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Nicole Santos DunnView profile

Assistant Professor

• Critical Suicidology
• Health and Wellness Ecology
• Gendered Livability
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Nicole Santos Dunn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Education. As a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario and a candidate for Clinical Psychologist licensure in British Columbia, she bridges clinical practice and multidisciplinary research grounded in critical suicidology. PhD in Clinical and Counselling Psychology from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education CPA-accredited residency at the University of British Columbia Research interests include socio-political, cultural, and affective dimensions of health; gendered experiences of livability; and community-driven wellness practices. She employs anti-colonial, queer, and feminist methodologies with ethical emphasis on lived experience and justice-oriented research dissemination. Clinically, she specializes in working with painful and stuck emotions through Process-Experiential and Compassion-Focused approaches. She advocates for anti-oppressive supervision frameworks.

Chan Jeong ParkView profile

Assistant Professor

• Vocational Psychology
• Positive Psychology
• Career Counseling
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CJ Park is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, and Special Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Faculty of Education. A licensed psychologist with international experience, she previously served as Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University and maintains an active clinical and research practice from her Scarfe Library Block 280 office. Her academic credentials include: Bachelor of Psychology from the University of Hong Kong Master of Counseling Psychology from Ewha Womans University (South Korea) PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia (2021) Dr. Park's research integrates vocational and positive psychology with critical social justice frameworks, examining career development through lenses of diversity, critical consciousness, and cross-cultural identity. Her clinical work employs Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Multicultural-Feminist Therapy to address systemic barriers in educational and career settings. Analysis of her 15 recent publications reveals dominant themes in career psychology (particularly STEM pathways for women of color), microaggression dynamics, and health behavior intersections with sleep/alcohol use. Her work consistently centers marginalized populations while advancing measurement tools like the Career Futures Inventory. Currently accepting graduate students for 2026-27, Dr. Park maintains active research collaborations across counseling psychology, education, and health sciences, with recent publications demonstrating interdisciplinary grant-funded work on social determinants of health and career development.

• Industrial Economics
• Housing Economics
• Matching Policies
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Lisa Botbol is an economist currently serving as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of New South Wales and an Associate Member of the Toulouse School of Economics. She will join Monash University in October 2025 as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Economics within the Faculty of Business and Economics. Dr. Botbol received her PhD from the Toulouse School of Economics in July 2024, marking the beginning of her transition to a permanent academic position. Her research focuses on industrial economics with specialized expertise in housing markets and education systems. Dr. Botbol employs empirical industrial-organization methodologies to analyze matching policies in social contexts. Her current research agenda centers on two primary areas: social housing allocation mechanisms in France and school admissions processes in Chile. This work examines how institutional design affects outcomes in critical public service sectors where matching algorithms determine resource allocation. As a rising scholar in applied microeconomics, Dr. Botbol maintains active engagement with the international academic community. She will be traveling to Europe during August-September 2025 for academic collaborations and conferences, welcoming opportunities to discuss research developments during this period. Her email contact (lisa.botbol@monash.edu) serves as the primary channel for professional communication regarding her research and academic activities.

Molly CrockettView profile

Professor

• Cognitive Science
• Ethics
• Social Epistemology
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Molly Crockett is a Professor at Princeton University's Department of Psychology and affiliated with the University Center for Human Values . Her research integrates cognitive science, social psychology, philosophy, and data science to examine how systems of power shape knowledge production, and how technologies like artificial intelligence reinforce social inequalities. Education: Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge Her lab focuses on epistemic injustice , using behavioral experiments, computational modeling, and machine learning to study moral cognition, narrative testimony, and the cultural evolution of ethics. Recent work highlights AI's role in distorting scientific understanding and explores how social norms constrain self-knowledge. Key article trends include analyses of algorithmic bias in social networks, moral outrage dynamics, and the interplay between self-perception and societal expectations. She actively mentors postdoctoral, PhD, and undergraduate researchers, emphasizing diversity and inclusion in scientific practice. Publications span topics from neurobiological markers of guilt to positive illusions in relationships , reflecting her interdisciplinary approach. Her lab avoids tech industry funding to maintain research autonomy.

