orphanage in Madhya Pradesh, volunteered for the Blind School in Worli, Mumbai, for Street Children in Mumbai Central, Mumbai and is currently a Member of The Maharashtra State Women’s Council which runs 10 NGO's in Mumbai. Recognized among Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen 2019 by CSRWorks International and Global Reporting Initiative, Singapore and recipient of the Eco-Business A List award for ‘Sustainability Leadership during Covid-19’ by Eco-Business in partnership with Trucost, part of S&P Global, Singapore, Noted as one of 'Women for Change 2021' by ChangeNow, Lavina Sequera is currently Hon. Executive Director Women Empowerment and Global Goodwill Ambassador for Human Rights and Peace for India and Hon. Executive Director – CSR, National Council of News and Broadcasting – for an human rights based organization both, signatories to UNGC. She also works with animal activists for emergency response, aid and activism.
PhD Student, Neuroscience, The University of Queensland I graduated from the University of Queensland with class 1 honours in 2023. My thesis focussed on finding an objective measure for the intensity of imagination. I have presented a poster at the Australasian Brain and Psychological Sciences Meeting (2022) and a talk at the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference (2023). I have published a first-authored paper and there are more on the way.
Associate Professor of Management and Organisation Studies, Simon Fraser University My research interests are related to employee well-being including employee recovery, workaholism, work-life balance, and flexible work designs. I am motivated to find an answer to the question of why people work in the way they do, and what work styles improve work outcomes, work-life balance, and well-being. My research has been published in top academic journals such as American Psychologist, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Academy of Management Discoveries, and Journal of Organizational Behavior. My work has been featured in articles published by Harvard Business Review.
University Fellow in Digital Health & Society, University of Salford Dr Lisa Garwood-Cross is a researcher in Digital Health and Society at the University of Salford, Manchester. Her work looks at the impact of social media and digital technologies on society, particularly in relation to health and wellbeing. Her current work explores social media health influencer cultures and how audience trust translates into health influence. Her previous work includes a study of YouTube sex education influencers and the 'COVID Sex Lives' project that looked into the impact of the pandemic on the sex lives and digital habits of men who have sex with men. Lisa also works with health organisations about digital capabilities in the healthcare workforce and social media.
