Contributors

Michael C Ewing

Associate professor, The University of Melbourne

Associate professor, The University of Melbourne

Maxime Gelly-Perbellini

Doctorant en histoire du Moyen Âge, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)

Doctorant en histoire du Moyen Âge, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Maxime Gelly-Perbellini est doctorant en histoire médiévale à l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris) et à l'Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Ses recherches portent sur la répression de la sorcellerie dans le royaume de France à la fin du Moyen Age (XIV-XVe siècle). Il a également été attaché temporaire d'enseignement et de recherche à l'Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne.

Mark Tsagas

Lecturer, Criminal Law, University of East London

Lecturer, Criminal Law, University of East London Mark is a lecturer in criminal law at the Royal Docks School of Business & Law. He has expertise in DV & SA, cybercrime, artificial Intelligence (AI) and law, legal ethics, legal theory and legislative reform. His qualifications include an LLB (Hons) Law, Legal Practice Course (LPC) and PGCert. He is also a PhD Candidate. His previous employment with restorative justice NGOs and Law Firms, as well as his present occupation with the University of East London, including his ongoing doctoral studies on the topic of cybercrime, have all provided him with a unique perspective on effective education and the need to instil students with appropriate mental wealth. Yet, he remains steadfast in his appreciation that "university" is not just a place to learn dry facts. It is an environment that encourages positive growth, for the mind, as well as for the spirit.

Megan Sarno

Assistant Professor of Music, University of Texas at Arlington

Assistant Professor of Music, University of Texas at Arlington Megan Sarno is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Texas at Arlington. She was previously Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Carleton and St Olaf Colleges. She earned her PhD at Princeton University in 2016. Her research focuses on the cultural dimensions of early 20th-century French music. Dr. Sarno’s published work includes an article in 19th-Century Music on the music of little-known French composer André Caplet. Focusing on his final work, the song cycle "Le Miroir de Jésus," Sarno uses archival materials, as well as literary and music analysis, to explain subtle layers of meaning in Caplet’s songs. Her 2018 article in Journal of Musicological Research investigates the 1911 stage music of composer Claude Debussy. The work, "Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien," has been long misunderstood. Using literary and music analysis, Sarno argues that Debussy’s music highlights the Symbolist poetic qualities of Le Martyre. Though her work is focused on French music, Sarno is broadly interested in the social and intellectual function of music—why composers write it and why listeners keep returning to it. Sarno has taught on a wide range of topics, from Baroque and Classical repertory through the music in Disney films. She enjoys teaching music majors and non-majors alike, encouraging students to draw on their own musicality to engage with assignments. Previous courses include American Musical Theater, Songs and Identity, Women and Music, Religion and Music, Disney Movie Musicals, Music of the Cold War, and American Music. Sarno has presented her work on French music and literary culture internationally and in the United States, at the Society for the American Musicological Society, the North American Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music, Music and the Moving Image, and special meetings on Fauré, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, French Creative Women, and Musical Life in 20th-Century Paris. She has won numerous grants for pedagogical innovation. In 2016, she was the recipient of a Chateaubriand Fellowship, which funded a semester of archival research in Paris, France.

Margaret Slavin

Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland

Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland

Matt Polacko

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Political Science, University of Toronto

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Political Science, University of Toronto I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science, at the University of Toronto. I hold a PhD in Politics from Royal Holloway, University of London (2021). My research lies at the intersection of comparative politics, political economy, and political behaviour. I am particularly interested in the consequences of inequality on political behaviour across advanced industrialized countries. My research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQSC), and Royal Holloway, University of London. I've published in American Behavioral Scientist; Canadian Journal of Political Science; Electoral Studies; European Political Science Review; Party Politics; Political Studies; Politics & Policy; Politics, Groups & Identities; Statistics, Politics & Policy; and West European Politics.