Colin PalmerView profile

Research Fellow

• social vision
• sensory processing
• face perception
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Dr. Colin Palmer is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he conducts research on visual perception with a focus on social features of our sensory environment. His work examines how the brain processes elements like eyes, faces, and behaviors of people around us using visual psychophysics, computational modeling, and 3D graphical rendering. Dr. Palmer completed his Ph.D. in 2016 and Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience (Honours) in 2009, both at Monash University. His doctoral research explored how neurocognitive models of sensory processing relate to differences in sensory integration and social cognition in autism. His primary research interests center on understanding the perceptual and neural mechanisms underlying our sensitivity to dynamic social cues, particularly eye and head movements. Dr. Palmer investigates how the visual system extracts basic environmental elements (color, shape, motion) and develops a mechanistic understanding of how our experience of the social world arises from nervous system activity. His work has clinical applications for understanding sensory and social difficulties in conditions like autism and schizophrenia. Dr. Palmer's recent publications reveal a consistent focus on social vision, particularly gaze perception, face processing, and animacy detection. His research increasingly incorporates computational modeling approaches to understand visual perception mechanisms. There's a strong emphasis on how lighting and shading affect face and gaze perception, with growing attention to clinical applications for neurodevelopmental conditions. Dr. Palmer has received recognition for his work through several awards: Emerging Investigator Award, Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2017 Postdoctoral presentation award, Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2016 Dr. Palmer is actively involved in research supervision and teaching. He teaches PSYC 3221 Vision and Brain and is available to supervise research students. His research is supported by significant funding: ARC Discovery Project (2020-2022): "Extracting meaning from motion" ($492,000) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2019-2021): "Human sensitivity to the dynamics of other people's eye movements" ($356,000) Experimental Psychology Society Study Visit Grant (2017): "Testing computational theories of autism spectrum disorder in the social domain" (£2,580) Dr. Palmer collaborates extensively with Professor Colin Clifford at UNSW and maintains international collaborations with researchers in the UK and Australia, particularly on projects related to autism spectrum disorders and social cognition.

• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Neural Basis of Decision-Making
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Scientia Professor Bernard Balleine is a leading academic in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience at the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) , affiliated with the School of Psychology . His career spans prestigious institutions including the University of Cambridge, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of Sydney. He has held senior research fellowships (e.g., NHMRC, NIMH) and directed research at UCLA’s Brain Research Institute. Education: BA (1st class honours, University Medal, University of Sydney, 1988), PhD (University of Cambridge, 1992) Research Interests: Balleine’s work focuses on the neural bases of goal-directed action, habit formation, and decision-making, with a strong emphasis on corticostriatal circuits, dopamine signaling, and motivational systems. His studies explore how predictive learning, reward processing, and neural plasticity interact to shape behavior, particularly in psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders (e.g., addiction, OCD, Alzheimer’s). Scientific Trends: Recent publications analyze striatal dopamine dynamics, thalamostriatal pathways, and genetic models of cognitive dysfunction. His 2024 work highlights neural circuits governing action selection, while 2023 studies link TBI to apathy and Alzheimer’s to goal-directed impairments. Awards: Fellow of the American Psychological Association (2004), Australian Laureate Fellowship (2009), NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow (2015), NIMH Senior Investigator (2020) Grants & Collaborations: Funded by the Australian Research Council and NHMRC, with interdisciplinary collaborations in neuroethics, addiction studies, and cognitive neuropsychology. His lab integrates molecular, behavioral, and computational approaches to investigate neural mechanisms of action control.

