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Julia Kowalski is an Assistant Professor of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, affiliated with the Keough School of Global Affairs, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and concurrently with the Gender Studies Program and Department of Anthropology. Her research focuses on gender, kinship, and expertise in South Asia, particularly North India. She examines how interactive practices like counseling and training shape social transformation, with a focus on gendered violence and policy implementation. Her award-winning book, *Counseling Women: Kinship Against Violence in India* (2022), explores how women’s rights projects reshape family dynamics and agency in Rajasthan. Her research has been funded by Fulbright-Hays, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and the American Institute for Indian Studies. Kowalski’s current projects include studying the history of interactive practices in Indian development and global efforts to measure care work. She holds a PhD in comparative human development from the University of Chicago. Research Interests: Gender, kinship, women’s rights, personhood, gendered violence, everyday institutional practices, North India. Recent Work: Explores tensions in development policy between democratic governance and technocratic expertise, and the challenges of metricizing ‘care’ in global policy frameworks. Her articles analyze antiviolence interventions, NGO-state dynamics, and care labor’s role in social reproduction. Awards: 2023 Michelle Z. Rosaldo Prize from the Association of Feminist Anthropology for *Counseling Women*. Teaching & Advising: Focuses on integrating critical-interpretive approaches with positivist research methods in global policy contexts. Advises students on gender studies, development, and anthropological theory. Grants & Affiliations: Faculty fellow at the Keough School’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Klau Institute for Civil & Human Rights, and Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.

• Gender Studies
• Kinship Studies
• Women’s Rights
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Sasha Sabherwal is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Global Asian Studies at Northeastern University’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities . She specializes in the South Asian diaspora, focusing on critical ethnic studies, caste and race intersections, and transnational gender and sexuality studies. Her research examines caste dynamics in the Punjabi Sikh diaspora across the United States and Canada, particularly how caste hierarchies are remade in diasporic contexts. She is currently completing her first book, Cartographies of Caste in the Punjabi Sikh Diaspora of the Transnational Pacific Northwest , which traces the evolution of caste identities in transnational spaces. Her recent publications explore topics such as caste masculinities, postcolonial state security, and feminist resistance in South Asia and its diasporas. Her work appears in journals like Journal of Asian American Studies , Social Text , and Sikh Formations . Education: PhD in American Studies from Yale University

• Critical Ethnic Studies
• Racialization of Religion
• Transnational Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Dr. Sreedhevi Iyer is a Lecturer in the School of Media & Communication at RMIT University. Her research focuses on creative writing practices, postcolonial studies, and literary discourse analysis. She has authored influential works like *Authenticity and the Public Literary Self* (Routledge, 2024) and *The Tiniest House of Time*, which explores diasporic identities and memory. Her work bridges global literary trends, with notable presentations at festivals including the Melbourne Writers Festival and George Town Literary Festival. Dr. Iyer's creative and scholarly outputs address cosmopolitanism, cultural hybridity, and transnational narratives. She has supervised projects on topics ranging from seventeenth-century Dutch art to queer textual spaces. Her academic awards include Pushcart Prize nominations and a shortlisting for the Penang Monthly Book Award. Research interests include authenticity in authorship, cosmopolitan pedagogies, and decolonizing literary practices. She has guest-edited special issues on the Umbrella Revolution and collaborates internationally on creative writing initiatives. Dr. Iyer is open to supervising Masters and PhD students in creative writing and related interdisciplinary fields.

