Associate professor, University of Pretoria Prof Pineteh E. Angu is the director and associate professor in the Unit for Academic Literacy, University of Pretoria. He obtained his doctorate degree in 2007, for an interdisciplinary research project titled Narratives of homelessness and displacement: life testimonies of Cameroonian asylum seekers in Johannesburg. His research interests include migrant narratives, multilingualism, academic literacies, African transnational migration, xenophobia and social exclusion as well as language and communication. He has published several academic articles in internationally accredited journals and presented papers at local and international conferences. Before joining the University of Pretoria, Prof Angu was a permanent academic staff member at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town, where he coordinated language and communication support across the Faculty of Informatics and Design. Prior to his appointment as language coordinator, he lectured Advanced Communication Skills, Language and Communication, English for Public Relations and Research Methodology. He has successfully supervised and co-supervised master's and doctoral students. He has also externally examined more than ten MA theses and one PhD thesis for the universities of Fort Hare and the Western Cape. At CPUT, Prof Angu served on several faculty and institutional committees including Senate Language Committee, Faculty Research Committee, Faculty Ethics Committee, and Faculty Board Executive. He also served on conference organising committees notably African Languages Association of South Africa (ALASA) and Education Association of South Africa (EASA). As the faculty language coordinator and member of the Senate Language Committee, he played a key role in implementing the university’s language policy. Prof Angu is a member of the editorial board of Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management and African Human Mobility Review. He is also a peer reviewer for Studies in Higher Education, Computer Assisted Language Learning and Canadian Journal of African Studies.
Indigenous Knowledge Holder, Indigenous Knowledge Patricia is from Dhukurrdji clan, the traditional landowners of Maningrida community in West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. She speaks Ndjébbana, Kuninjku, Na-kara and Kun-barlang. Her skin name is Nja-wakadj and she is from the Yirridja moiety. Patricia grew up on the tiny outstation of Modkorldjban, in the rocky country. When she was 10 years old she moved to the Waláya area of Maningrida where she went to school and learnt music. Patricia is a djunggay and cultural leader for ceremony in and around Maningrida. Patricia is an established gospel singer and composer. With her brother, she records songs that reflect the troubles she has seen and the strength needed to overcome. She is also keyboard player, vocalist and songwriter in the all-women’s rock band Ripple Effect Band. She has toured nationally and her song Ngúddja was recently featured in the Stan series BUMP. Through her work with the band, she collaborates on research about popular music, First Nation languages and the power of music to contribute to social change. Currently Patricia works at Mala'la Health Service in Maningrida on the Rheumatic Heart Project as a community liaison officer.
Directeur de recherche, économie, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) Chercheur au CNRS depuis 2004 HDR de l’EHESS, 2011 Thèse de l’École des Mines de Paris, 1999 Publications : https://scholar.google.fr/citations?hl=fr&user=BN9i2acAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Professor titular, Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC) Possui graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina (1996), mestrado em Zoologia pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (1999) e doutorado em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2004). Atualmente é Professor Titular da Universidade Federal do Acre (Campus Floresta - Cruzeiro do Sul - AC) e docente permanente credenciado nos cursos de Mestrado em em Ciências da Saúde na Amazônia Ocidental da UFAC (Rio Branco - AC) e de Doutorado na Rede de Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia Legal - REDE BIONORTE. Tem experiência nas áreas de Ecologia e Zoologia com ênfase em herpetologia (anuros, lagartos e serpentes), Etnoecologia e em Animais de Interesse na Saúde.
PhD candidate, public diplomacy, University of Adelaide Currently a PhD Candidate at The University of Adelaide researching Public Diplomacy and its implication in the Pacific. He has a Master of Arts in Global Media from The University of Adelaide and completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Gender Studies from the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva, Fiji. His undergraduate studies were in Journalism, Language and Literature where he attained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of the South Pacific. He is a journalist by profession having worked in Solomon Islands for over 15 years before embarking on his PhD studies in October 2022.
PhD candidate, University of Canterbury I'm a PhD candidate at the University of Canterbury (Aotearoa New Zealand). My research is focused on recent (<20,000 years ago) lava flows at Ruapehu volcano, and I use geochemical, geophysical, remote sensing and field data to understand when eruptions occurred. Before my PhD, I studied geology at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), and I researched short temporal changes in the occurrence of mass movements in Mendoza Province, Argentina.
