Director of UG Business, University of Salford I studied Law at undergraduate level, followed by a Masters and PhD research in Computer Science. In 2004 I joined the University of Salford, firstly in the Information Systems Institute, and then in Salford Business School. I have undertaken a variety of academic leadership roles, and led the University Research Ethics Panel. I am currently Director of UG Business and Co-Lead for the Disruptive Technologies Research and Innovation Cluster. A key theme in my role is fostering enterprise and innovation through both curriculum design and teaching delivery. I am a recipient of 3 Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Awards and a Student Union Teaching Award, and am dedicated to delivering excellent teaching and student experience. My teaching covers a broad range of information systems areas including systems analysis and design, legal and professional issues and emerging / disruptive technologies. My teaching is centred on a constructivist approach, and uses inquiry based pedagogies to foster deep learning. An important focus is to foster creativity in students through the use of varied learning and assessment activities. I have worked with a range of businesses on Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, including a current Digital Transformation project with Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and have contributed to the delivery of short courses in digital transformation to senior leaders. I was Chair of the Psychology of Programming Interest Group 2004-2018, member of the British Computer Society Ethics Expert Panel 2004-2006, and am a current Board Member for the UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS). My research interests are focused on human aspects of technology, and Learning in HE.
Senior Project Coordinator, The University of Queensland Mina is a non-Indigenous woman and research coordinator who has worked in varying capacities within First Nations health research and curriculum. Her research experiences have focused broadly on cancer and wellbeing, and primary healthcare challenges. She is passionate about the role of education in health equity and has worked across several projects within the University of Queensland designing and developing new curriculum that integrates Indigenous Knowledges within health-related programs (BEnvSci, MPH, MEpi, MD). Most recently, she completed a pilot course and evaluation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing (INDH7002) which will be the first compulsory First Nations heath course in a Master of Public Health and Master of Epidemiology in Australia (2023). Mina is currently the Senior Project Coordinator (Services) for the Let’s Yarn About Sleep program.
Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Public Health, University College Cork My research centres on social and commercial determinants of health, especially in relation to unhealthy diets and food systems. In particular, I use resources from philosophy, public health, medicine and other disciplines to examine fatness/obesity as a cultural, social and political phenomenon.
Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Loughborough University Mhairi (“Vari”) Morris graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in Medical Biochemistry in 2004, then took up a PhD scholarship with Professor Lawrence Young at the University of Birmingham, investigating the role of the viral oncoprotein, latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1), in modulating epithelial cell invasion and metastasis. On completion of her PhD in 2008, Mhairi continued her LMP1 research at Birmingham. Following a brief career break from 2010-2013, Mhairi returned to academia as a Lecturer at De Montfort University, Leicester, where she attained her Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCertHE) with distinction. Mhairi was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2014, and awarded DMU Teacher Fellow status in 2016, prior to joining Loughborough University in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences in February 2017. Mhairi currently supervises 2 PhD students at Loughborough University. She previously held an Eric Reid Methodology Award from The Biochemical Society, and currently sits on the editorial board for the Pathogens and Frontiers in Physiology journals. Her current research interests include understanding the interactions between cancer cells and stromal cells in the tumour microenvironment, and how exercise may impinge on these interactions. In particular, Mhairi has an interest in using a novel 3D model system developed by her recently qualified PhD student for investigating the interactions between mesenchymal stem cells and 3D tumour spheroids.
Professor in Sport (Event) Governance, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Milena M. Parent, PhD, is a Full Professor in the governance of sport systems and events at the University of Ottawa. She is also the Director of the MEMOS (Executive Masters in Sport Organisation Management) Programme, English version. She received a Young Researcher Award from the University of Ottawa (2009) and an Early Researcher Award from the Government of Ontario (2010). She was also named a research fellow of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) in 2009. She co-authored Managing Major Sports Events: Theory and Practice (2nd edition with Aurélia Ruetsch, Routledge, 2021) and Strategic Management in Sport (with Danny O’Brien, Lesley Ferkins, and Lisa Gowthorp, Routledge, 2019). She co-edited The SAGE Handbook of Sport Management (with Russell Hoye, SAGE, 2017), Elite Youth Sport Policy and Management: A Comparative Analysis (with Elsa Kristiansen and Barrie Houlihan, Routledge, 2017), and The Routledge Handbook of Sports Event Management (with Jean-Loup Chappelet, Routledge, 2015). Prof. Parent served as the 2001 Games of La Francophonie technical officials’ coordinator and a 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games protocol and language services coordinator. Finally, she has consulted for several organizations, such as the Sport Information Resource Centre, Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, and Canadian Heritage/Sport Canada. She currently sits on the Canadian Sport Policy 2012 Policy Implementation and Monitoring Work Group, the Canadian Sport Policy Renewal Work Group, and the Surveillance and Monitoring Work Group.
Professor of English, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Jackson teaches courses on American Literature, Popular Culture, Folklore, and American Song. He published Prophet Singer: The Voice and Vision of Woody Guthrie through the University Press of Mississippi in 2007. In addition, he compiled, edited, and produced several CDs through West Virginia University Press, including Coal Digging Blues: Songs of West Virginia Miners.