• Creative Writing
• Literary Studies
• Postcolonial Studies
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Leela Prasad is the St. Purandar Das Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University, joining in 2024 after 25 years at Duke University. She specializes in the anthropology of ethics, South Asian religious thought, and Gandhian philosophy. Her research bridges oral narratives, colonial history, and contemporary social justice, with a focus on gender, diaspora, and prison ethics. She holds a PhD in Folklore & Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania (1998). Education: PhD (1998) University of Pennsylvania; MA (1991) Kansas State University; MA (1988) University of Hyderabad; BA (1986) Osmania University Her major works include *Poetics of Conduct* (Columbia, 2007), winner of the American Academy of Religion’s Best First Book Award, and *The Audacious Raconteur* (Cornell, 2020). She co-curated the *Live Like the Banyan Tree* exhibition (1999) and directed documentaries on Indian American experiences and Gandhi-inspired prison narratives. Her honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship (2023–24), two Fulbright-Nehru awards (2020, 2022), and grants from the NEH and American Philosophical Society. As President of the American Academy of Religion, she advocates for interdisciplinary religious studies. Teaching focuses on South Asian religions, Indian cinema, and carceral ethics. Current projects include a docufiction film on Gandhi’s legacy and a collaborative biography reconstructing the life of a historically marginalized South Indian woman.

• Anthropology of Ethics
• Human Rights and Social Justice
• Gender Studies
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Pietari Kaapa is a Professor in Media and Communications at the University of Warwick's Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies. He is also an Affiliate Professor (Docent) in Film and Television Studies at the University of Helsinki. His research focuses on sustainable media production, environmental management in creative industries, and Nordic cinema studies. He co-leads the Global Green Media Production network with Hunter Vaughan, addressing ecological challenges in screen media. Kaapa serves as editor of the Journal of Scandinavian Cinema and Documentary Film Cultures . He has published extensively, including twelve books such as Environmental Management of the Media (2018) and Film and Television Production in the Age of the Climate Crisis (2022). His work bridges academia and industry through projects like the AHRC-funded Createch Frontiers sustainability initiative. Kaapa teaches modules on global media policy and supervises PhD research on topics like environmental film practices in Finland and East Asian co-productions. His research integrates ecocritical perspectives with industrial strategies, analyzing Nordic and global screen media through lenses of sustainability, cultural identity, and transnational collaboration. He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed articles and co-edited special journal issues on topics like Nordic Production Studies and Ecocinema Audiences.

• Sustainable Media Production
• Climate Crisis and Film/Television
• Nordic Cinema Studies
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Alyssa Hunziker is Assistant Professor specializing in Native American/Indigenous literatures and U.S. empire studies at Boston University. Her book project 'Histories in Common' analyzes literary connections between Indigenous communities across U.S.-occupied territories. Research explores settler colonialism, Indigenous alliances, and imperial education systems. Recent articles examine Carlisle Indian School networks and literary representations of colonial refusal. Awards: NEH Summer Stipend (2024) 1921 Prize in American Literature (2024) Two honorable mentions (ASA/WAILA) Education: PhD English Literature, University of Florida MA English Literature, University of Florida BA Mathematics & Economics, Smith College

• Native American Literature
• Indigenous Studies
• U.S. Empire Studies
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Victor D. Cha is Distinguished University Professor, D.S. Song-KF Endowed Chairholder, and Professor of Government in the School of Foreign Service and Department of Government at Georgetown University. He has been a member of the Georgetown faculty for nearly three decades since joining in 1995, serving as Vice Dean for Faculty and Graduate Affairs from 2019 to 2023. Beyond Georgetown, he serves as President of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. Dr. Cha received his Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University, MIA from Columbia, M.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University, and A.B. in Economics from Columbia. His academic journey reflects deep expertise in international relations with a focus on East Asia. His research focuses on international relations in East Asia, particularly US-Korea-Japan security dynamics, North Korean studies, and alliance systems in Asia. Cha's work bridges academic scholarship with practical policy application, having served on the White House National Security Council under the George W. Bush administration as Director for Asian Affairs, where he was responsible for Japan, the Korean peninsula, Australia/New Zealand and Pacific Island nation affairs, and served as Deputy Head of Delegation for the United States at the Six Party Talks in Beijing. Dr. Cha has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards including the Ohira Book Prize (2000), Georgetown's Dean's Award for teaching (2010), Distinguished Research Award (2011), Distinguished Principal Investigator Award (2016), and the 2023 Hubert H. Humphrey award from the American Political Science Association for notable public service by a political scientist, along with the 2023 Joseph Kurzel Memorial Prize. As a public intellectual, Cha serves on the Defense Policy Board for the Biden administration (2021-2025), is a member of the Board for the National Endowment for Democracy, and serves on the Board of The Korea Society. He is a Senior Fellow in Human Freedom (non-resident) at the George W. Bush Institute and contributes regularly to NBC News and MSNBC as a news analyst. His media presence extends to appearances on The Colbert Report and a cameo role in the film Red Dawn.

