PhD Candidate, Deakin University Tomer Berkowitz is a Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology) candidate at Deakin University, with his work focusing on engaging parents in parenting programs and improving outcomes for parents and children. Mr Berkowitz has previously worked on multiple longitudinal studies with a combined sample size of 5000+ participants, including the Child and Parent Emotions Study (CAPES), which investigated long-term parenting and child outcomes, and the COVID-19 Pandemic Adjustment Study (CPAS), a longitudinal study of Australian parents which investigated the impact of the pandemic on families from March 2020-May 2021.
Assistant Professor of Journalism Studies, Carleton University Trish Audette-Longo teaches digital journalism, reporting and writing at Carleton University in Ottawa. Her research areas include: digital, start-up and alternative journalism and media; journalism education; climate journalism; and petroculture studies. Trish holds a PhD in Communication Studies from Concordia University, an MSc in Media, Communication and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton. Trish has covered the environment, politics and crime beats for The Edmonton Journal and managed digital engagement for Canada's National Observer. Her reporting has appeared in a cross-section of Postmedia publications, J-Source, Alberta Views, and the Hill Times, and her academic work has been published in the journals Journalism Practice, the International Journal of Communication, Resilience, Topia, Development in Practice, the Canadian Journal of Communication, and Facts and Frictions.
Professor of Law, United States Military Academy West Point Tim Bakken is Professor of Law at the US Military Academy, West Point. He has practiced law in New York City, including as a homicide prosecutor in Brooklyn. He has been a visiting professor at Ural State Law University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and he started the department of law at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (Kabul). He has been a visiting scholar or researcher at Columbia Law School, the Australian National University College of Law, the University of Sydney Law School, and the University of Cambridge. His views are his own and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. He can be reached at (845) 938-5544 or tim.bakken@westpoint.edu. Publications Books Bakken, T. The Plea of Innocence: Restoring Truth to the American Legal System (New York University Press, 2022). Bakken, T. The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the U.S. Military (Bloomsbury, 2020). Bakken, T. & Ramsey, W. Criminal Justice and the 2004 Elections (pamphlet) (Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005). Bakken, T., Stock, M., & Welton, M. Guide to Criminal Law in New York (Second Edition) (Thomson/Wadsworth, 2004). Bakken, T., Bickers, J., & Goldstein, R. Guide to Criminal Procedure in New York (Thomson/Wadsworth, 2004). Bakken, T. Guide to Criminal Law in New York (Wadsworth, 2001). Articles Bakken, T. “The Defendant’s Plea of Innocent in Sexual Abuse Cases,” in Wrongful Allegations of Sexualand Child Abuse, 271, Oxford University Press (Ros Burnett, ed.) (chapter) (2016). Bakken, T. "Legal Takeovers of Nations: The Value and Risks of Foreign Direct Investment in a Global Marketplace,” 40 University of Dayton Law Review 259 (2016). Bakken, T., “Dodd-Frank’s Extension of Criminal Corporate Liability through the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Enabling Whistleblowers and Monitoring Conflict Minerals,” 36 Pace Law Review 1 (2015). Bakken, T. “India's Constitutional Restraint: Less Expression in a Large Democracy,” 5 Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review 155 (2014). Bakken, T. “Constitutional Rights and Political Power of Corporations after Citizens United: the Decline of Citizens and the Rise of Foreign Corporations and Super PACs,” 12 Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal 119 (2014). Bakken, T. “A Woman’s Right to Combat: Equal Protection in the Military,” 20 William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law 271 (2014). Bakken, T. "Dodd-Frank's Caveat Emptor: New Criminal Liability for Individuals and Corporations," 48 Wake Forest Law Review 1173 (2013). Bakken, T. “The Prosecution of Newspapers, Reporters, and Sources for Disclosing Classified Information: The Government’s Softening of the First Amendment,” 45 University of Toledo Law Review 1 (2013). Bakken, T. “Models of Justice to Protect Innocent Persons,” 56 New York Law School Law Review 867 (2012). Bakken, T. & Steel, L. “Exonerating the Innocent: Pre-trial Innocence Procedures,” 56 New York Law School Law Review 855 (2012). Bakken, T.