PhD Candidate in the Department of War Studies, King's College London Mohamad is a PhD Candidate within the Department of War Studies at King’s College London where his research focuses on protest movements and emotions in Lebanon. His research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through the London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Programme (LISS DTP). Mohamad holds an MA in Political Economy of the Middle East from King’s College London, for which he was awarded a distinction and a postgraduate diploma in Middle East security studies from the University of St Andrews. During his time at King’s, Mohamad worked as a translator for The Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy, and Trends (XCEPT) research programme. His translation work focused on security and stability in Lebanon and peace-building in Iraq. Previously, Mohamad worked as a research analyst at the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project (CTP) where he was tracking and analysing current and emerging threats to American national security posed by the Salafi-jihadi movement in Yemen and North Africa.
Lecturer in International Development, University of Bradford Dr M. Sudhir Selvaraj is a Lecturer in the Department of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford. He earned his PhD in Politics from the King's India Institute and his MA in International Relations (with distinction) from the Department of War Studies, both at King's College London. Before joining PSID, he worked as a Lecturer in International Development at the Department of International Development, King's College London, where he continues to serve as a research affiliate. His research explores religious politics in India. Sudhir is also a seasoned theatre person who brings many creative practices into his teaching. He has written plays on conflicts in South Asia.
PhD Candidate, Political Science, Yale University Micah is a fourth year PhD candidate at Yale University studying American politics. Micah researches Black politics, social movement mobilization, and the politics of gender and sexuality. Micah is also working on a project that locates hip-hop music and culture as a site for conservative politics. Micah currently serves as the graduate student representative on the APSA Sexuality & Politics research section. Prior to starting graduate school, Micah served as a non-profit consultant, a film publicist, and conducted research in the Sociology department at Georgetown University. Micah received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Duke University.
Professor of American Literature, Iowa State University Matthew Wynn Sivils is Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Professor of American Literature at Iowa State University, where he also directs the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities. Among other books, he has published the monograph American Environmental Fiction, 1782–1847 (Routledge, 2014), an edition of Harriet Prescott Spofford’s Gothic novel, Sir Rohan’s Ghost (Anthem, 2020); the critical anthology, Ecogothic in Nineteenth-Century American Literature (with Dawn Keetley, Routledge, 2017); and an edition of Paul Errington’s Of Wilderness and Wolves (University of Iowa Press, 2015). Sivils’s articles have appeared in various critical anthologies as well as scholarly journals such as ANQ, Literature and Medicine, Nathaniel Hawthorne Review, Southern Quarterly, Studies in American Fiction, and Western American Literature. He recently guest-edited a special, double-issue of Studies in American Fiction on the ecogothic in American literature.
Research Lecturer, Conservation, Charles Darwin University Mariana Campbell is originally from Brazil, where she completed a Bachelor of Science and a Research Masters. She was awarded an Australian International Research Post-graduate Scholarship (IPRS) in 2009 to undertake a Ph.D. at The University of Queensland, studying the Ecology and Conservation of the Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus). She now works at Charles Darwin University as a Research Lecturer, managing the research associated with two Commonwealth Funded Grants. In this role, she engages in laboratory and field work around animal movement but also assists with the administration of the North Australia Centre for Autonomous Systems (NACAS). Mariana also lectures two courses in GIS (Geographical Information Systems) for undergraduates and Masters students. Mariana has worked in animal research and teaching at five universities throughout her career and has over 15 years of experience in animal husbandry. Most of this experience is with reptiles and fish, but she has also worked with amphibians, mammals, and birds. Mariana's primary interest is using animal movement data and other ecological and behavioural variables to aid conservation and management.
