Research officer for the Welsh Institute of Performance Science, Swansea University Dr Natalie Brown is a research officer for the Welsh Institute of Performance Science, based in the department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Swansea University. Natalie has a background working as a physiologist in elite sport, optimising athlete performance. As part of this work she recognised the impact of female specific factors. As a result, Natalie has specialised in research relating to female athletes, focussed on the menstrual cycle and impact on elite performance to participation in physical activity. Her research works closely with Sport Wales and National Governing Bodies across Wales, along with schools to improve menstrual education provision. Natalie has a particular focus on using her research to create change and translating knowledge into practice.
Associate Professor of Religion, Miami University Dr. French's research interests closely parallel his teaching interests. His research background is in Islamic law, Islamic legal theory, Islamic theology, and contemporary Middle East history. Within these, Dr. French's research explores how contemporary Jihadi-Salafi movements, such as al-Qa'ida and ISIS, appropriate and re-interpret Islamic law and theology for their sociopolitical projects. He is presently completing his monograph, And God Knows the Martyrs: Theodicy, Violence, and Asceticism in Jihadi-Salafism.
Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Dr. N. Zoe Hilton is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and the Senior Research Scientist at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care in Penetanguishene, Canada. She maintains an active research program that focuses on intimate partner violence, risk assessment, and risk communication. She authored the 2021 book, "Domestic Violence Risk Assessment," 2nd edition. Dr. Hilton is also a registered psychologist and, prior to her current role, she provided and supervised psychological services in Waypoint's forensic division. Working in an applied setting, she seeks to conduct research that has direct implications for forensic mental health, policing, and correctional practice. This work includes a research and knowledge translation project on trauma among psychiatric workers, and a longitudinal study of the progress and outcomes of a cohort of men admitted to forensic psychiatry.
Divisional Executive, Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division, Human Sciences Research Council Professor Narnia Bohler-Muller holds the degrees of BJuris LLB LLM (UPE) LLD (UP). Previously she was Professor of law at Vista University and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) before joining Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) as research director of social sciences in 2011. Currently Prof Bohler-Muller is Divisional Executive of the Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division at the HSRC. a former Adjunct Professor of the Nelson R Mandela School of Law at the University of Fort Hare and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies at the University of the Free State. Prof. Bohler-Muller has over 100 peer reviewed publications and has co-edited five books on gender violence; human trafficking, the dynamic of BRICS, the evolution of the Constitution and the Blue Economy. She is an admitted Advocate of the High Court of the Republic of South Africa and served as presiding officer for the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) in Port Elizabeth for 7 years. Amongst others she has completed research consultancy work for the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on HIV/AIDS, human rights and access to justice; and the Institute for Child Witness Research and Training on gender-based violence. She has completed research fellowships at Griffith University?s law faculty in Brisbane, Australia; Birkbeck School of Law in London, UK; and the BRICS Policy Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prof Bohler-Muller represents South Africa as the head of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Academic Group. Her research interests include international and constitutional law; human rights, democracy and social justice.
Associate Professor of Elementary and Middle School Education, Mississippi State University Nicole C. Miller is an associate professor of elementary and middle level education in the Department of Teacher Education and Leadership at Mississippi State University. She engages in research and service activities focused on teacher preparation, middle level education, rural education, technology integration, and teaching with primary sources. Miller holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction from Mississippi State University. She holds a Master of Arts in Education degree with a concentration in instructional technology from California State University, Northridge. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland Research interests Public international law, human rights law, secularism and religious freedom, anti-discrimination law, politics, consumer issues and consumer law. Professional memberships Queensland Law Society Australian & New Zealand Society of International Law International Law Association (Australian branch) Australasian Law Academics' Association Queensland Council for Civil Liberties Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