• International Relations
• East Asian Security
• Korean Peninsula Affairs
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Morgan Pitelka is the Bernard L. Herman Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, holding appointments in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and the Department of History. His research focuses on late medieval and early modern Japan, with an emphasis on material culture, environmental history, and urban development. Key works include Reading Medieval Ruins: Urban Life and Destruction in Sixteenth-Century Japan (2021), which examines the socio-political dynamics of Kyoto’s transformation, and Spectacular Accumulation (2016), awarded the Southeastern Conference of the Association of Asian Studies Book Prize. Pitelka’s interdisciplinary approach bridges archaeology, art history, and political history, often utilizing excavated artifacts and documentary evidence to reconstruct lived experiences. He advises graduate students in Japanese history, including Jason Castro (co-advised with Cemil Aydın) and Megan McClory. Pitelka is also the director of the UNC Japanese History Lab and chairs the American Advisory Committee for the Japan Foundation. His media engagements include podcast appearances, lectures on samurai patronage, and analyses of Edo-period cultural artifacts. Current projects include a book on Kyoto’s environmental and material foundations, exploring the interplay between natural elements and urban development in early modern Japan.

• Late Medieval and Early Modern Japan
• Material Culture
• Environmental History
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Arissa Oh is an Associate Professor in the History Department at Boston College. She specializes in 20th-century U.S. history, focusing on immigration, race, gender, and transnational Asian-American experiences. Her work examines family structures and kinship systems within historical contexts. B.A., Yale University M.A., University of Chicago Ph.D., University of Chicago Her research explores Cold War-era international adoption trends, particularly involving Korean orphans and GI babies, linking these to broader themes of U.S. immigration policies, evangelical movements, and transnational humanitarian efforts. Recent projects analyze marriage migration and immigration fraud since the late 19th century. Publications include To Save the Children of Korea: The Cold War Origins of International Adoption (2015) and articles in Journal of American Ethnic History and Women’s Studies Quarterly . No scientific awards explicitly listed. Advising and grant information not detailed in text. Active in transnational history research networks.

• Twentieth-century United States History
• U.S. Immigration Policies
• Race and Ethnicity Studies
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Maartje DE VISSER is a Professor of Law at Singapore Management University's Yong Pung How School of Law and College of Integrative Studies. Her research focuses on comparative constitutional law, emphasizing non-judicial actors, constitutional design in small states, and international constitutional advice. She holds a Ph.D. (cum laude) from Tilburg University, an M.Jur. (with distinction) from Oxford, and an LL.M. (cum laude) from Maastricht University. Currently, she serves as a Professor of Law and has held roles including Associate Dean and Director of the J.D. Programme. DE VISSER has authored/co-edited over 30 books and chapters, with publications in International Journal of Constitutional Law , Global Constitutionalism , and American Journal of Comparative Law . She is a recipient of five Lee Kong Chian Fellowships and chairs the Singapore Chapter of ICON-S. Her work explores constitutional literacy, judicial communication, and the role of cities in EU governance. Research & Grants: Current projects: Extra-judicial constitutional interpretation frameworks, participatory constitution-making in small states, and constitutional literacy cultivation Grants: Lee Kong Chian Fellowships for research excellence Awards & Recognition: Five Lee Kong Chian Fellowships Editorial board member of Hart Studies in Constitutional Theory and European Yearbook of Constitutional Law Teaching & Engagement: Course taught: Comparative Legal Systems, Constitutional Cultures and Context Advocates for judicial transparency and public constitutional literacy through social media and legal design Labs & Teams: Founding co-chair of Singapore ICON-S Chapter Member of international legal networks exploring intra-Asian judicial cooperation and constitutional dialogues

• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Constitutional Engagement by Non-Judicial Actors
• Comparative Methodology
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Christine Dunn Henderson is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Singapore Management University (SMU), affiliated with the College of Integrative Studies and School of Social Sciences. She joined SMU in 2019. Her expertise lies in political theory, with focuses on ancient, early modern, and late modern thought, alongside politics and literature, American political thought, and democratic theory. Education : PhD (Political Science), Boston College, 1997 A.B. with Honors (Government and French Studies), Smith College, 1989 Research Interests : Dr. Henderson’s work centers on Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont, exploring themes like economic inequality, race, gender, and democratic inclusion in Democracy in America . She also examines the intersection of literature and politics, with recent projects analyzing Tocqueville’s reflections on women, Rousseau’s influence, and democratic paradoxes. Publications : Her 2021 edition of Tocqueville’s Memoirs on Pauperism and Other Writings highlights his views on economic inequality. Recent articles investigate Tocqueville’s global relevance, Singaporean governance, and the literary structure of Democracy in America . Awards & Grants : No specific awards listed, but her research has received institutional support through SMU’s focus areas in governance, political science, and humanities. Labs/Teams : Active in interdisciplinary initiatives within the College of Integrative Studies, collaborating on projects blending political theory with cultural and economic analysis.

• Political Theory
• American Politics
• Politics and Literature
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Nydia Remolina Leon is an Assistant Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre for Commercial Law in Asia (CCLA) at Singapore Management University's Yong Pung How School of Law. She holds a Ph.D. in Law (candidate) from the University of Zurich, a J.S.M. from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Laws from Pontifical Javeriana University. Her research focuses on banking law, fintech, AI/data governance, and sustainable finance. She has held leadership roles in industry relations at SMU's AI and Data Governance Centre and has extensive experience in Latin American financial regulation as a legal advisor at Bancolombia and a lecturer at University of Los Andes and Pontifical Javeriana University. Her research explores regulatory challenges in AI-driven financial systems, decentralized finance (DeFi), and open finance frameworks. Recent work addresses interconnectedness risks in AI-powered financial systems and cross-border regulatory strategies for fintech innovations. She contributes to global policy dialogues through memberships in the OECD, the European Corporate Governance Institute, and editorial roles with journals like Data & Policy . Awards: Stanford SPILS Fellowship (2015), Colfuturo Scholarship (2015), Best Class Paper (2016), and honor roll recognition at Javeriana University. Professional Roles: Advisory board member for GLA University’s AI, Law & Society Centre; member of the Asian Law Schools Association’s technology chapter; and expert in capital markets regulation for the Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance. Her work bridges legal frameworks with technological advancements, emphasizing ethics, equity, and trust in data-driven finance. Current projects include governance frameworks for generative AI in finance and regulatory strategies for metaverse-related financial services.

• Banking Law
• Capital Markets and Financial Regulation
• Fintech
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Catherine Zimmer is Professor of Film and Screen Studies at Pace University, affiliated with the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences in New York City. Her research and teaching focus on the intersections of media, politics, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on surveillance, horror cinema, and the representation of race and gender. PhD in Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley (2002) BA in Film Studies, University of California, Berkeley (1993) Her research centers on surveillance studies and critical film theory , especially how cinematic narratives reflect and shape contemporary visual and digital culture. She is the author of the influential book Surveillance Cinema (NYU Press, 2015), which explores the political and technological dimensions of surveillance in film. Her work extends into Black horror , where she examines the cultural and biopolitical significance of the genre in the context of movements for racial justice. She also publishes cultural criticism in public forums such as Avidly , Public Books , and Real Life , engaging with television, music, and digital media. Her recent publications reveal a sustained engagement with the evolution of surveillance in narrative forms, from post-9/11 horror to serialized television and digital platforms. Articles like 'The Work of Horror after GET OUT' (2023) and 'Serial Surveillance' (2018) demonstrate her focus on how genre, technology, and politics converge in contemporary screen media. Her scholarship appears in leading journals including Camera Obscura , Surveillance & Society , Film Quarterly , and Black Camera . American Studies Association Modern Language Association Society for Cinema and Media Studies Zimmer has taught a wide range of courses in film history, genre, theory, and cultural studies, including specialized seminars on horror, cinematic spaces, and film auteurs. She has co-taught interdisciplinary courses such as 'The Biology of Science Fiction Film,' reflecting her interest in cross-disciplinary dialogue. While specific advisees are not listed, she has supervised independent studies in English and Film and Screen Studies. She is actively engaged in public scholarship and academic service, contributing to the broader discourse on media and society. She maintains an active scholarly presence through her publications, public writing, and academic affiliations, with no indication of retirement or part-time status.

