Assistant Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University Dr. Sue Bookey-Bassett is a Registered Nurse and Assistant Professor in the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is also co-lead of the Better Work Better Care Coalition. In addition to her academic role, she has held numerous nursing leadership roles in healthcare organizations, nursing and health professional associations provicinally and internationally. Dr. Bookey-Bassett's program of research focuses on 2 key areas: 1) health workforce capacity building (leadership, teamwork, integrated care); and 2) healthy work environments for nurses (workload). She teaches courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs at Toronto Metropolitan University focusing on professional practice, interprofessional education, leadership, and integrated care. She is passionate about creating better healthcare work environments enabling healthcare professionals to provide safe quality care delivery.
Clinical Associate Professor in Health Policy, Arizona State University Swapna Reddy, JD, DrPH, MPH is a clinical associate professor at Arizona State University's College of Health Solutions. At Arizona State University, Dr. Reddy teaches students in undergraduate and graduate coursework. She serves as faculty at Arizona State University’s Barrett, the Honors College (Medical Studies). Additionally, she is an adjunct assistant professor in Health Care Administration at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine- Arizona. Dr. Reddy was recently named as a Fulbright Specialist. Dr. Reddy’s primary research interests are how law and policy can be utilized as tools to improve population health and health outcomes, reduce health disparities and inequities. She has presented at various international, national and local conferences and published on issues related to the health care of high need populations. Dr. Reddy regularly comments to the media on issues related to health policy and disparities and has a monthly "Reddy Health Policy News" segment on Arizona PBS' Arizona Horizon show and was a co-cost on Arizona PBS' Emmy nominated topical news show, "Break It Down." She has also been featured on BBC, PBS, NPR, KJZZ, NBC News, Bloomberg News, Phoenix Business Journal, ABC 15 Phoenix, Cronkite News and ASU Now. Prior to joining Arizona State University, Dr. Reddy has held a variety of health policy and equity positions related to improving the health of low income communities, particularly affecting women, children and working families. Prior experience includes: Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital- Women's Health Policy and Advocacy Program; CASA at Columbia University; The Children's Defense Fund-New York; the Texas Senate; Texas Health Institute; and The University of Texas School of Public Health.
Lecturer in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, The University of Melbourne Sasha Wilmoth is a Lecturer in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the University of Melbourne, working within the Research Unit for Indigenous Language. Her research focusses on the languages of Indigenous Australia. In particular, she works with Pitjantjatjara communities to document the structure of their language, how the language is being maintained and adapted by young people, and how to keep the language strong through bilingual education.
Senior Lecturer in History, The Open University My research focuses on protest in the US in the post-war 20th century, and particularly on gender. I have written on left-wing movements, the counter-culture and conservatism in the 1960s.
Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Memphis Stephen is an emerging interdisciplinary scholar with research interests in urban and community sustainable development from multidimensional perspectives, including housing, circular economy, residents' everyday experiences, and policy responses to inequities in local environments. He is particularly interested in exploring these themes using the lens of inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development and the application of varying research methods.
PhD Candidate in Sociology, University College Dublin Samuel Scanlon is a final year PhD candidate with University College Dublin's School of Sociology performing comparative research on conflict tourism practices in Northern Ireland and Palestine/Israel and how this industry furthers peace processes and/or perpetuates conflict through the consumption and presentation of these attractions. His principal research interests lie in the interdisciplinary field of Peace & Conflict studies with specific focus on Conflict Tourism, Transitional Justice, Truth/Narrative, Memory, Identity, Nationalism, Human Rights, and International Law. He has received the John & Pat Hume scholarship from Maynooth University and his current project is funded under the Ad Astra scholarship in UCD