“Nations’ use of Force outside Self-defense,” 8 Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy 451 (2010). Bakken, T. “Truth and Innocence Procedures to Free Innocent Persons: Beyond the Adversarial System,” 41 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 547 (2008). Bakken, T. “Averting Catastrophe: Combating Iran’s Nuclear Threat,” 29 (2) Harvard International Review 84 (2007). Bakken, T. “The Prosecution of War Crimes: Military Commissions and the Procedural and Substantive Protections Beyond International Law,” 30 Fordham International Law Journal 533 (2007). Bakken, T. “What Does Lawrence v. Texas Mean for the Future of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,’” 14 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 1218 (symposium) (2007). Bakken, T. “The Contours of Judicial Deference to Military Personnel Policies,” 14 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy (symposium) 1231 (2007). Bakken, T. “The Preemption of Nuclear Weapons,” 87 (6) Military Review 30 (2007). Bakken, T. “The Absence of Spiritual Awakening and Understanding in Religious Conversion,” 59 The Journal of Religious Thought 101 (2006-07). Casey-Acevedo, K., Bakken, T., & Karle, A. “Children Visiting Mothers in Prison: The Effects on Mothers’ Behavior and Disciplinary Adjustment,” 37 (3) The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 418 (2004). Casey-Acevedo, K. & Bakken, T. “Women Adjusting to Prison: Disciplinary Behavior and the Characteristics of Adjustment,” 17 (4) Journal of Health and Social Policy Review 37 (2003). Bakken, T. “The Effects of Hate Crime Legislation: Unproven Benefits and Unintended Consequences,” 5 International Journal of Discrimination and the Law (4) 231 (2002). Casey-Acevedo, K. & Bakken, T. “Visiting Women in Prison: Who Visits and Who Cares?,” 43(3) Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 67 (2002). Bransford, C. & Bakken, T. “The Evolution of Mental Health Care Policy and the Implications for Social Work,” 1 Social Work and Mental Health 1 (2002). Bransford, C. & Bakken, T. “Reflections of Authority in Psychotherapy: From Freud to Post-Modernism,” 9 Psychoanalytic Social Work 57 (2002). Bakken, T. & Bransford, C. “The Role of Human Agency in the Creation of Normative Influences within Individuals and Groups,” 5 Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment 89 (2002). Casey-Acevedo, K., Bakken, T., & Welton, M. “Women as Offenders,” 4 Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, 1722 (D. Levinson, ed.) (Sage) (2002). Bakken, T. “A Foundation for Practical and Successful Career Intervention,” 25 The Journal (Institute of Guidance Counsellors), 63 (2001). Casey-Acevedo, K. & Bakken, T. “The Effects of Visitation on Women in Prison,” 25 International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (1) (2001). Casey-Acevedo, K. & Bakken, T. “The Effect of Time on the Disciplinary Adjustment of Women in Prison,” 45 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 489 (2001). Bransford, C. & Bakken, T. “Organization Theory and the Utilization of Authority in Social Work,” 9(1) Social Work and Social Sciences Review 5 (2001). Bakken, T., Becker, E., & Welton, M. “Institutional Acceptance and Legal Equality,” 27 Journal of Intergroup Relations 16 (2001). Bakken, T. “The Efficacy of Reinforcement Schedules and Knowledge of Results in Effecting Behavioral Change,” 6(2) Current Research in Social Psychology 22 (2001). Bakken, T. “The Incorporation of Values into the Counseling Relationship,” 23 American Journal of Pastoral Counseling 1 (2000). Bakken, T. “Liberty and Equality through Freedom of Expression: The Human Rights Questions Behind Hate Crime Laws,” 4(2) International Journal of Human Rights 1 (2000). Bakken, T. “Constitutional and Social Equality: Legacies and Limits of