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Rebecca IngberView profile

Professor

• International Law
• National Security Law
• Foreign Relations Law
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Rebecca Ingber serves as Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, and holds dual leadership roles as Co-Director of the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy and Senior Fellow at NYU School of Law's Reiss Center on Law and Security. Her institutional affiliations extend to high-level governmental roles including U.S. Substitute Member to the Council of Europe's Venice Commission, Advisory Committee member to the U.S. Department of State's Office of the Legal Adviser, and U.S. representative to the OSCE Moscow Mechanism roster of experts. Her academic foundation includes a BA from Yale University and JD from Harvard Law School, complemented by a clerkship with Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr. of the Southern District of New York. These credentials underpin her expertise in constitutional and international legal frameworks. Professor Ingber's research centers on the critical intersection of international law, national security, and constitutional separation of powers, with particular focus on executive war powers, bureaucratic resistance mechanisms, and the erosion of international legal norms. Her work consistently examines how domestic institutions interact with international legal constraints, especially regarding military actions, treaty compliance, and accountability mechanisms. Recent scholarship demonstrates increasing urgency in analyzing challenges to the rules-based international order. Analysis of her 2020-2025 publications reveals dominant themes in war powers legitimacy, state responses to international criminal jurisdiction, and the systemic weakening of legal constraints on executive action. Her scholarship uniquely bridges theoretical legal analysis with immediate real-world applications, frequently addressing contemporaneous events like the Soleimani strike, ICC arrest warrants, and torture prohibitions through rigorous doctrinal examination. Her scientific recognition includes: Dean’s Award for Scholarship from BU Law Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship (2017) for 'Co-Belligerency' Professor Ingber maintains significant policy influence through congressional testimony on war powers and executive authority, while her scholarly impact extends through editorial leadership at Just Security and contributions to Lawfare . Her advisory roles in The American Law Institute and the ALI’s Foreign Relations Law Restatement demonstrate sustained contribution to legal doctrine development, though specific grant funding details remain undisclosed in source materials. She actively shapes discourse through the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, which examines democratic governance challenges, and the Reiss Center on Law and Security, where she contributes to interdisciplinary national security research initiatives addressing evolving threats to legal frameworks.

• Cloud Computing
• Data Center Optimization
• Resource Allocation
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Bhuvan Urgaonkar is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Penn State University's College of Engineering. His research centers on optimizing cloud computing systems through innovative approaches to resource allocation, cost efficiency, and energy management. Current research focuses on Burstable Instance Scaling Serverless Computing Optimization Distributed Storage Systems Multi-resource Fair Allocation Cloud Economics Recent publications highlight advancements in autoscaling techniques, serverless architecture design, and trace modeling for high-load scenarios. These works emphasize practical solutions for cost-effective resource utilization in public cloud environments. Scientific Awards: CNS: Core: Small: Consistent, Geo-Distributed Data Stores on the Public Cloud (NSF, 2022-2025) CNS Core: Small: Principled Methodologies for Automated Cost-Effective Service Blending (NSF, 2021-2024) PPoSS: Cross-Layer Design for HPC in the Cloud (NSF, 2020-2022) CSR: Burstable Instances for Cost-Efficacy (NSF, 2017-2020) CSR: Student Travel Support for SIGMETRICS (NSF, 2016-2017)

Jamie PleuneView profile

Academic

• Environmental Law
• Public Lands Management
• Permitting
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Jamie Pleune is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law and a member of the Law & Policy Program in the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment . Her expertise lies in Environmental Law , with a focus on public lands management , climate change mitigation , and permitting reform . She has served on the Bureau of Land Management Public Lands Rule Advisory Committee and testified before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources . Education : JD from University of Utah (2007), LLM from Georgetown University (2013), BA in Political Science from Colorado College (2000) Jamie's research spans NEPA implementation , ecosystem resilience , and mining regulation . Her 13 peer-reviewed publications and congressional testimony emphasize evidence-based permitting reforms and climate-conscious land management . Key collaborators include Professor John Ruple and Professor Robert Keiter . Scientific Awards include: Edith Bramhall Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Political Science Order of the Coif Khazeni Memorial Fellowship Robert W. Swenson Fellowship Stephen Traynor Legal Writing Award She previously served as Associate Clinical Professor (2011-2015) and private practice attorney at Richards, Brandt, Miller, Nelson. After a 2016 sabbatical to earn her commercial helicopter license, she returned to academia. She currently serves on the Kalamazoo Aviation Museum board.

