Contributors

Martine Kropkowski

Tutor, The University of Queensland

Tutor, The University of Queensland Martine Kropkowski teaches professional and creative writing with the writing team at The University of Queensland. She is also a HDR candidate researching the role that language and community-generated narratives play in coercing and controlling members of cult-like organisations.

Mphoentle Puleng Modise

Lecturer, University of South Africa

Lecturer, University of South Africa

Mary L. Churchill

Associate Dean, Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement and Professor of the Practice, Boston University

Associate Dean, Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement and Professor of the Practice, Boston University Dr. Mary L. Churchill is Professor of the Practice and associate dean of strategic partnerships and community engagement at Boston University's Wheelock College of Education and Human Development where she also serves as Director of the Higher Education Administration program. Churchill serves as a trustee at Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, a 4-year minority-serving college in Boston, where she chairs the academic affairs committee. She also serves as an advisor for the American Council of Education’s Learner Success Lab. Churchill co-authored When Colleges Close: Leading in a Time of Crisis, telling the story of the Wheelock-Boston University merger. Prior to her appointment at Boston University, Churchill served as vice president for academic affairs at Wheelock College, where she helped lead the merger of Wheelock College and Boston University. She has also held leadership roles in universities and colleges in New England for over 30 years. In 2021, Churchill served as the Chief of Policy for Mayor Kim Janey in Boston where she supported the launch of the mayor’s Children’s and Youth Cabinet, led the development of an alternative response to 911 calls for mental health emergencies, and coordinated the implementation of a city-wide COVID-19 mask mandate. Upon her return to BU, she co-chaired the Boston Career and College Pathways Partnership working group with Harvard’s Project on Workforce.

Meghan Corbett

Master's student, Public Administration, University of Victoria

Master's student, Public Administration, University of Victoria Interested in climate policy and decarbonization, and applying behavioural science to support policy design and behaviour change.

Michael Waller

Senior Lecturer Biostatistics, The University of Queensland

Senior Lecturer Biostatistics, The University of Queensland Dr Michael Waller is a biostatistician. His current research focus is using linked data sources to assess dementia rates and risk factors. He has previous experience working on cancer screening, and military health studies.

Mara-Daria Cojocaru

Privatdozentin, Munich School of Philosophy

Privatdozentin, Munich School of Philosophy Mara-Daria Cojocaru's main research interests include: political philosophy and theory, philosophical pragmatism, (animal) ethics, philosophy of emotion and intellectual virtues. She has taught at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, the Munich School of Philosophy, the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and Graz University, and she has been visiting scholar at the University of Sheffield, the University of Brighton and the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. Currently, she is establishing a new project on “animal-assisted philosophy” – a blend of philosophical and creative writing that is not just about, but with and for other animals.