Law, Politics, and Culture,” 7:1 Indian Journal of Gender Studies 71 (2000). Bakken, T. “The Use of Criminal Law to Punish Individual Motivations: Determining the Limits of Freedom of Conscience,” Sentencing & Society Conference/University of Strathclyde (on-line: out of print and available from author) (2000). Bakken, T. & Kortering, L. “The Constitutional and Statutory Obligations of Schools to Prevent Special Education Students from Dropping Out,” 20 Remedial and Special Education 6 (1999). Bakken, T. “A Rationale for Maximizing Freedom of Expression at Colleges and Universities,” 4 Journal of Civil Liberties 102 (1999). Bakken, T. “Liberty, Obscenity, and Majoritarian Institutions: Who Determines the Value of Expression?” 16 Glendale Law Review 1 (1998). Klepper, W. M. & Bakken, T. “Hate Speech: A Call to Principles,” 35 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Journal 38 (1997). Bakken, T. “The Continued Failure of Modern Law to Create Fairness and Efficiency: The Presentence Investigation Report,” 40 New York Law School Law Review 363 (1996). Bakken, T. “The Grand Jury” (synopsis) American Justice 352 (J. M. Bessette, ed.) (Salem) (1996). Bakken, T. “The Infiltration of a Motorcycle Gang and the Codification of Its Social Norms and Psychological Processes,” VI Popular Culture Review 29 (1996). Bakken, T. “Law Enforcement,” Survey of Social Science: Government and Politics Series 1059 (synopsis) (F. N. Magill & J. M. Bessette, eds.) (Salem) (1995). Bakken, T. “The Quest of Law Enforcement for the Principled Interpretation of State Constitutions,” 5(2) State Constitutional Commentaries and Notes 1 (1995). Bakken, T. “The Utility of Using Case Studies to Confront Ethical Dilemmas,” Teaching and Interactive Methods 399 (H. E. Klein, ed.) (World Association for Case Method Research and Application) (1995). Bakken, T. “The Responsibility of Schools and Colleges to Monitor Pornography to Prevent Sexual Harassment,” 45 Labor Law Journal 762 (1994). Bakken, T. “Cultivating Civilization: The Age of the English Coffeehouse,” 58 Social Education 345 (1994). Bakken, T. “International Law and Human Rights for Defendants in Criminal Trials,” 25 Indian Journal of International Law 411 (1985). Bakken, T. “Religious Conversion and Social Evolution Clarified,” 16 Small Group Behavior 157 (1985). Bakken, T. “Dispute Resolution under the Trading with the Enemy Act: A Cooperative Approach between Corporations and the United States,” 7 Commercial Law Gazette (29) 3 & (30) 6 (1984). Bakken, T. “Recognizing the Dilemma of Psychological Religious Converts,” 27 Counseling and Values 99 (1983).
Past and Present Research Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London Tonicha Upham is a Past & Present Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, London. Her current postdoctoral project focuses on comparative approaches to funerary sacrifice in medieval Arabic geographical texts. She defended her thesis, "Rūs Gender in Islamicate Sources: The Transmission of Geographical and Historical Ideas on the North in Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish between the Third and Eleventh Centuries AH/Ninth and Seventeenth Centuries AD", at Aarhus University in 2023.
PhD Candidate, Bond University Temitope Lawal is currently a PhD candidate at Bond University, Australia. He has extensive policy and regulatory experience in the telecommunications industry, having served as legal and regulatory services manager at the Nigerian Communications Commission.
Head: International Coverage at Absa CIB Tshepo Ncube holds a BCom, MBA, ADP (UCT), Transform (IMD Switzerland). Her financial services experience spans over 22 years, having worked in Corporate Banking Roles for both South African and International Banks. Tshepo is currently the Head of International, focusing on Multinational Corporates within Absa Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB). The businesses focus on Global Connectivity and delivering International banking solutions locally and regionally to the Global Client Base investing in or trading across Africa. Tshepo serves as a board member of Manitou South African (a subsidiary of the Manitou Group - headquartered in France), as well as on the British Chamber and is Vice President of the Spanish Chamber.