Bano Mehdi-SchulzView profile

Assistant Professor

• Ecohydrology
• Water Quality Management
• Climate Change Impacts
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Bano Mehdi-Schulz is an Assistant Professor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), leading the 'Eco-hydrological and Land Use Modelling' group at the Institute of Hydrology and Water Management. She is a Substitute Member of the Ethics Committee. Her research focuses on ecohydrology, integrating hydrological and agricultural sciences to address water quality impacts from anthropogenic changes and future climate scenarios. Education: B.Sc. in Soil Science, M.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering, and Ph.D. from McGill University's Department of Geography. Awards include the Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (2009) and FWF Elise Richter Fellowship (2019). Her work bridges natural and social sciences, employing models to assess land use change and water resource management. Research Interests: Quantifying impacts of land use and climate change on water quality, ecohydrological modeling uncertainty, sustainable intensification strategies, and nitrate transport dynamics. Her team explores how farming practices and climate interact to influence water systems, with projects like ALUCSI (FWF-funded) and NitroClimAT (ACRP). Grants & Projects: Recent projects include ALUCSI (2019-2023), NitroClimAT (2018-2022), and UnLoadC3 (2014-2017). Current student advisees include researchers studying SWAT model uncertainty, sustainable intensification pathways, and water quality in East African basins. Labs/Teams: Leads the Eco-hydrological and Land Use Modelling group, collaborating with institutions like IIASA and SEC. Research emphasizes model coupling (e.g., SECLAND-SWAT) and satellite data integration for data-scarce regions.

Langdon HammerView profile

Professor

• Poetry
• Literary Criticism
• Literary Biography
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Langdon Hammer is the Niel Gray, Jr. Professor of English at Yale University, where he has served since 1987. He holds a B.A. and Ph.D. in English from Yale. His research focuses on the history of poetry, literary biography, and poetics, with a particular emphasis on modern and contemporary poets like Hart Crane, James Merrill, and Elizabeth Bishop. Hammer has authored critical biographies, edited major poetic works for the Library of America, and served as poetry editor of The American Scholar . He has received prestigious fellowships and awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Lambda Literary Award. Hammer has also held leadership roles, including three terms as Chair of Yale’s English Department, and has mentored over 30 PhD students. His work bridges academic scholarship and public engagement, aiming to make poetry accessible to broader audiences. Education: B.A., English, Yale University, summa cum laude Ph.D., English Language and Literature, Yale University Research Interests: Poetry’s cultural role, literary biography vs. theory, archival scholarship, close reading, and poetics across historical periods. He explores how poets define their craft and how their lives intersect with their art. Awards: Lambda Literary Award for James Merrill: Life and Art (2015) Guggenheim Fellowship (2003-04) Yale Graduate Student Mentor Award (2011) His edited volumes include The Collected Poems of May Swenson and Hart Crane: Complete Poetry and Selected Letters . He collaborates on projects like A Whole World: Letters from James Merrill (2021). Teaching roles include seminars on lyric theory and modern poetry, with a focus on accessibility and interdisciplinary approaches.

Kenneth S. AbrahamView profile

Professor

• Torts
• Insurance Law
• Legal Theory
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Kenneth S. Abraham is a distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he has established himself as one of the nation's leading scholars and teachers in the fields of torts and insurance law. With decades of academic excellence, Professor Abraham has shaped legal education and scholarship through his influential writings, teaching, and service to the legal profession. Professor Abraham's research focuses on the intricate relationship between tort law and insurance law, exploring how these two areas intersect to shape risk distribution, liability, and compensation systems. His scholarship spans historical analysis of legal developments, theoretical frameworks for understanding tort principles, and practical applications of insurance coverage doctrines. He has made significant contributions to understanding the evolution of tort liability, the role of insurance in shaping legal outcomes, and the theoretical underpinnings of modern tort doctrine. Professor Abraham's work often bridges historical perspective with contemporary legal challenges, revealing patterns and insights that inform current debates in tort and insurance law. His most recent scholarship demonstrates a continued focus on the theoretical foundations of tort law while addressing emerging challenges in areas such as cyber liability, police accountability, free speech implications for tort liability, and pandemic-related insurance claims. Abraham's articles frequently examine how historical developments have shaped current legal doctrines and identify conceptual gaps in existing tort theory, particularly regarding the underappreciated role of liability insurance in the tort system. William L. Prosser Award from the American Association of Law Schools (2024) Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Life Member of the American Law Institute All-University of Virginia Outstanding Teacher Award Distinguished Faculty Achievement Certificate from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia American Bar Association's Robert B. McKay Law Professor Award First law professor elected as an honorary fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel Professor Abraham has served on the ALI Council for 20 years and has been an adviser to the ALI's 'Restatement of Torts (Third)' and the senior adviser to the 'Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance.' His expertise is frequently sought in major insurance coverage cases involving commercial general liability, directors and officers liability, environmental cleanup liability, toxic tort and products liability, and property insurance claims. He has also served as an arbitrator for the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust, resolving over 100 claims by women seeking damages for injuries caused by the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device.

