Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Law, Trinity College Sam Hayes is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Trinity College in the departments of Political Science and Public Policy and Law for the 2023-2024 academic year. He completed undergraduate degrees in political science and journalism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and earned his PhD in political science at Boston College. During and following graduate school, Sam also taught at Wheaton College and Colby College, with classes on law, politics, voting rights and political geography. These courses used small class sizes and interactive methods to combine philosophic inquiry with practical applications. Sam studies American government and public law with research on the U.S. federal courts, electoral institutions, state and local politics, and political geography. Sam enjoys hiking, cycling, and spending time with family and friends, especially his wife Deidre and their daughter Lucy.
Lecturer in Digital & Data Driven Marketing, University of Southampton Dr. Sebastian Oliver is a Lecturer in the Department of Digital & Data Driven Marketing at the University of Southampton Business School. Sebastian’s research chiefly focuses on understanding how different brand practices, marketing and advertising strategies, and new technologies used within digital environments (e.g., e-commerce, social media, etc.) can influence consumer perceptions and their behaviour.
Enseignant chercheur en Finance, EDC Paris Business School - OCRE, EDC Paris Business School Titulaire d'un doctorat en Sciences de gestion, spécialité Finance, ses travaux au sein de l'EDC portent sur la finance d’entreprise, la finance entrepreneuriale et sur les liens entre gouvernance et intrapreneuriat.
Senior Research Associate & Social Epidemiologist, Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children, University of Toronto Dr. Susitha Wanigaratne is a Senior Research Associate at the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children and a social epidemiologist with a PhD in Epidemiology and a Masters of Health Science from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. My research examines the structural and social determinants of immigrant and refugee health. I primarily use national and provincial immigration-health linked administrative databases in my research but also have experience with qualitative and community-engaged and participatory research methods. Most recently, I have supported research examining COVID-19 vaccine coverage among pediatric immigrant and refugee populations, and understanding changes in the uptake of the enhanced well-baby visit and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental outcomes among refugee children in Ontario. Taking the perspective that there is health in all policies, I am also leading a scoping review to understand and evaluate the structural and social supports offered to resettle refugees in ten host countries. I have also launched a community-partnered scoping review that assesses the health of international students globally. Using an intersectional lens, I hope to draw attention to the experiences of this growing and important group of young migrants.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney Dr Siobhan O’Dean is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney. She holds a Bachelor of Psychological Science with first class honours (2016) and a PhD in Psychology (2021) from the University of New South Wales. Dr O’Dean currently also lectures in undergraduate social psychology at UNSW.
Senior lecturer, Marketing, University of Technology Sydney Sonika is a Senior lecturer at the UTS Business School and currently serves as the Marketing Post Graduate Program Director. She holds a PhD in Management Science from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research appears in the Journal of Retailing, the Journal of Retailing & Consumer Services, Customer Needs and Solutions, and Higher Education Development and Research. She is the winner of 2020 UTS Learning and Teaching team citation award. The broad domains of Sonika’s empirical research are Digital Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Retailing and Strategy. She has presented her research at leading marketing conferences in Australia, U.S., Europe and India. Sonika is very motivated to engage with the broader community to foster social change within and beyond the boundaries of UTS and finds it fulfilling to demonstrate the real impact of her work. Outside of work, Sonika volunteers for Survivor Vision Australia.
