Contributors

Fiona Given

Assistant researcher, University of Technology Sydney

Fiona Given completed her Arts/Law degree at Macquarie University in 2003. She is a part time Research Assistant at UTS. Fiona has a general member on the Guardianship Division of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal for almost ten years. She is on the board of Assistive Technology Australia.

Associate Professor Emma Power is a speech pathologist and academic at the University of Technology Sydney. She has worked in the area of communication disorders following acquired brain injury for over 23 years in a variety of clinical and academic positions.

Li Yang HSU

Vice Dean of Global Health, National University of Singapore

Vice Dean of Global Health, National University of Singapore I am also an infectious diseases physician by training, graduating from the National University of Singapore School of Medicine in 1998.

David Durrheim

Professor of Public Health Medicine, University of Newcastle

Professor of Public Health Medicine, University of Newcastle In the past decade, David has served as an expert adviser and consultant to a number of World Health Organization (WHO), regional and national health programmes in the African and Pacific Regions. He also served as the Director of a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Vectorborne Diseases. David's research interests include: novel infectious disease surveillance methods, control of zoonotic diseases and strategies for reducing inequity in public health service delivery. He has over 200 peer-reviewed publications, and has published several scientific monographs and chapters in leading public health texts.

Laura MacDiarmid

Assistant Professor, Justice Studies, University of Guelph-Humber

Assistant Professor, Justice Studies, University of Guelph-Humber My research explores the experiences of criminal justice-involved individuals with a particular focus on community justice alternatives, such as restorative justice and bail. I draw from sociological and criminological theories that account for interactional dynamics, emotion, and punishment.

Carolyn Yule

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Guelph

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Guelph Carolyn Yule's research uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to examine how life course events and processes shape stability and change in criminal behaviour. She also investigates how criminal court decisions shape the lives of criminal justice involved individuals.