Kathrin KaufholdView profile

Associate Professor

• Academic writing
• Multilingual education
• Institutional communication
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Kathrin Kaufhold is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at Stockholm University's Department of English. Her research examines academic writing practices in multilingual and interdisciplinary contexts, focusing on knowledge recontextualization, translanguaging strategies, and institutional communication dynamics. She coordinates undergraduate thesis projects and teaches academic writing, research methods, and sociolinguistics. Current research explores participation in academic writing dialogues Investigates English's role in multilingual university environments Examines institutional communication mediation processes Her work bridges theoretical frameworks from Vygotskian socio-cultural theory and genre pedagogy with practical applications in writing center operations and healthcare communication. She leads the Language and Power research network addressing contemporary linguistic challenges in polarized academic environments. Key collaborations include projects with: Karolina Wirdenäs (healthcare communication) Niina Hynninen (academic writing evolution) Maria Kuteeva (language policy in Nordic universities) Her teaching emphasizes: Academic writing development Research methodology applications Discourse analysis frameworks Applied linguistics principles

• Creative processes in conflict contexts
• Cultural transfers
• Digital humanities
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Fatiha Idmhand is a Professor at the University of Poitiers , specializing in Contemporary Hispanic Literature and Digital Humanities. She leads the Archivos CRLA team and contributes to the Multilingualism, Translation, Creation Team . Her research examines creative processes under situational constraints (wars, exiles, imprisonments), focusing on cultural transfers and digital humanities methodologies. She is currently a researcher in residence at the Musée national Picasso Paris (2023-2024). PI of 10 projects (2013-2025), including Pablo Picasso en toutes lettres (2018-present) and Archivos 3.0 (2019-2022) 2023: Deputy Coordinator, Consortium ARIANE (HumaNum) 2021-2023: President, Humanistica association Her digital humanities work integrates computer science with text analysis, developing tools like e-Man and CHispa for Hispanic manuscript digitization. She advocates for FAIR data principles in author corpus management. Major publications appear in Digital Humanities Quarterly , La Gazette des Archives , and Word and Text . She actively participates in international conferences like DH and Humanistica , with recent presentations on AI-humanities collaboration.

• Higher Education Pedagogy
• Inclusion and Equity in Education
• Critical Thinking and Neoliberalism
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Dr. Emily Danvers is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Sussex’s School of Education and Social Work. She serves as Course Leader for the PGCert in Higher Education and teaches on the MA in Education and BA in Childhood and Youth Studies. Her work spans pedagogy, inclusion, and critical theory in higher education. PhD in Education (University of Sussex, 2016) PGCert in Social Science Research Methods (University of Sussex, 2015) PGCert in Post-Compulsory Education and Training (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2009) MA and BA in History (Cardiff University) Her research focuses on everyday exclusions in higher education, particularly for marginalized groups such as Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller (GRT) communities. Current projects explore decolonizing curricula for GRT communities, classroom signage as pedagogic values, and home as an emerging learning landscape post-COVID. Key publications include critiques of neoliberal education’s impact on critical thinking, studies on GRT student inclusion, and analyses of international doctoral writing groups. She has secured grants such as the Society for Research into Higher Education’s Prevent/ing Criticality grant (2018–2020). Senior Fellowship, Advance HE (2017) Newer Researcher Award, Society for Research in Higher Education (2018–2019) She supervises research degrees on topics like prison education and foundation year experiences. Professional roles include External Examiner for the University of Westminster, SRHE Network Convenor, and editorial board member of the Journal of Praxis in Higher Education. She previously chaired the Athena Swan EDI lead (2021–2024) and co-directed the Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research (2016–2019).

