Contributors

Shevan Wilkin

Researcher at the Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich

Researcher at the Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich Dr. Shevan Wilkin is an expert in ancient protein research, exploring subsistence through ancient human/animal/plant interactions.

Sarah Pillar

Research Development Manager, Telethon Kids Institute

Research Development Manager, Telethon Kids Institute Sarah Pillar is the Research Development Manager at CliniKids, at the Telethon Kids Institute. Her role revolves around the intersection between clinical and research work - getting research into clinical practice, and shaping clinical questions into research projects. Sarah is a Speech Pathologist by background and she developed a passion for supporting autistic children and their families through working directly with families in metropolitan and country WA. Sarah has been involved in a number of research projects at the Telethon Kids Institute, including CliniKids breakthrough research into pre-emptive intervention for infants, which supports the development of social-communication skills prior to the child receiving a diagnosis. Sarah was also a member of the team that developed Australia's first National Guideline for Supporting Autistic Children in Australia.

Sayonnha Mandal

Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Informatics, University of Nebraska Omaha

Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Informatics, University of Nebraska Omaha Dr. Sayonnha Mandal is a Lecturer of Cybersecurity in the College of Information Science and Technology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). She received a Masters in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters in Cybersecurity from UNO. Dr. Mandal earned her doctorate in Information Security from UNO, with a focus on software security requirements modeling and analysis. Her research interests include cybersecurity curriculum development, information security policy and governance and quantum cryptographic implementations. Moreover, she has experience in teaching a variety of cybersecurity courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels including Digital forensics, Foundations of Cybersecurity, Intro to Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Security Policy and Awareness and Computer and Network Security.

Simone Varriale

Lecturer in Sociology, Loughborough University

Lecturer in Sociology, Loughborough University My most recent book investigates how intersecting inequalities of class, race and gender shape post-2008 Italian migration to the UK (https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/coloniality-and-meritocracy-in-unequal-eu-migrations). I have published extensively on class, migration, race, globalisation and cultural taste in journals like Sociology, The Sociological Review, Current Sociology, American Behavioural Scientist, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Poetics, Cultural Sociology. I sit on the editorial boards of the journals European Societies and Cultural Sociology.

Svitlana Chernykh

Senior Lecturer, Australian National University

Senior Lecturer, Australian National University Svitlana Chernykh is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University (ANU). Prior to coming to ANU, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She is the recipient of the 2009 Paul Lazarsfeld Award for the Best Paper in Political Communication from the American Political Science Association and the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award from the Australian Research Council (2016-2018). Her research focuses on democratisation, comparative political institutions (election, parties, constitutions), and executive-legislative relations. Her work has been published in many of the discipline’s leading journals, including the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Political Communication, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Political Research Quarterly.

Silinganisiwe Dzumbunu

PhD Candidate , University of Cape Town

PhD Candidate , University of Cape Town Silinganisiwe Dzumbunu is a doctoral student with the University of Cape Town's Centre for Actuarial Research. Her research focuses on adolescent sexual and reproductive health empowerment and gender equality. She holds a MPhil degree in Demography from the University of Cape Town and a BSc (Honours) in Operations Research and Statistics from the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe.