Lecturer in the Interprofessional Education Unit , University of the Western Cape I hold a BSc Physiotherapy, MSc Physiotherapy, and a PhD in Physiotherapy from the University of the Western Cape
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Innovation, Arizona State University Lydia Ross (she/her) is an assistant professor for the Division of Educational Leadership in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Her research broadly centers on issues of equity, access, and inclusion in K-12 and post-secondary education, focusing on STEM. Specifically, she aims to understand 1) how students access educational systems and opportunities, 2) student experiences within educational systems, and 3) fostering professional development (PD) opportunities for people facilitating educational experiences (i.e., faculty or school counselors). Dr. Ross’ work has been published in national and international journals, including Research in Higher Education, AERA Open, Teachers College Record, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, and the Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice.
Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York Prof. Dula’s work concentrates on public and nonprofit management with a particular focus on governance, philanthropy, and gender and equity issues. She works to combine traditional public administration theories such as representative bureaucracy and institutionalism with theories from sociology and economics in the study of nonprofits and the public sector. She is currently working on research within the realm of philanthropy, intersectionality, bureaucracy, and gender theory. Dula is a co-recipient of the Inaugural Association of Fundraising Professionals Foundation’s Wilson C. “Bill” Levis Research Grant. She also received a fellowship from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The Institute works to better understand women’s giving behaviors.
Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Leah Chan Grinvald is Dean of the William S. Boyd School of Law and Richard J. Morgan Professor of Law. Dean Grinvald is an internationally recognized intellectual property law scholar, whose research focuses on the enforcement of intellectual property law, and the potential negative impacts of related laws on small businesses and entrepreneurs. Her work has appeared in some of the nation’s leading law journals. Dean Grinvald’s most recent work focuses on the intersection of the “right to repair” and intellectual property law. Dean Grinvald has previously taught courses in Contracts, Copyright, International Intellectual Property, Negotiation, Trademark Law and Trademark Practice at her prior institutions, Suffolk Law and St. Louis University School of Law. Before joining academia, Dean Grinvald began her career in the private sector after clerking for The Honorable Frank Sullivan, Jr. (ret) of the Indiana State Supreme Court. She served as the global corporate counsel at TaylorMade Golf Company, and as a corporate associate at two international law firms, Latham & Watkins LLP and at Clifford Chance US LLP in their San Diego offices. Dean Grinvald received her JD from New York University Law School and a bachelor’s degree from The George Washington University.
PhD Student. Neurologist, Lund University Luke Harper is a Neuroscience PhD student at Lund University, Sweden. His research focus is on the identification of brain reserve factors in frontotemporal dementia. He also works as a Consultant Neurologist at Malmö University Hospital, Sweden with a interest in Multiple sclerosis and associated diseases.
Senior Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research Liam Grealy is Senior Research Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research and Research Fellow at the University of Sydney.