PhD Candidate in Art History, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Megan Shaw is a Doctoral Candidate in Art History at the University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau. She researches elite women in 17th century England, royal favour, cultural patronage and art collections. Her PhD thesis is a cultural history of Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham (neé Manners, 1603-1649) which was supported by a Junior Fellowship with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. She also has an interest in contemporary art from New Zealand and Australia as the Assistant Manager of the Chartwell Charitable Trust.
Adjunct Lecturer, University of New England Matt Balogh is currently an adjunct lecturer at the University of New England where he is completing his PhD. Matt was previously a social and media researcher, having been Managing Director of McNair Research from 2001 to 2018. Previous to that, Matt was Vice President of The Gallup Organisation, and prior to that, Group Marketing Services Manager at News Ltd.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario Dr. Michelle Cohen is a family physician in rural southeastern Ontario. She has a comprehensive general practice at the Lakeview Family Health Team in Brighton and runs sexual health clinics in Brighton and Campbellford via the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University where she works as a community preceptor for medical trainees to gain exposure to rural primary care. She has given talks on sexism in medicine, health care advocacy and caring for gender diverse patients, among other topics. She has published a pioneering academic paper on the gender pay gap in Canadian medicine and continues to research this issue. Outside of her clinical and academic work, Dr. Cohen is a freelance writer whose articles on health policy and health equity have been published in CBC, Maclean's, Toronto Star, Chatelaine, Healthy Debate, Medical Post and other outlets. She has led advocacy work with Canadian Women in Medicine and currently sits on the OMA Women Committee.
Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, KU Leuven I’m an associate professor of supply chain management based in Leuven, Belgium. My expertise is in empirical and theoretical modeling of different aspects in which firms (should) behave in light of optimizing their performance. I’m particularly interested in deriving insights related to the way in which firms can improve their sustainability.
Lecturer, University of Aberdeen Dr Manu Lekunze is a lecturer in international relations. He studies the security of states in the continually changing domestic, regional and international environments.
Lecturer in German Studies, University of New England Dr Neigert joined UNE in 2018 as a Lecturer and Discipline Convenor of German Studies. She completed her PhD thesis at Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen and Macquarie University Sydney (Cotutelle) on the topic of older language learners at community colleges in Germany. She is passionate about learning and teaching languages and has more than 15 years of teaching experience in a variety of adult and higher education contexts in both Germany and Australia. During her studies at Justus-Liebig Universität, she was part of an e-learning team creating digital language learning material in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and teaching German online via chats, wikis and on SecondLife. Dr Neigert has taught a variety of lectures and seminars for teachers of TEFL/TESOL and trained teachers in the teaching and learning of German as a foreign language (DaF/DaZ). Miriam’s research interests include motivation and the language learner self, age and language learning, using digital media in the foreign language classroom, and assessment for language learning.
