Master of Science Student, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University I am a second-year Master of Science candidate in the Health Sciences program at Simon Fraser University. My thesis focuses on proactively creating a consensus-driven normative governance framework for the ethical design and implementation of voice-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual conversational agents utilized for monitoring, diagnostic, and therapeutic purposes. My anticipated research outcome is to pave the way for VCAs that are both ethically sound and optimally beneficial for users in clinical and therapeutic contexts, setting the gold standard for voice-AI's ethical application. I have acquired over 8+ years of research experience in various multicultural healthcare contexts and have conducted both clinical and non-clinical research work. Alongside this, I have developed interpersonal skills through collaborations with interdisciplinary teams ranging from public policymakers to clinicians and patient research partners in Canada. I hope to further my knowledge in bioethics, voice AI, and AI healthcare technologies.
Postdoctoral research associate, UNSW Sydney I am a physical oceanographer based at the Centre for Marine Science & Innovation (CMSI), UNSW Sydney. I completed my PhD from UNSW Sydney in 2022 (August 2018 - August 2022). Following this, I started working as a postdoctoral researcher at CCRC and CMSI, UNSW Sydney, as part of the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) program.
Chief of Staff, Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, University of Connecticut With experience in both the private and public sectors, I currently work at The Werth Institute as the Chief of Staff, where a large portion of my role is centered around piloting experiential learning opportunities for unique student populations as well as supporting globally-based entrepreneurship activities. Passionate about social and creative entrepreneurship as a catalyst for change, I am also a published journalist, covering topics related to climate change, public health, and social networks. I enjoy sharing my ideas with others, especially those outside of my circle through my blog "...And She Writes" as well am a TEDx speaker. In my free time, I like to relax with my dog, who I am training to become therapy certified. I am also an award-winning cellist and nature photographer. A proud Husky, I graduated from the University of Connecticut with an individualized B.A. in Population Health, Disease, & Policy.
Lecturer in Media and Doctoral Researcher, Nottingham Trent University I am a Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer (Media and Communication Studies - across three academic years) at Nottingham Trent University. My current research practice is largely centred around gender and queer-based studies, whilst my academic background has been focused around theatre and performance studies. My doctoral project, titled: 'Locating Regional Cultures of Drag in Medium-Sized English Cities: An Ethnographic Case Study of Nottingham’s Drag Scene', sits between fields of: gender-based, cultural, queer, performance-based, and ethnographic research. It ethnographically explores the socioeconomic dimensions of regional and lesser-metropolitan drag scenes in the UK (physically and virtually), with specific focus on the infiltration of neoliberal ideologies. Observations are made around: socioeconomic dimensions of drag scenes and their geographic positioning, historical shifts relating to queer visibility within queer communities, and the experiential qualities observed by those constructing UK drag scenes. I have experience in publishing within UK-based journals, and I currently have a chapter in the final stages of peer review for a drag-performance based edited collection to be published by the University of Delaware (USA).
Associate Professor of Accounting, HEC Montréal My name is Zvi Singer. I am an associate professor of accounting at HEC Montreal. Before joining HEC Montreal I worked at McGill University. I hold a PhD Degree from University of California at Berkeley. My research interst include financial reporting, audit, gender, and regulations. I published my research in journals such as The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations, and Society, and others.
PhD Candidate, School of History, Australian National University Zoe Smith is a PhD candidate and gender historian in the School of History at the Australian National University. Her doctoral research is a feminist, social, and cultural history of domestic violence in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria between 1880–1914, with a focus on both colonial women’s divorce petitions and the fiction and non-fiction writings of Barbara Baynton, Ada Cambridge, Louisa Lawson, and Rosa Praed. She has published and presented prize-winning research on histories of sexual violence, domestic violence, Australian literature and film, colonial literature, masculinity, and gender and race in the context of nineteenth-century Britain and Australia.
