Contributors

Stephen Young

Senior Lecturer, University of Otago

Senior Lecturer, University of Otago

Samantha Montague

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham Dr Samantha Montague is a research fellow in the Birmingham Platelet Group at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences. She is supported by the British Heart Foundation. Dr Montague’s background is in exploring platelet activation and function in thromboinflammation. Her current research is investigating platelet activation and signalling of tyrosine kinase receptors, including the platelet receptor FcgRIIA.

Simon Rodway

Lecturer in Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth University

Lecturer in Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth University Born in Edinburgh, Simon studied for a degree in Celtic Studies and a PhD in Middle Welsh in Aberystwyth. After a period at the National University of Ireland, Galway, he returned to Aberystwyth as a lecturer in 2003. Simon is editor of the Journal of Celtic Linguistics.

Serena Keshavjee

Professor, History, University of Winnipeg

Professor, History, University of Winnipeg Serena Keshavjee grew up in Kenya and immigrated to Toronto with her family in 1969. She lives in Winnipeg, where she teaches Modern art and architecture at the University of Winnipeg. Her academic work focus on how artists use science, especially in the Modernist period.

Sophie Jessica Davies

PhD Candidate and Part-time Teacher, Aberystwyth University

PhD Candidate and Part-time Teacher, Aberystwyth University Sophie is currently a PhD Candidate at Aberystwyth University, specialising in Post-Devolution Welsh Gothic Literature. She is also a part time teacher for the university's School of Languages and Literature, currently teaching 19th Century Literature & Climate and Contemporary Writing. Born and raised in the Rhondda Valley, Sophie now resides in Lampeter, West Wales with her two-year-old daughter.

Steve Cooke

Associate Professor of Political Theory, University of Leicester

Associate Professor of Political Theory, University of Leicester Dr. Steve Cooke completed his undergraduate degree in Politics at the Open University. He has a Master’s Degree in Human Rights and a PhD in Politics from the University of Manchester. In 2012 Dr. Cooke was awarded the Society for Applied Philosophy’s 30th Anniversary Research Fellowship to research the use of violence in defence of non-human animals and the environment. His main area of research focuses on duties to non-human animals and the ethical status of law-breaking and political protest carried out for their sakes. He is the author of What Are Animal Rights For?, published in 2023 by Bristol University Press.