Professor of Physics, Florida International University Laird Kramer is a Professor of Physics and served as the Founding Director of the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University. His work focuses on facilitating institutional change through implementation of, and research on, evidence-based educational practices to establish equitable outcomes for all students. His work began in transforming the undergraduate physics experience at FIU, creating more well-prepared majors through the implementation Modeling Instruction-based studio physics courses, establishment of student-centric methodologies, and establishment of a high school/university research and learning community. He launched FIU’s Learning Assistant Program in 2008 that grew into an institutional priority and now impacts over 12,000 student enrollments across all STEM departments each semester. These and other efforts led to establishing the STEM Transformation Institute that situates FIU as a STEM education laboratory for research, development and dissemination of inclusive models that will transform institutional educational practices in order to meet the national need for qualified STEM professionals.
Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Arizona State University Dr. Lily Hsueh is an Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the ASU School of Public Affairs and a Senior Global Futures Scientist at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University. Hsueh is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University. Her areas of expertise are natural resource and environmental economics and policy, political economy, governance, applied econometrics, and mixed methods. Hsueh’s current research investigates how different forms and scales of alternative and decentralized governance systems (e.g., market-based policies, voluntary programs) interact with and shape the public provision of public goods and the management of natural resources and the environment. Prior to joining ASU, Hsueh held the National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Before academia, Hsueh served as a Senior Analyst in Economic Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She received a Ph.D. in Public Policy & Management from the University of Washington and a MSc in Economics from University College London. Hsueh’s undergraduate degree was a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley.
Early Career Researcher and Ecotherapist., Queen's University Belfast Dr Louise Taylor is an Early Career Researcher and therapist committed to working with activists and academics to highlight the importance of mental health, wellness, and equity in the struggle for climate justice. She is passionate about supporting activists on the frontline of environmental struggles, whether in the Sperrin Mountains or in Uganda. Her research uses an Intersectional Ecofeminist perspective to explore the link between health and wellness in a time of climate chaos. Louise is an activist academic, a mother and a neurodivergent consultant who believes we must embody our work and live in such a way that we make our lives Art. She is a keen writer and enjoys writing poetry as a spiritual and wellbeing practice and she believes that Nature, Art and Music are the greatest healers we have today.
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Genetics, University of Sheffield Previously I worked on quantitative genetics/genomics in tomato and melon, with the main goal of understanding the genetic architecture of fruit quality traits. Currently, I am part of the lateral gene transfer project in grasses.
Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliate Faculty in Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara I am interested in the value and ethical significance of natural processes. My areas of research include environmental ethics, and the science-religion interface. Much of my research focuses on conflict and compatibility between scientific and religious interpretations of nature and natural processes. My first book Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection (Columbia, 2003) critiques the tendency of Christian environmental ethics, or “ecological theology,” to misconstrue or ignore Darwinian theory, and examines the problems this creates for developing a realistic ethic toward nature and animals. More recent research has focused on Rachel Carson, whose book Silent Spring (1962) arguably marks the beginning of the environmental movement in America and abroad. I co-edited (with philosopher and nature writer Kathleen Dean Moore) a volume of interdisciplinary essays on Carson's life and work, titled Rachel Carson: Legacy and Challenge (SUNY, 2008). My current research centers on the role of wonder and enchantment in (and with) science, nature, and religion, and the variety of ways in which scientific narratives, particularly those involving evolution and the Anthropocene, are being "re-enchanted" and recast as mythopoeic stories with moral content. My most recent book, Consecrating Science: Wonder, Knowledge, and the Natural World (2017) is the product of that research. I also write about the spiritual and ethical dimensions of emerging technologies of the Anthropocene, like de-extinction and other high-tech interventions in nature. I currently serve as President of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (ISSRNC).
Lecturer in Speech Pathology, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport; Research Affiliate in the Centre for Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation, La Trobe University Dr Lucette Lanyon is a lecturer and researcher in the School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport at La Trobe University and is a research affiliate with the Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation. She completed her doctoral studies in 2017 through La Trobe University. Lucette has worked as a speech pathologist in a wide range of acute, sub-acute and outpatient health settings. Lucette's primary research focus is on optimising the long-term health and well-being outcomes of people with acquired brain injury and age-related, chronic conditions through service design and implementation. She has extensive experience developing and implementing inclusive research protocols in the area of cognitive-communication disability.