Joanne YooView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Writing as Inquiry
• Autoethnography
• Narrative Inquiry
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Dr Joanne Yoo is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). She specializes in teacher education with expertise in writing pedagogy, academic literacy, and qualitative research methodologies. Her academic profile demonstrates extensive engagement with pre-service teacher education across primary and secondary programs at UTS, where she has worked intensively in quality teacher education development. Joanne began her career teaching English and ESL to secondary students in South Korea, where she first explored autoethnography and narrative inquiry methodologies. Her educational background in teaching English and ESL formed the foundation for her current research trajectory focused on writing as inquiry and embodied practices in academic contexts. Her research centers on writing as inquiry and embodied practices in academic work, investigating how creative, poetic, and sensory-rich writing approaches can transform research and teaching. She challenges conventional academic writing norms by advocating for methodologies that bridge personal and professional knowledge through lived experience. Her book Evocative Qualitative Inquiry Writing and Research Through Embodiment and the Poetic (2022) provides a comprehensive framework for understanding writing as an aesthetic and embodied practice in academic research. Analysis of her publication record reveals consistent exploration of feminist research methodologies , time and temporality in academia , and the relationship between embodiment and knowledge production . Her work often examines the tensions between institutional demands and authentic academic practice, particularly how writing can serve as a transformative tool for both teachers and researchers navigating contemporary academic pressures. Joanne actively supervises Masters Research and PhD students and has secured significant research funding including 'A day in a life' of a child in Australia and Korea (2019-2026), the Claremont PBL project (2016-2017), and research on the Implementation of the New English K-10 Syllabus (2015-2017). Her collaborative work extends through the UTS Hub School partnership with Sydney primary schools, demonstrating her commitment to bridging theory and practice in teacher education with attention to how creative writing approaches enhance both teacher development and student learning outcomes.

• Information Retrieval Systems
• Machine Learning
• Data Mining
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yıltan Bitirim is a faculty member at the Computer Engineering Department of Eastern Mediterranean University in North Cyprus. With over two decades of academic experience, he has served in various roles including Vice Chair (2014-2022), Academic Affairs Coordinator (2025-), and committee member for ABET assessment, curriculum development, and faculty recruitment. Current academic rank: Associate Professor Active administrative roles: Senate Member (2023-), Information Technology Commission Member (2023-) Professional memberships: ACM, IEEE Senior Member, Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Computer Engineers Research Interests focus on four primary areas: Information Retrieval Systems – evaluating search engine effectiveness and reverse image search performance Machine Learning – applied to emotion classification, gender recognition, and medical diagnosis Data Mining – used in Turkish word-stemming analysis and user behavior studies Biometrics – specializing in hand/wrist/palm vein recognition systems and voice-based identification Publications demonstrate consistent contributions across disciplines, with recent works (2023-2025) emphasizing: Deep learning applications in biometric authentication Advanced emotion recognition systems Medical AI for diabetes management and retinopathy diagnosis Biometric spoof detection mechanisms Turkish language processing challenges Recommendation system innovations Awards & Recognition : Research Incentive Awards (2020, 2021) Best Paper Award at ICIW 2007 IEEE Senior Member status As an educator, he has supervised numerous thesis committees and taught foundational courses in computer engineering, including CMPE 112 and CMPE 342. His certifications (MCTS, MCITP) reflect technical expertise in Microsoft technologies.

Hannu OjalaView profile

Professor

• Accounting
• Auditing
• Corporate Governance
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Hannu Ojala is a Professor at the Business School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies , with affiliations at both the University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio) and Aalto University School of Business (Espoo) . His research focuses on Auditing , Corporate Governance , and Tax Aggressiveness , particularly in small private companies. Audit Market Dynamics Tax-Regulation Interplay Country-Level Audit Determinants XBRL and Digital Reporting Ojala's publications (2019-2025) analyze audit fee variations across 27 countries, tax compliance in Finland, and the role of Big4 auditors in shaping global practices. He has collaborated with researchers in Germany, New Zealand, and Sweden on institutional factors affecting audit pricing and quality. Research Trends: His work reveals that economic development and regulatory environments explain 84% of audit fee differences globally. Sociological factors like generalized trust and corporate culture also influence auditing standards. Key Collaborations: Ojala has co-authored studies with Juha Kinnunen , Lasse Niemi , and Markus Mättö , examining how audit quality correlates with tax return adjustments in small businesses.