• Contemporary Italian literature
• Historical avant-garde movements
• Neo-avant-garde movements
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Cecilia Bello is an Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome's Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies (SEAI). She specializes in contemporary Italian literature with particular emphasis on 20th-century and early 21st-century poetry, avant-garde movements, and verbovisual/performance poetry. Active in archival research, she directs the Twentieth-Century Archive and founded the Contemporary Poetry Laboratory "Con gli occhi del linguaggio." Current courses: Contemporary Italian Literature (first semester 2024-2025) and Contemporary Italian Literature II (second semester 2024-2025) Office hours: Wednesdays 11:00-13:00 at Room 413, Department IV floor Research interests include: 20th-century Italian poetry analysis Avant-garde and neo-avant-garde studies Gender-specific writing approaches Word/music/image interactions Philological editions of rare texts Recent publications examine: Eliot's influence on Italian poets Materiality of poetic texts Archival discoveries in the Twentieth-Century Archive Structuralist approaches to contemporary verse Scientific awards: National Scientific Qualification (ASN 2018-2020) for First Fascia Professor (Full Professor level) Research projects include: "Anceschi and the Novissimi" (2023-2024) - intellectual correspondence and editorial projects "TeCa: Texts and Correspondence from the Twentieth Century" (2022-2024) International collaboration "Avant-Garde and Gender Problems" (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

Derrick R. SpiresView profile

Associate Professor

• Early Black Print Culture
• Citizenship Studies
• African American Intellectual History
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Derrick R. Spires serves as Associate Professor of English in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Delaware, specializing in early Black print culture, citizenship studies, and African American intellectual history. His scholarly mission centers on recovering the rich imaginative worlds African-descended people generated through print media and how these imaginings facilitated material change, spanning from tragicomic expressions to mundane daily practices. Spires' research interrogates how Black writers articulated expansive, practice-based theories of citizenship through robust print networks including newspapers, the Colored Conventions movement, and ephemeral publications. His work reveals the centrality of seriality, pseudonymity, and collaborative performance in Black political thought, demonstrating how print culture enabled Black communities to navigate and reshape citizenship frameworks despite systemic exclusion. He examines how early African American literature cultivated aesthetic sensibilities that sustained resistance and community building. Analysis of his 2016-2024 publications reveals consistent thematic threads: the material conditions of Black bibliography, gendered dimensions of political expression, and the performance aspects of print culture. His scholarship increasingly engages with digital humanities methodologies while maintaining deep archival rigor, particularly regarding Dorothy Porter's bibliographic mission and liberation bibliography frameworks. Key publications map connections between early Black social media practices and contemporary digital activism. Spires' accolades include: Modern Language Association Prize for First Book (2020) St. Louis Mercantile Library Prize (2020) National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Ford Foundation Fellowship Social Science Research Council Fellowship Mellon/Mays Initiatives Fellowship American Antiquarian Society Fellowship His editorial leadership encompasses the Broadview Anthology of American Literature and the University of Pennsylvania Press series 'Black Print and Organizing in the Long Nineteenth Century.' Research has been supported by major fellowships examining Black print networks, though specific grant details beyond institutional fellowships aren't specified. Spires contributes significantly to recovering marginalized intellectual traditions through meticulous bibliographic work and theoretical innovation in citizenship studies.

Mellinee LesleyView profile

Professor

• Critical Literacy
• Critical Media Literacies
• Adolescent Literacies
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Dr. Mellinee Lesley is a Professor in the Language, Diversity & Literacy Studies program at Texas Tech University's College of Education. She serves as Associate Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement, leading the Community Engaged Learning initiative. Previously, she worked as a high school English teacher and directed a developmental reading program. Ph.D. in Language in Education, Reading/Writing/Literacy from University of Pennsylvania M.A. in English, Rhetoric and Teaching of Composition from New Mexico State University B.A. in English from University of Iowa Her research focuses on critical literacy , disciplinary writing , and equity in education , particularly for marginalized student populations. She explores intersections of media literacies , gender identity , and literacy reform in K-12 settings. Recent publications highlight trends in adolescent writing pedagogy , critical media frameworks , and community-engaged scholarship . Her work bridges high-stakes testing contexts with student-centered literacy approaches . Community Engagement Scholarship Award for Exemplary Projects (APLU/W.K. Kellogg Foundation) Fellow of the National Writing Project Dr. Lesley mentors graduate students in engaged scholarship and examines the democratization of knowledge through collaborative research methodologies . She co-founded the Llano Estacado Writers' Alliance to support equitable literacy practices.