• Surveillance Studies
• Film Studies
• Cinema and Media Studies
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Dr. Pei-Chun Tsai is an Associate Professor in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at Palo Alto University. She previously served as an assistant and later associate professor at Radford University, where she advanced her research and teaching in counseling psychology. She holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Iowa State University and a master’s in Counseling and Counselor Education from Indiana University-Bloomington. PhD in Counseling Psychology – Iowa State University M.S.Ed. in Counseling and Counselor Education – Indiana University Bloomington Bachelor’s Degree – National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan Dr. Tsai’s research centers on strength-based approaches to coping with adversity, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities, international students, and counseling trainees. She investigates how culturally relevant resources such as bicultural competence, collective self-esteem, and supervisory alliances moderate the impact of discrimination and stress on mental health outcomes. Her recent publications reflect a consistent focus on identity, discrimination, and resilience. Across her work, themes of language barriers, racial microaggressions, and acculturative stress emerge, analyzed through the lens of protective coping mechanisms. Her research often employs both quantitative and qualitative methods, with a strong emphasis on culturally sensitive assessment and intervention. Dr. Tsai has been recognized with several awards, including: Outstanding Counseling Psychology Graduate Student Award University Teaching Excellence Award Diversity in Psychological Science Graduate Research Award She is actively involved in mentoring future psychologists and has collaborated on national and international research projects. Currently, she is leading a qualitative study with colleagues from San Francisco University on non-native English-speaking faculty in the U.S., exploring their developmental trajectories and coping strategies. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes empowering students by helping them identify and utilize their personal strengths in clinical practice. Dr. Tsai also maintains strong ties to her cultural roots, often integrating insights from Taiwanese traditions, particularly around food and care, into her personal and professional life.

• Counseling Psychology
• Culturally Relevant Coping Strategies
• Strength-Based Coping
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Emmanuel David serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where his institutional research includes a 2021 study of the university's gender pay gap. His interdisciplinary work bridges transgender studies, Philippine sociocultural analysis, and disaster sociology through decolonial and intersectional frameworks. His research focuses on: Transgender and queer theory in Philippine contexts (e.g., "Transpinay" terminology, "bakla" identity, sonic dimensions of transness) Gendered impacts of disasters, particularly Hurricane Katrina's effects on New Orleans communities Class politics in Metro Manila and Philippine labor studies (e.g., call center industries) Visual culture and art as tools for social justice and political resistance David's publication trajectory (2017-2024) reveals a strategic deepening of transgender studies within Southeast Asian frameworks, moving from broader disaster and labor analyses to concentrated examinations of Philippine transgender communities. His methodology consistently combines ethnographic fieldwork with critical theory, emphasizing embodied experiences and spatial politics while challenging Western-centric academic paradigms. Notable contributions include provincializing transgender studies through archipelagic thinking and analyzing the commodification of trans visibility. While specific grant details and advising activities aren't documented in available sources, David's community-engaged scholarship—evident in studies of Manila pageant cultures and post-Katrina women's groups—demonstrates sustained commitment to grassroots movements and marginalized communities. His work exemplifies how academic research can directly inform institutional equity practices, as shown in his campus-specific gender pay analysis.

• Transgender Studies
• Philippine Queer Theory
• Disaster Sociology
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