Christina HaagView profile

Researcher

• Mental Health
• Natural Language Processing
• Activity Sensing Data
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Dr. Christina Haag is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care , affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Zurich . She leads interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of mental health, digital health, and computational linguistics, focusing on chronic illnesses like multiple sclerosis (MS). Her work leverages free text, sensor data, and advanced analysis techniques such as hierarchical modeling and natural language processing (NLP). Doctorate from the Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich Research experience at the MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge Her research explores: Daily-life mental and physical health indicators in MS Development of NLP methods for text classification and topic modeling Digital biomarker creation using wearable sensor data Mindfulness interventions for affective executive control Implementation of remote monitoring tools in healthcare Her recent publications highlight trends in applying NLP and machine learning to unstructured health data, analyzing MS activity patterns, and refining interdisciplinary research methodologies. She contributes to DSI communities including AI & Law , Health , and Ethics , and collaborates on projects like BarKA-MS and DSI-Approach . She is a core member of the UZH Digital & Mobile Health Group , working under Prof. Viktor von Wyl.

• Developmental Psychopathology
• Social Competence
• Sleep Science
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Gary Fireman, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Suffolk University and serves as the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. He holds a PhD and MA from Long Island University, as well as a BA from the University of Michigan. As a licensed clinical psychologist in Massachusetts, Texas, and New York, he specializes in child, adolescent, and adult therapy, and psychological assessment. PhD, Long Island University MA, Long Island University BA, University of Michigan Dr. Fireman’s research explores the interplay between emotional complexity, social reasoning, and sleep quality, particularly in populations with aggression, peer victimization, or emotional regulation challenges. His work investigates how nightmares, rumination, and prosocial behavior shape cognitive processes and psychological wellbeing. His recent publications focus on sleep disturbances, social exclusion, and emotional regulation in developmental contexts. Key trends include analyzing the bidirectional relationship between social anxiety and sleep, cross-cultural bullying narratives, and the impact of stress on sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Awards : Departmental-Level Teaching Award (2014) Dr. Fireman teaches courses such as PSYCH-510-C: Independent Study . He maintains an active clinical and research practice, with ongoing collaborations across interdisciplinary psychology fields. Contact: gfireman@suffolk.edu , 617-305-6368.

Angelika BraunView profile

Professor

• Sociophonetics
• Forensic Phonetics
• Contrastive Phonetics
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Prof. Dr. Angelika Braun is a full Professor of Phonetics at the University of Trier since October 2009, with a career spanning forensic phonetics, sociophonetics, and cross-cultural speech analysis. She previously held roles at the Bundeskriminalamt (Wiesbaden/Düsseldorf) and Philipps-Universität Marburg, where she habilitated in Phonetics and Speech Processing (2000). Her work bridges academic research with forensic practice. Research Focus: Her Sociophonetics (language and emotions, gender-specific speech) Forensic Phonetics (speaker identification, voice analysis) Contrastive and Hawaiian Phonetics Speech prosody and toxin effects (smoking, alcohol) Intercultural dubbing studies Academic Contributions: Over 15 recent articles explore voice quality, emotional speech, forensic age estimation, and cross-cultural dubbing effects. Key conferences include Interspeech, International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, and ISCA. Her work appears in journals like Forensic Linguistics and The Phonetician . Scientific Honors: Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Founder Member and former Chairperson of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics (IAFP) Life-Member of the International Phonetic Association (IPA) Leadership roles in ISPhS and GAL Practical Impact: Developed the Almeida-Braun Transcription System for dialect analysis and contributed to forensic audio enhancement protocols (e.g., Rodney King case). Serves as reviewer for Language and Speech , Forensic Linguistics , and JIPA . Collaborates on longitudinal studies of vocal aging and speaker identification.

Sharmili Edwin ThanarajahView profile

Researcher

• Neuroscience
• Psychiatry
• Metabolic Disorders
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Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah is a researcher at the Goethe University Frankfurt , affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy . Her work focuses on the intersection of peripheral metabolism, brain signaling, and mental health, utilizing advanced neuroimaging and intervention studies. Research Interests Impact of dietary factors on brain function Metabolism-neurocircuitry interactions Neuromodulation via vagus nerve stimulation Intranasal insulin's effects on cognition Translational psychiatry Key Publications Her research spans multidisciplinary areas including: Modulating midbrain activity through metabolic interventions Anti-inflammatory effects of vagus nerve stimulation Linking reward processing to habitual dietary patterns Neuroimaging-based studies of eating behavior Clinical applications of neuromodulation techniques Methods & Expertise She employs functional MRI , structural MRI , and intervention studies to explore these domains, with recent work addressing emotional processing and metabolic influences on mental health.

Ryo IkeshiroView profile

Assistant Professor

• Sound Art
• Sonification
• Computational Creativity
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Ryo Ikeshiro is an Assistant Professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, and co-director of the spatial audio art/research unit SoundLab. His work bridges sound art, computational creativity, and cultural studies through immersive installations, algorithmic audio-visual systems, and sonification techniques. PhD in Creative Practice (Goldsmiths, University of London) MPhil in Music (University of Cambridge) BMus (King's College London) Ikeshiro's research interrogates the materiality of sound through: Multichannel Ambisonics and directional audio Neural network-driven temporal dislocation Sonification of climate data and historical soundscapes Machine learning for artistic interpretation Interplay of identity and technology East Asian ideophonic traditions His 2010-2024 publications and installations reveal cross-disciplinary engagement with: Fractal mathematics in audiovisual art Algorithmic composition systems Interactive installation technologies Sonic cartography Historical memory in sound Collaborative research frameworks SoundLab, which he co-directs, develops spatial audio research at the intersection of: Technical innovation Cultural representation Experimental pedagogy Public engagement International artistic exchange Practice-based research

Thomas WeitinView profile

Professor

• Digital Literary Studies
• Cognitive Humanities
• Text Corpus Analysis
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Professor Thomas Weitin is a leading scholar at Darmstadt University of Technology's Institute of Linguistics and Literary Studies, where he heads the German Studies - Digital Literary Studies department. As Director of the LitLab, he bridges traditional literary scholarship with cutting-edge computational and cognitive science methodologies. His work positions him at the forefront of the digital humanities movement in Germany. Weitin's research focuses on the intersection of digital literary studies and cognitive science, particularly examining how humans process literary texts through methods like eye-tracking, EEG, and physiological measurements. His 'Reading at Scale' project analyzes 19th-century German novellas to explore the middle ground between close reading and distant reading approaches. Weitin argues against the simplistic 'close vs. distant reading' dichotomy, advocating instead for methodologically appropriate scale selection based on specific research questions. Analysis of Weitin's recent publications reveals a strong interdisciplinary approach combining literary theory, cognitive neuroscience, and data science. His work increasingly incorporates empirical methods to study reading processes, moving beyond purely textual analysis to investigate the physiological and cognitive dimensions of literary reception. This represents a significant methodological shift in literary studies toward evidence-based approaches to understanding how literature affects readers. Weitin maintains significant leadership roles including membership on the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Senior Editorship of Open Library of Humanities, and Executive Board membership of the Digital Humanities Cooperation between TU Darmstadt and the University of Konstanz. He serves as a reviewer for major funding organizations including the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Science Council. At the LitLab, Weitin oversees research infrastructure including eye-tracking equipment (both stationary and mobile glasses), EEG amplifiers, and physiological measurement devices for pulse, heart activity, and skin conductance. This sophisticated laboratory enables multimodal studies of reading that combine textual analysis with direct measurement of reader responses, representing a novel approach to literary scholarship.