• Software Engineering
• Cybersecurity
• Artificial Intelligence
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Philipp Haindl is a lecturer at the Department of Computer Science and Security at St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences. His work focuses on software engineering, cybersecurity, and AI integration in education and manufacturing. Software Engineering Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence DevOps Quality Assurance Research Interests: Dr. Haindl explores software metrics, inter-service security in microservices, and AI tools like ChatGPT in programming education. He investigates quality models and non-functional requirements in DevOps environments. Publications: Recent work includes studies on ChatGPT's impact in software engineering education, systematic reviews of microservice security, and frameworks for human-AI teaming in manufacturing.

Manos AthanassoulisView profile

Associate Professor

• Data Systems
• Cloud Data Management
• Database Systems
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Manos Athanassoulis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University. He is the Founder and Director of the BU Data-intensive Systems and Computing (DiSC) lab and a member of the BU MiDAS group. His research focuses on data systems, particularly cloud data management, hybrid transactional/analytical workloads, and integration with emerging hardware such as non-volatile memory and heterogeneous computing. His educational background includes a PhD from EPFL (2014), an MSc in Computer Systems Technology, and a BSc in Informatics and Telecommunications from the University of Athens, Greece. Prior to BU, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Associate at Harvard University, supported by a SNSF Postdoc Mobility Fellowship. His research interests span data systems, database architectures, LSM trees, indexing, storage systems, and performance optimization. He explores how novel hardware can be leveraged to improve data management efficiency and scalability, especially in cloud environments. His recent publications (2021–2025) predominantly focus on LSM trees, covering topics such as compaction policies, Bloom filter tuning, DPU offloading, adversarial resilience, and sustainable caching. Earlier works include foundational contributions on access methods (RUM Conjecture) and optimal key-value stores (Monkey). The trend shows a consistent focus on data system efficiency, adaptability, and robustness under varying workloads and hardware constraints. Scientific Awards: NSF CAREER Award (2022) Facebook Faculty Research Award (2020) NSF CRII Award (2019) Best of VLDB 2017 and Best of SIGMOD 2017 SIGMOD Most Reproducible Paper Award (2017) Multiple ACM SIGMOD Distinguished PC Member recognitions (2018–2025) VLDB 2023 Best Demo Award RedHat Collaboratory Research Incubation Awards (multiple, 2021–2023) SNSF Postdoc Mobility Fellowship (2015–16) IBM PhD Fellowship (2011–12) Dr. Athanassoulis has advised numerous students and collaborators, evident from his co-authorship on works with researchers such as Niv Dayan, Stratos Idreos, and A. Ailamaki. His grants include major awards from NSF, Facebook, and RedHat, supporting research in robust data systems, hardware-software co-design, and learned cost models. He has also been recognized for teaching excellence at Harvard University. He leads the DiSC lab at Boston University, which focuses on data-intensive computing and systems research. The lab explores next-generation data architectures, particularly in cloud and hardware-aware environments. Collaborations with the BU MiDAS group enhance interdisciplinary research in data science and AI.

George HazelriggView profile

Adjunct Professor

• Systems Engineering
• Engineering Design Decision-Making
• Aerospace Engineering
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George Hazelrigg is an Adjunct Professor and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at George Mason University, with a career spanning academia, industry, and the National Science Foundation (NSF). He earned BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from NJIT, and MA, MSE, and PhD in aerospace engineering from Princeton University. Education: PhD, MSE, MA in Aerospace Engineering (Princeton University); MS, BS in Mechanical Engineering (NJIT) Hazelrigg’s research focuses on systems engineering and engineering design decision-making, with current work supported by the NSF titled “Toward a Theory of Systems Engineering.” This project explores mathematical foundations for optimizing design requirements and validating systems engineering processes. His publications from 2019–2025 emphasize systems engineering theory, model validation, tolerancing, decision-making under uncertainty, and pedagogical approaches. Recent work addresses incentive structures, differentiable variables in design, and validation frameworks. Throughout his career, Hazelrigg has taught at prestigious institutions including Princeton University, UC San Diego, and Ajou University in Korea. At the NSF, he managed research programs across four divisions, oversaw $210 million in annual budgets, and served as deputy and acting division director for the Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI).