Research Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University Pourya Valizadeh, Ph.D. is a research assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics. His research interests lie in the economics of food policy, demand and price analysis, and applied econometrics tools for program evaluation and distributional analysis. Valizadeh’s current research is primarily focused on evaluating the major US food and nutrition assistance programs. He is also conducting research to predict the relative effectiveness of alternative price-based food policies in improving U.S. households’ dietary quality and dietary choices. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M University, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Professor, The University of Queensland Associate Professor Paulo Vasconcelos' research is in the fields of: Low-T Geochemistry, Economic Geology and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology. He received his PhD from The University of California (Berkeley).
Professor, Sexuality Studies/Human Rights & Social Justice, Carleton University Research Interests: Cultural/gender history; history of sexuality; history and theory of the body; beauty contests; national security; queer theory Cross-appointments: Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies/Feminist Institute of Social Transformation Patrizia Gentile, Queen of the Maple Leaf: Beauty Contests and Settler Femininity (UBC Press,October 2020). (Queen of the Maple of Leaf is nominated for the Canadian Historical Association Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize 2021.) Gary Kinsman and Patrizia Gentile. The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2010). Patrizia Gentile, Gary Kinsman, and L.Pauline Rankin, eds. We Still Demand!: Redefining Resistance in Sex and Gender Struggles. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2016) Patrizia Gentile and Jane Nicholas, eds. Contesting Bodies and Nation in Canadian History (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014)
Professor, Deakin University Pamm Phillips is a professor and program director for the Sport Management Program in the Department of Management in Deakin Business School. Her research is focused on volunteers (including referees) and sport development. She publishes in highly ranked sport journals, is an editor of leading textbooks in sport management and sport development, and a member of the editorial board for leading journals in the field including Journal of Sport Management and Sport Management Review. Pamm has led a longitudinal research agenda for the Australian Football League (AFL), evaluating their Junior Match Policy from 2012. This research has resulted in change of national policy for the management and practice of junior AFL and influenced the conduct of the professional women’s league. It has enhanced the delivery of the sport for more than 75,000 volunteer managers (coaches, referees/umpires, and managers); enhanced the participation experience for nearly 700,000 participants and provided the foundation for the delivery of Junior AFL policy that will facilitate girls to thrive in the sport.
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand I am an economist at Lincoln University in New Zealand who enjoys answering interesting questions about people, prices, and society using data. My current research focuses on energy and agricultural commodity markets, the socioeconomic effects of technology adoption, and rural development.
