Contributors

Natasha Bradshaw

Grattan Institute

Grattan Institute Natasha Bradshaw is an Associate in Grattan Institute’s Transport and Cities Program. She previously worked at the Australian Treasury, with a focus on structural issues in the labour market and barriers to women’s economic security.

Libby Rumpff

Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne

Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Libby Rumpff is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences and a Principal Investigator in the Quantitative and Applied Ecology group (QAECO) at The University of Melbourne. She is a plant ecologist and environmental decision analyst.

Andrew Milne

Lecturer in Philosophy, The University of Western Australia

Lecturer in Philosophy, The University of Western Australia

Jordan Ragusa

Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Department of Political Science, College of Charleston

Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Department of Political Science, College of Charleston Jordan Ragusa joined the department of Political Science at the College of Charleston in 2011 and became Associate Chair of the department in 2019. Dr. Ragusa has a Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Florida and a B.S. in secondary education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Dr. Ragusa’s research and teaching focus on both American and South Carolina politics, the Congress, political parties, elections, political economy, and statistical methods for the social sciences. Dr. Ragusa is the author of two books: "Congress in Reverse: Repeals from Reconstruction to the Present" (University of Chicago Press, with Nate Birkhead) and "First in the South: Why the South Carolina Presidential Primary Matters" (University of South Carolina Press, with Gibbs Knotts). He has published in the journals: Political Research Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics, American Politics Research, Political Science Quarterly, Journal of Political Science, Research & Politics, and the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties.

Gibbs Knotts

Professor of Political Science and Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Charleston

Professor of Political Science and Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Charleston Gibbs Knotts is currently Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Charleston. He joined the Department of Political Science as Department Chair in 2012 and served in this role from 2012-2019. Knotts teaches undergraduate courses in American politics and graduate courses in the public administration program. He has published works on political participation, southern politics, public administration, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Articles have appeared in a variety of outlets including the Journal of Politics, Public Administration Review, Political Research Quarterly, the American Review of Public Administration, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, PS: Political Science and Politics, Social Science Quarterly, Southern Cultures, Southeastern Geographer, and Social Forces. Knotts also co-edited The New Politics of North Carolina (University of North Carolina Press, 2008), and co-authored The Resilience of Southern Identity: Why the South Still Matters in the Minds of Its People (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). His most recent book, First in the South: Why South Carolina’s Presidential Primary Matters (University of South Carolina Press, 2020), was co-authored with Dr. Jordan Ragusa. Knotts received the College of Charleston’s Distinguished Research Award in 2017. Prior to arriving at the College of Charleston Knotts worked at Western Carolina University where he served in a variety of administrative roles including MPA Director, Graduate School and Research Associate Dean, Political Science and Public Affairs Department Head, and College of Arts and Sciences Interim Dean. While at WCU, he also received the 2004 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the 2010 Board of Governor’s Teaching Award, and the 2010 University Scholar Award.

Paola Ardiles

Senior Lecturer, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Senior Lecturer, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University Paola Ardiles Gamboa (she/hers) is a Latinx practitioner scholar working on unceded Coast Salish territories. She has been recognized for her innovative, collaborative and inter-sectoral approaches to promote community health and collective wellbeing. Paola founded Bridge for Health in 2013, as a local & global network focused on citizen & youth engagement to promote health & wellbeing. Bridge for Health was established as a co-op association, receiving the 2017 SFU Coast Capital Savings Venture Award for Social Impact for its efforts to advance wellbeing in the workplace. The co-op now focuses on building equity-centered practices in workplace health, engaging youth in policy-making, and using arts-based approaches as a decolonizing practice. Paola has collaborated and led various knowledge mobilization and community-based research initiatives related to education, public health policy and social innovation. Currently, she co-leads an arts-based research project Art on the Go to promote newcomer youth engagement in policy making related to improving road safety in Surrey. She is also co-leading a community-based study understanding experiences of exclusion of foreign trained health professionals. Since 2015, Paola has been at Simon Fraser University developing participatory and community-based experiential courses including the co-design of Health Change Lab, in collaboration with SFU RADIUS and the Beedie School of Business, City of Surrey, Fraser Health and many community based organizations. As the Faculty Teaching Fellow, she supported capacity building initiatives related to community-engaged and anti-racist education. Paola is an Associate with the SFU's Wosk Centre for Dialogue and recently Co-chaired Participedia’s Teaching Training & Mentoring Committee, a global network focused on public participation & democratic innovations. Bilingual: Spanish/English, advanced French