Professor Emeritus of English and Women’s Studies, Arizona State University Melissa Pritchard is the author of eleven books, including a novel Palmerino, a story collection, The Odditorium, and an essay collection, A Solemn Pleasure. Among other honors, she has received the Flannery O’Connor Award, the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize and the Carl Sandburg Literary Award as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Carson McCullers Center. Emeritus Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Arizona State University, Pritchard's latest book, a highly praised fictional biography of Florence Nightingale, Flight of the Wild Swan, was published by Bellevue Literary Press, NYC in March 2024. An audiobook is also available.
Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Fine Art , University of Lincoln Martin Lang is senior lecturer in Fine Art and Programme Leader for MA Fine Art. He teaches both practice and theory on the MA and BA Fine Art programmes. Prior to working at Lincoln he taught on the BA Fine Art and BA History & Philosophy of Art programmes at the University of Kent and on the Foundation Diploma at University for the Creative Arts. Martin trained as a painter before completing a PhD in History & Philosophy of Art, researching militant forms of art activism. He is an artist and a writer. He has exhibited internationally (Cyprus, Portugal, and the USA). In the UK, his work has been selected for exhibition by the likes of Turner Prize artist Dexter Dalwood and Tate Curator of Photography Simon Baker. He publishes research on art and politics and he writes for Trebuchet magazine. Expressions of interest for PhDs in any of the areas listed below under "Subject Specialism" (or related subjects) are welcomed.
Affiliate Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Deakin University Dr Marilla Druitt is an obstetrician and gynaecologist who works in Geelong in the public and private systems and is a RANZCOG/AGES level 5-6 accredited surgeon. She is interested in the mind-body connection in pelvic pain, part of an interdisciplinary persistent pelvic pain clinic at Geelong Hospital. She is a RANZCOG councillor, helped write the national Endometriosis Guideline, does research with Australasian Interdisciplinary Researchers in Endometriosis (AIRE), and Deakin University. She is also part of a Bellarine wide clinician network caring for trans and gender diverse patients. Current research includes the Happi study – CBT & yoga for pelvic pain, an e-hypnotherapy trial for pelvic pain, an endometriosis education course, a cannabis trial and a planned porphyria study for patients. Marilla is the current president of Pelvic Pain Victoria, is involved in the Victorian state government redesign of gynae outpatient clinics in the public system, and is the gynaecologist on the Victorian's Women's Pain Inquiry.
Professor, University of Maryland I am a human geographer. I advance understanding about the human dimensions of global environmental change such as biodiversity loss and climate change. The majority of my research uses risk concepts to explore human-environment interactions and all of my efforts are designed to build evidence for action. I bring an interdisciplinary perspective to a range of conservation issues such as wildlife trafficking, illegal fishing and illegal logging. I am on the faculty of the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park. I received my PhD in Natural Resource Policy and Management from Cornell University, MA in Environment and Resource Policy from George Washington University, and BA in Anthropology and Environmental Studies from Brandeis University. From 2006-2020, I was on the faculty at Michigan State University. I am an American Geographical Society Council Member, a National Academies of Sciences Jefferson Science Fellow, US Department of State Embassy Science Fellow and Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leader.
Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, University of Stirling Margaret Maxwell is Professor of Health Services and Mental Health Research at the University of Stirling. From 2016-2024 she was Director of the Chief Scientist Office funded Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit (NMAHP-RU) and Deputy Director from 2009-2016. She was Head of the Scottish Government funded Scottish Primary Care Mental Health Research and Development programme from 2003-2009. She has been involved in health services research for over 30 years, leading or collaborating on over 70 research studies focusing on quality and delivery of care, especially in relation to the management of long-term conditions and common mental health problems. Her work has included evaluating different service models, different staff skill mixes and advanced practice roles for delivering effective and efficient healthcare. She has had a long-standing interest in developing research capacity and capability within the NHS workforce to enable delivery of evidence-based care. She is mostly known for her work in mental health and wellbeing, depression and anxiety, maternal mental health, child and adolescent mental health, and suicide prevention. She has been involved in European research collaborations spanning over 20 years tackling suicide, depression, and mental health in the workplace, and has evaluated several national programmes for improving mental health and long-term conditions.
