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George K. DannsView profile

Professor

• Caribbean Studies
• Race and Ethnic Relations
• Political Leadership
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George K. Danns is a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Human Services at the University of North Georgia, Gainesville Campus. Holding a PhD from SUNY Stony Brook, he has received prestigious awards including the Ford Foundation Fellowship and Complete College Georgia Champion Award. His leadership roles include Chair of UNG Faculty Senate (2015-2016), former Dean of Social Sciences at the University of Guyana, and Senior Fulbright Fellow at the University of Michigan. Ph.D. in Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook M.A. in Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook B. Soc. Sc. in Social Sciences (Distinction), University of Guyana Dr. Danns specializes in Caribbean socio-political dynamics with emphasis on Guyana, examining race/ethnic relations, political leadership, national security, and community development. His research explores intersections of identity, class, and power in postcolonial contexts, addressing critical issues like environmental disasters, homicide patterns, youth vulnerability, and gender disparities. His fieldwork combines theoretical rigor with practical applications for policy development. His 15 most recent publications (2014-2020) reveal three dominant thematic clusters: Caribbean political economy (35%), diaspora/identity studies (30%), and entrepreneurship/financial literacy (35%). The work demonstrates consistent focus on Guyana while expanding to broader Latin American and Caribbean contexts, with increasing attention to youth entrepreneurship and financial inclusion in developing economies since 2017. Ford Foundation Fellowship for Doctoral Research in Latin America and the Caribbean Complete College Georgia Champion Award (2016) Senior Fulbright Fellowship Dr. Danns has mentored students through diverse sociology courses while securing consultancy grants from major international organizations including UNICEF, UNFPA, USAID, IADB, OAS, and PAHO. His funded research focuses on social policy development, with particular emphasis on youth programs, gender initiatives, and national security frameworks for Caribbean governments. As former Director of the Center for Economic & Social Research & Action (CESRA) at the University of Guyana, he led multidisciplinary teams conducting critical studies on suicide prevention, military roles in national security, and environmental disaster response. His current UNG affiliation involves collaborative research networks addressing regional social challenges through the Sociology and Human Services department.

Amatoritsero EdeView profile

Assistant Professor

• Afropolitan Studies
• Global Anglophone Literature
• Digital Literature
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Amatoritsero Ede is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Mount Allison University. His work focuses on Afropolitan Studies, Global Anglophone Literature, and socio-political cultural commentary. He authored the 2022 nonfiction collection Imagination’s Many Rooms , blending literary analysis with personal narratives about encounters with global literary figures. His research engages postcolonial theory, digital humanities, and cultural identity politics. His academic contributions include critical essays on African literature’s digital futures, the evolution of Afropolitanism as a cultural framework, and redefining the global literary canon. His 2023 articles Area Studies: From “Global Anglophone” to Afropolitan Literature and Digital Afropolitan Futures exemplify his exploration of transnational cultural networks and technological impacts on identity formation. Ede’s writings often appear in venues like the Maple Tree Literary Supplement, with pieces such as The Example of Mandela anthologized in Mandela: Tributes to a Global Icon . His interdisciplinary approach bridges literary studies with socio-political analysis, offering critical insights into diasporic consciousness and cultural decolonization.

Johan FredrikzonView profile

Researcher

• History of Ideas
• History of Science and Technology
• Digitalization
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Johan Fredrikzon is a researcher at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. During the 2024–25 academic year, he is a visiting scholar at Stanford University . Previously, he served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley (2022–2024) and as a research affiliate at Yale University (2018–2019) . He is also an editor at Sensorium , a peer-reviewed journal based at Linköping University. Education: Ph.D. in History of Ideas, Stockholm University (2021) M.Sc. in Computer Science, Stockholm University (2013) Research Interests: Johan Fredrikzon’s research focuses on loss, disappearance, errors, waste, and decay as they intersect with labor, knowledge, risk, and creativity . His current project, funded by the Swedish Research Council, examines the history of artificial intelligence through the lens of human mistakes (1940–1990), exploring how the concept of error has shaped definitions of intelligence in both humans and machines. His work spans Cold War studies, digital art, material culture, media philosophy, visual culture, and the history of death and dying . Publications & Themes: His recent publications reflect a deep engagement with media theory, memory studies, and the cultural history of technology . Themes include the role of exhibitions as media, the material conditions of forgetting, and the philosophical implications of nuclear radiation as existential risk. These works collectively trace how technological and cultural narratives shape human understanding of mortality, memory, and intelligence. Teaching & Editorial Work: He teaches undergraduate courses in the history of Western thought from the Pre-Socratics to Postcolonial theory , and has extensively taught on the histories of digital technology, technological critique, futurology, and death in the nuclear age . As an editor at Sensorium , he contributes to scholarly discourse on media, art, and literature. Current & Future Projects: Under contract with Fri Tanke , a leading Nordic publisher, Fredrikzon is writing a history of artificial intelligence aimed at a general audience, tracing the evolution of AI thought and its societal implications.

