Professor, College of Education, University of Otago Susan Sandretto is a professor in the University of Otago College of Education, Dunedin, New Zealand. Her research interests include critical literacy and critical multiliteracies. She is a co-author of Planting Seeds: Embedding Critical Literacy into Your Classroom Programme (with Scott Klenner, NZCER, 2011). She has published in Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Journal of LGBT Youth, and Gender and Education. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6106-1032
Anaiwan Elder and Aboriginal Cultural and Heritage Advisor, University of New England Steve Ahoy is an Anaiwan Elder and Aboriginal Cultural Knowledge Holder. He is also the Aboriginal Cultural and Heritage Advisor for the University of New England, Armidale, and Anaiwan community Sites Officer.
Adjunct Fellow - Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University Sally Hurst is a palaeontologist, archaeologist and science communicator. She runs the Found a Fossil project, an online platform providing information to the general public on what to do if they ever find a fossil, or an Indigenous artefact, to raise awareness and promote the protection of Australia’s natural and cultural heritage. Sally’s research focuses on the intersection of heritage conservation, the role of museums, palaeontology, archaeology, and the communication of heritage information to the public. Sally is a strong advocate for female inclusion in STEM, mentoring young girls with the Harding Miller Education Foundation, and running her own public speaking business where she is a visible role model for scientific careers. Sally was selected by Science and Technology Australia as one of 60 female and non-binary scientists from around Australia to be included in the Superstars of STEM program. Sally is also a Museum Educator at the Australian Museum in Sydney, where she has the opportunity to discuss her own research, as well as explore topics on the natural world, evolution, and dinosaurs. This science communication role is supplemented by her inclusion in the Skype a Scientist program, as well as occasional gigs with Sydney Comedy Festival and Future Science Talks.
Clinical Senior Lecturer and Respiratory Physician, The University of Western Australia Dr Sanjay Ramakrishnan is a respiratory physician and researcher. His research focus is on asthma and COPD exacerbations, specifically improving biological assessment and biomarker guided treatment of these life threatening events. Sanjay completed his medical and specialist training in Australia before undertaking his PhD in the UK. He is now leading his own research group in Perth, Western Australia. His vision is to ensure every patient gets biomarker guided treatment for every exacerbation, in every clinical setting.
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Shiv Goel, MD, specializes in anesthesiology and is certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is affiliated with UPMC Mercy, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Passavant, UPMC Shadyside, and UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. He completed his medical degree at Seth G. S. Medical College & King Edward VIII Memorial Hospital, residencies at LTMM Hospital, Hahnemann/Drexel University College, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, and fellowship at North Shore University Hospital.
Visiting Associate Professor of English, University of Richmond Professor Brauer’s scholarship focuses on American literature and culture. He teaches a variety of courses in English and American Studies, including ones on American Modernism, crime narratives, and sport and sport culture. He is the author of "Criminality and the Modern: Contingency and Agency in Twentieth-Century America" (2022, paperback 2024), a monograph focused on the representation of criminality in American culture as influenced by the rise of the social sciences in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He has published articles on Fitzgerald, Faulkner, detective fiction, and higher-education pedagogy in the 21st century. Professor Brauer is currently at work on a manuscript on the last 100 years of American sports writing and sports broadcasting that considers the varying ways that writers and broadcasters imagine and tell the story of the game.
