PhD Candidate, Communication Studies, Université de Lorraine Lucas is a PhD student in communication studies at Université de Lorraine's CREM (Center of Recherche on Mediation) laboratory and at Université de Liège's Liège Game Lab. He studies the issues of territory through the narrative universe of video games, and tackles how video games' rules convey meanings about the relationship between humans and their living space and environment. His PhD focuses on how maps, and the way they represent territories, are reappropriated in video game language. He is building a methodology for the case analysis of video game maps, which will enable people to better understand how maps help frame the gaming experience. He studies how developers create maps for their games and how players use the word "map" and to what specific element of the gamespace they refer to. His PhD study is focused on the analysis of the Japanese game licence Monster Hunter and how its map' system has evolved through its different titles. His background is in literature and communication sciences. He completed a master's degree in literature at the University of Aix-Marseille, then a master's degree in communication' sciences at the University of Lorraine.
Doctoral Candidate in Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University Lauren Westerberg, M.S., is a doctoral candidate at Purdue and her work focuses on understanding how environmental factors, including home and classroom contexts, contribute to the development of children’s STEM knowledge and skills and on developing early STEM assessments that can be used in both the research and classroom settings.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Stevens Institute of Technology Created & Maintains DCinbox database of official legislator to constituent e-newsletters. Author: How to Raise a Citizen & Why It's Up to You to Do It Areas of focus: American Politics, Political Communication, Congress, Veterans Politics, Women in Politics, Inter-branch Relations
Associate Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University My research examines the intersections between sexuality, technology, representation, the body and law. I have published scholarly articles and legal reports on topics such as: sex robots; teenage sexting and child pornography; non-consensual Intimate Image distribution; ‘self-exploitation’; queer pornography; (self)surveillance; pregnant men and trans human rights. I approach these topics empirically and theoretically and employ a post/intersectional lens. I have also served as an expert consultant for national and international committees (Law Reform Committee of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; House of Commons’ Standing Committee on the Status of Women; Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs), as well as for legal cases and sentencing decisions regarding the application of child pornography laws. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4296-062X
Researcher, Human Geography, University of Amsterdam I am a researcher with a passion for environmental governance, political and queer ecology, and climate and water justice. I have completed academic degrees in human geography, politics, philosophy, and environmental studies from Australian and Dutch universities. Currently, I work as a researcher for the Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW).
PhD Student, Anthropology, University of Victoria Lydia has a Master of Arts and an Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Minor in Indigenous Studies. They have worked at the University of Victoria as the Indigenous Student Recruitment Officer and most recently as the Tri-Faculty Indigenous Resurgence Coordinator where they were tasked with creating and leading decolonizing and Indigenizing initiatives in the faculties of Social Sciences, Science, and Humanities. They use their training in Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Anthropology, their experience as a staff member, and their lived experience as mixed settler and Bungi-Metis Two-Spirit person to work toward post-secondary decolonization and Indigenization. They are now pursuing their PhD in Anthropology and Indigenous Nationhood at the University of Victoria.