Edmund RussellView profile

Professor

• Environmental History
• History of Technology
• American History
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Edmund Russell is a Professor of History and David M. Roderick Professor of Technology and Social Change at Carnegie Mellon University's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He joined the university in 2019, drawn by its interdisciplinary ethos. His research bridges environmental history, technology history, and American history, with a focus on coevolutionary dynamics, warfare, and capitalism. He holds a B.A. in English (with distinction and highest honors) from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Michigan (1993). His work synthesizes historical methodologies with biological principles, particularly ecology, evolution, and neuroscience. Russell has authored influential books such as Greyhound Nation: A Coevolutionary History of England, 1200–1900 (2018) and Evolutionary History (2011). He leads a digital project on telegraph history ( https://telegraph.library.cmu.edu/ ). His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, presidency of the American Society for Environmental History, and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Russell’s current projects include a history of the U.S. transcontinental telegraph and exploring coevolutionary frameworks in environmental policy. He is actively involved in academic leadership, having served as Vice President for Research at the American Historical Association and as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians.

Maureen O'MalleyView profile

Associate Professor

• Philosophy of Microbiology
• Microbiome Research
• History and Philosophy of Science
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Maureen O'Malley is an Associate Professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney, part of the Faculty of Science. She previously held positions as a Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Sydney and a Senior Research Fellow at Egenis, University of Exeter. Her research focuses on the philosophy of microbiology, particularly exploring microbiome research and its intersections with evolutionary patterns, health, and traditional microbiological frameworks. She is currently writing a book on philosophical issues in microbiome research (anticipated 2025, Harvard University Press). Education: PhD in evolutionary explanations in social sciences and humanities from the Universities of Edinburgh and Sussex. Grants: Recipient of the 2015 Bridging Support Fellowship and 2014 Microbes as Knowledge Producers grant (DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant). Teaching: Involves interdisciplinary courses, including first-year Science Dalyell Scholars projects, philosophy of science, and honors-level philosophy of science. She also contributes to guest lectures on topics like the history of women in STEM and indigenous knowledge systems.

Jiebo LuoView profile

Professor

• Computer Vision
• Natural Language Processing
• Machine Learning
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Jiebo Luo is the Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor of Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, University of Rochester. He holds a PhD and has been affiliated with the Department of Computer Science since 2011, following a 15-year career at Kodak Research. His research spans computer vision, natural language processing, machine learning, data mining, computational social science, and digital health. Luo is an ACM Fellow, AAAI Fellow, IEEE Fellow, SPIE Fellow, and IAPR Fellow. Education: PhD (specific discipline not explicitly stated in text). Research interests include computer vision, machine learning, data mining, social media analysis, biomedical informatics, human-computer interaction, and ubiquitous computing. He co-authored the book Deep Neural Network for Medical Image Computing: Principles and Applications (Elsevier, 2022). His work has led to nearly 600 technical papers and 90+ U.S. patents. Research Trends: Recent work focuses on large language models (LLMs), multimodal systems, AI-driven social media analysis, and healthcare applications. Key areas include bias analysis in political simulations, video understanding, and benchmark development for AI-generated content evaluation. His research bridges theoretical advancements with practical applications in healthcare, social sciences, and multimedia systems. Awards: ACM SIGMM Technical Achievement Award (2021), IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation Award (2018), Eastman Innovation Award (2004), and multiple best-paper recognitions at top conferences. Service & Leadership: Served as program co-chair for ACM Multimedia 2010, IEEE CVPR 2012, ACM ICMR 2016, and IEEE ICIP 2017. Currently Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (2020–2022). Editorial board roles include several IEEE Transactions journals and conferences. Labs & Teams: Leads research groups in computer vision and multimodal computing at the University of Rochester, collaborating on projects like UroSAM (kidney stone classification) and computational social science initiatives.

Mary LewisView profile

Professor

• Bioarchaeology
• Paleopathology
• Childhood Studies
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Professor Mary Lewis is a renowned scholar in bioarchaeology and paleopathology at the University of Reading's Department of Archaeology. Her research focuses on child and adolescent skeletal remains, particularly in understanding growth patterns, disease, and health in past populations. She is the author of influential works such as The Bioarchaeology of Children and co-editor of The Archaeology of Disease . Her academic positions include President of the Paleopathology Association (2023–2025) and convenor of courses like AR1MET (Archaeology Today) and AR3S21 (Biological Anthropology). Her research has pioneered methods for diagnosing diseases like leprosy, tuberculosis, and thalassaemia in skeletal remains. Research Interests: Puberty development, urban/industrial health impacts, non-adult osteology. Teaching: Forensic Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Archaeology of Death. Key Projects: Studies on medieval pubertal timing, Roman-era child health, and migration patterns via skeletal analysis. Her students explore diverse topics, including child health in ancient Egypt, industrial-era diets, and the effects of famine/plague on childhood. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and actively supervises over 20 postgraduate researchers.

