Professor of Sociology and History, University of Manchester My academic career straddles the disciplines of sociology and history. Following a History degree in the School of Social Sciences at Sussex University, I completed a PhD on the cultural construction of girlhood in Lancaster University’s Educational Research Department and then held a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Centre for Women’s Studies. I joined Sociology at the University of Manchester in 1993. My research centres on 2 inter-related fields: (i) Gender History with particular reference to Girlhood, Visual Culture, Consumption, Age and Ageing, Girls’ magazines; (ii) Biographical and Visual Methods, including Photographic methods. I am a member of the British Sociological Association, the Women’s History Network, Gender & Education Association, and the Social History Society.
Associate Professor of Public Relations, Mount Royal University Dr. Peter Ryan, APR, is an associate professor in the Department of Public Relations at Mount Royal University in Calgary; he also currently serves as the President of the Calgary chapter of the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) and sits on the advisory board of the Centre for Crisis and Communication (CCRC).
Lecturer in Critical Media Literacies, Auckland University of Technology Moving from making media messages to researching and teaching how best to understand them, Patrick is passionate about continually improving media literacy skills in adults and young people alike. Patrick has worked in media and communications since 1998 and has been a teaching academic at AUT University since 2013. In his early career he worked as a media planner buyer, keeping a close eye on the media landscape, changes in audience attitudes and the language of communications. As his career matured, he took these skills into innovative communication areas such as television production and public relations. His doctoral research investigates how media literacy skills empower young people to understand the media as it relates to their experience of the social world— especially those issues related to identity, power, gender, class and race inequities.
Professor of the Practice, Tufts University As director, Paul Howe is responsible for the overall strategy and administration of the Feinstein International Center. A recognized expert on the topic of famine, he brings to his role over 17 years of experience working with the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). In his last assignment, he served as WFP Country Director in Nigeria. He previously worked in Afghanistan, Uganda, and Laos and at WFP’s headquarters in Italy. Even while serving as a senior leader in WFP, Paul continued his research and publication activities on the issues of hunger, famine, and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. Paul received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, a master’s degree from Princeton University, and a doctorate from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex.
Directora del Máster en Atención Temprana, Universidad Nebrija Doctora en Ciencias de la Educación por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Máster en Investigación en Educación (UAB) y Máster en Psicopedagogía en la Universidad del Desarrollo de Chile. Formación de grado de Profesora de Educación Primaria y Diferencial con especialidad en Discapacidad Intelectual. Áreas de investigación y desarrollo académico han sido siempre la diversidad, la inclusión educativa y la discapacidad intelectual tanto en la formación de futuros docentes como en equipos multidisciplinares en escuelas que promueven la inclusión educativa. A lo largo de mi trayectoria laboral me he desempeñado como profesora jefe tanto en escuelas especiales como en colegios regulares en niveles de educación primaria y en proyectos de integración.
Professor, Mathematics, Mount Royal University Peter Zizler holds a PhD degree in mathematics from the University of Calgary. Currently, Dr. Zizler is a professor of mathematics at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. While Peter's main research endeavors center around linear algebra and its applications to data science, he has published several research articles in statistics, real and functional analysis as well as mathematics education. Peter has published several research journal papers on recent advances in the applications of the Gini Index beyond the classical areas such as economics.