Jackie SmithView profile

Professor

• Social conflict and transformation
• Environment & climate change politics
• Urban politics
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Jackie Smith is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh's Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences. She holds affiliations with the Global Studies Center, the Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education, & Outreach, and the University Human Rights Working Group. Her research focuses on social movements, human rights globalization, climate justice, and urban politics. She co-founded Pittsburgh’s Human Rights City Alliance and serves on the housing rights working group. Education: PhD, University of Notre Dame, 1996 (Dissertation: Organizing Global Action: Transnational Social Movements and World Politics) MA, International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1995 BA, World Politics & Peace & World Order Studies, The Catholic University of America, 1990 Research Interests: Smith’s work addresses social conflict and transformation, environment & climate change politics, urban politics, global human rights movements, and the political economy of corporate power. She emphasizes linking local activism to global frameworks through initiatives like human rights cities. Articles Trends: Her recent publications analyze human rights cities as tools for decolonization and racial justice, counter-hegemonic struggles against corporate power, and transnational environmental activism. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical advocacy in global governance and urban policy. Awards: 2022 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies 2018 International Studies Association Activist-Scholar Award 2016 Iris Marion Young Award for Political Engagement 2009 Semi-finalist for Grawemeyer Award Grants & Advising: Smith secured grants like the 2021 Momentum Funds for water equity research and the 2013 NSF grant on transnational networks. She mentors scholars through interdisciplinary collaborations and workshops on global justice. Labs/Teams: She leads the Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance and the U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, fostering cross-city solidarity and advocacy against systemic inequality.

Karen E SmithView profile

Professor

• International Relations of the European Union
• EU-UN Relations
• Human Rights Policy
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Professor Karen E. Smith is a leading scholar in European Union foreign policy studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She serves as a Professor in the Department of International Relations and directs the European Foreign Policy Unit. Her research focuses on EU foreign policy formulation, ethical foreign policy goals (human rights advocacy), genocide policy-making, and EU-UN relations. Notable contributions include work on feminist foreign policy frameworks, emotions in EU diplomacy, and mass atrocity prevention. She has held leadership roles including Head of the International Relations Department (2019–2022). Awards include the 2020 ACUNS Award for best UN-related book and Royal Society of Arts Fellowship (2016). Education: PhD in International Relations (LSE, 1996), MA from Johns Hopkins SAIS (1998), BA from Wellesley College (1987). Academic leadership includes co-editing the Palgrave Macmillan Global Foreign Policy Studies series and directing the LSE IDEAS Women in Diplomacy project. Recent projects analyze gender representation in diplomacy and EU responses to humanitarian crises. Teaching includes courses on EU global engagement and supervision of doctoral students in EU foreign policy areas. Key publications address EU-UN coalition politics, feminist policy impacts, and genocide designation strategies. Grants include EU-funded research networks on EU-UN relations (2012–2019) and contributions to the UN Prevention of Mass Atrocities Task Force (2012–2013). Her work bridges theoretical insights with policy-relevant analysis for global governance challenges.

Synne Sæther MæhleView profile

Professor

• Legal Theory
• Welfare Law
• Legal Methodology
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Synne Sæther Mæhle is a Professor at the Faculty of Law , University of Bergen. She specializes in legal theory and methodology, with a focus on interdisciplinary research involving law, health data, and environmental protection. Email: synne.mahle@uib.no Research Interests: Her work explores legal methodology, welfare law, and the intersection of law with emerging technologies like big data. She has published extensively on property rights, environmental law, and the evolution of legal thinking. Publication Trends: Recent outputs (2017–2023) emphasize legal education reform (e.g., Juridisk metode i et nøtteskall ), biolaw, and environmental law. Collaborations with Ragna Aarli dominate her textbook contributions. Labs & Teams: Active in the Research Group for Legal Theory and Research Group in Welfare Law , fostering interdisciplinary discourse.

Daniel A. McAdamsView profile

Professor

• Design Theory
• Bio-inspired Design
• Product Architecture
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Daniel A. McAdams is the Robert H. Fletcher Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University and serves as the NSF Program Director of Convergent Activities. His research develops design theory and methodology with focus on functional modeling, bio-inspired design, and technology evolution. Educational Background: PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Texas at Austin MS in Mechanical Engineering from California Institute of Technology BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Texas at Austin His research investigates innovation in concept synthesis through computational methods, bio-inspired design approaches, and technology evolution applied to product development. Current projects include function-sharing principles in biological systems, digital twin architectures, and patent mining for technology forecasting. Recent publications explore applications of speculative fiction in design ideation, graph-theoretic approaches for digital twins, and automated assessment in engineering education, demonstrating cross-disciplinary innovation across design science. Awards and Honors: ASME Design Theory and Methodology Award Distinguished Achievement Award for Student Relations Multiple Faculty Fellow awards Design Studies Best Paper Award Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award He leads the Product Synthesis Engineering Lab, advancing design methodologies for complex engineered systems through computational approaches and biological analogies.

• Primatology
• Animal Behavior
• Evolutionary Anthropology
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Ian Gilby is an Associate Professor at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University. His research focuses on the social behavior, ecology, and cognition of wild chimpanzees, particularly within the context of long-term studies at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Gilby investigates topics such as cooperative hunting, dominance hierarchies, social bonding, and the influence of ecological factors on primate behavior. His work bridges primatology, evolutionary biology, and conservation science, with a strong emphasis on understanding the adaptive strategies of chimpanzees in complex social environments. Key themes in Gilby’s research include the evolution of cooperation, reproductive strategies, and the ecological drivers of social behavior. He has contributed significantly to studies on chimpanzee aggression, hunting tactics, and the role of vocal communication in group coordination. His findings highlight the intricate relationship between social structure, ecological conditions, and individual success in primate communities. Notably, Gilby is involved in the Gombe Chimpanzee Project, analyzing long-term datasets to address questions about data sharing in conservation science and the impacts of environmental changes on wildlife. While no formal awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts, his extensive publication record underscores his expertise in primate behavior and ecology.

Chung-Lin Martin YangView profile

Assistant Professor

• Psycho- and Neurolinguistics
• Speech Perception/Production
• Word Recognition
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Chung-Lin Martin Yang is an Assistant Professor (Instructional Track) in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester, School of Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on psycho- and neurolinguistics, speech perception/production, word recognition, word learning, evolution of human cognition, and second language acquisition. His work investigates how orthography influences second language phonological encoding, the role of Broca’s area in non-linguistic sequence learning, and neural correlates of emotional processing in early childhood. He has published extensively on topics such as bilingual phonological processing, individual differences in language learning, and the impact of orthographic depth on lexical representation. Notable research themes include the interplay between orthographic cues and phonological encoding in Mandarin and English, as well as neurodevelopmental aspects of emotional and linguistic processing in children. His contributions bridge cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistics, and educational linguistics. Dr. Yang holds a PhD in Cognitive Science and teaches courses related to language acquisition and cognitive mechanisms. His lab explores experimental methods to understand how linguistic and cognitive systems interact during learning and perception.

Sara KazmiView profile

Assistant Professor

• Anticolonial and Left-Wing Literary Movements
• South Asian Studies
• Diaspora and Global Anglophone Literature
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Sara Kazmi is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, with affiliations in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. Her interdisciplinary research bridges literary studies, performance, and history to examine anticolonial and Marxist literary movements in South Asia. Focuses on Panjabi writers from India/Pakistan (1960s-70s) Co-editor of 'Digital Teaching Tools' for Revolutionary Papers PhD from University of Cambridge in Criticism and Culture Expertise in oral traditions, manuscript studies, and postcolonial resistance Research Interests explore how marginal literary traditions challenge nationalist and capitalist structures. Her work engages: Anticolonial print cultures Queer and trans theory in South Asian contexts Ghadar movement's transnational legacy Language politics and regional autonomy Archival studies and ethnographic methods Her publications demonstrate expertise in: Marxist literary radicalism Gendered reinterpretations of folk narratives Decolonial approaches to epidemiology and spatial studies

Irina RasmussenView profile

Associate Professor

• British Modernism
• American Modernism
• Irish Modernism
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Irina Rasmussen is an Associate Professor (Docent) at the Department of English , Stockholm University, specializing in modernist literature across British, American, Irish, and Russian traditions. Her research extends to the history of aesthetics , dialectical materialism , and world literature from the 19th to mid-20th century. As a member of Forum Modernism , she explores both mainstream and marginalized expressions of modernism while critically interrogating the concept itself. Primary research areas: British/American/Irish/Russian modernism, aesthetics history, dialectical materialism Current book project: "Vernacular Modernisms: Poetics of the World" Published in: James Joyce Quarterly , Modernism/modernity , James Joyce Broadsheet Her scholarship emphasizes: Form-sensitive readings of modernist texts Intersection of nationalism and internationalism in Joyce's work Political implications of archival practices (e.g., Gumby Collection analysis) Curatorial approaches in modernist documentation For thesis supervision in literary theory, postcolonial criticism, or world-literature frameworks, contact: irina.rasmussen@english.su.se