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Cristina MarinhoView profile

Lecturer

• Political Psychology
• Critical Discourse Analysis
• Media and Political Communication
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Cristina Marinho is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh's School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. She holds a PhD in Social Psychology from Loughborough University and an MSc in Social and Organisational Psychology from ISCTE (University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal). Her research focuses on political manipulation, rhetorical strategies in parliamentary discourse, and public engagement with climate change communication. She actively supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students in qualitative methodologies and dissertation work. Education : PhD, Social Psychology, Loughborough University (UK) MSc, Social and Organisational Psychology, ISCTE, Portugal Her research investigates how politicians misrepresent reality through statistical manipulation and historical mythmaking, with a focus on Portuguese parliamentary rituals and UK/EU political discourse. Collaborations include projects on climate change communication with Dr Sue Widdicombe and Dr Rahul Sambaraju. She has published extensively with co-author Michael Billig on topics like political rhetoric and critical discourse analysis. Teaching responsibilities include Qualitative Social Psychology Lab, Psychology Mini-Dissertation supervision, and coordination of the Qualitative Methodologies in Psychological Research (QMiPR) course. She maintains regular office hours for student advising.

Jason M. LindoView profile

Professor

• Health Economics
• Labor Economics
• Demography
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Jason M. Lindo is the Mary S. and Richard B. Inman, Jr. Professor of Economics at Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Economics (2024–Present) and previously held the rank of Professor at Texas A&M University (2018–2023). He is Director of the Health Economics and Policy Innovation Collaborative (HEPIC) at Georgia Tech and a Fellow at the Global Labor Organization. Lindo holds roles as Research Associate at NBER and Research Fellow at IZA. His research focuses on health care policy, employment shocks, family dynamics, and child/youth outcomes, with notable contributions to studies on abortion access, contraception policy, and crime dynamics. Education: Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Economics from University of California, Davis (2009, 2005, 2004). Research interests span health economics, labor markets, and social policy. His work examines how economic conditions influence family behavior, child welfare, and public health outcomes. Recent studies include analyses of abortion policy impacts, the role of social media in hate incidents, and the effects of violent media like UFC on crime. Awards include the IAC Silver Star Faculty Research Award (2025) and recognition for graduate mentorship at Texas A&M. Lindo has advised over 20 PhD students, many of whom hold academic and policy roles. Grants include funding from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and the National Institute for Health Care Management. He frequently engages with media, including coverage in the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and NPR. Lindo's professional activities include editorial roles at Economic Inquiry and Journal of Population Economics , and service on academic committees at Georgia Tech and Texas A&M. His work bridges empirical research with policy, addressing critical societal issues such as reproductive rights, crime prevention, and educational equity.

• Communication Science
• Sustainability Communication
• Media Economics
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Dr. Denise Voci is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Media and Communications at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. Her research focuses on sustainability communication, media ethics, and corporate social responsibility (CSR), with a particular emphasis on cross-border media dynamics and environmental discourse analysis. She holds a B.A. and M.A. and has published extensively on topics such as media economics, media management, and the role of sustainability in academic curricula. Education: B.A., M.A. (specific fields not explicitly stated) Her work explores the intersection of media practices and sustainability goals, including how media organizations frame environmental issues, the moral dimensions of sustainable consumption, and the transformative potential of communication in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Key projects include analyzing cross-border media management strategies and the role of digitization in overcoming linguistic barriers in international markets. Her research also addresses challenges in media accountability, particularly in how media companies balance commercial interests with societal responsibilities related to sustainability and public service mandates. She has investigated media coverage of water scarcity crises and the ethical implications of sustainability messaging in corporate communication.

Rens VliegenthartView profile

Professor

• Political Communication
• Media Effects
• News Framing
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Rens Vliegenthart is Professor and Chair Holder of Strategic Communication at Wageningen University & Research. Formerly at the University of Amsterdam, he joined WUR in 2022 and leads research on political communication, media framing, and digital journalism. His work critically examines media trust, news avoidance, and democratic accountability in high-choice information environments. Research focuses on political advertising effects, misinformation susceptibility, media trust dynamics, and comparative framing analysis. Current projects examine emotional appeals in political ads, news avoidance patterns, and watchdog journalism in the Big Tech era. Vliegenthart serves on editorial boards of leading communication journals and has coordinated multiple international research consortia. His methodological innovations include data donation techniques and computational analysis of media content. As former President of the Young Academy (KNAW), he advocates for equity in academia. Current administrative responsibilities include research leadership and PhD supervision.

Neil Anthony Lewis, Jr.View profile

Associate Professor

• Behavioral Science
• Social Psychology
• Public Policy
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Neil Anthony Lewis, Jr. is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, holding appointments in the Department of Communication and the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy . He is also an Associate Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. Lewis studies how social contexts and identities shape behavior, focusing on equity in education, health, and environmental sustainability. Education: B.A. in Economics and Psychology from Cornell University M.S. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan Research Interests span behavioral science, public policy, and social psychology. He examines how interventions and policies can promote equitable outcomes, emphasizing the role of identity and social context in shaping goal pursuit and decision-making. His work bridges individual behavior with systemic inequality, often applying insights to real-world problems like vaccine uptake, educational disparities, and housing equity. Public Writing and Engagement include contributions to The Atlantic , FiveThirtyEight , and Science , where he analyzes societal issues through a behavioral science lens. He co-founded the Cornell Action Research Collaborative and serves as Associate Director of the Cornell Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures . Scientific Awards Early Career Scholar Award, International Communication Association Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions, Association for Psychological Science National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communication

Jennifer KinsleyView profile

Professor

• First Amendment Law
• Free Speech
• Constitutional Law
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Jennifer Kinsley is Professor of Law at Northern Kentucky University's Salmon P. Chase College of Law and serves on the Ohio First District Court of Appeals. She is a leading constitutional law scholar focusing on First Amendment rights, particularly in criminal cases, and advocates for criminal justice reform. Her career bridges academia, litigation, and public engagement, with notable representation of clients including Black Lives Matter protestors and human trafficking survivors. Education: Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law and Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Florida. Research Interests: Centered on free expression, political affiliation biases in sentencing, therapeutic approaches to speech, and the intersection of psychology and constitutional law. Her work addresses systemic inequities in criminal justice systems and digital privacy challenges. Scientific Awards: Inaugural Civil Rights and Judicial Advocacy Award (NAACP, 2023) NKU Professor of the Year (2021-2022, 2020-2021) Super Lawyers Rising Star (First Amendment, 2007, 2011-2014) Best Lawyers in America (First Amendment, 2013-2015) Community & Professional Engagement: Active board member of Mutual Dance Theater and volunteer for homeless outreach. Previously served as Associate Dean for Professional Development, overseeing bar exam programs, and developed Chase's field placement initiative for experiential learning.

Yang Janet LiuView profile

Assistant Professor

• Computational Linguistics
• Natural Language Processing
• Discourse Analysis
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Yang Janet Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the MaiNLP research lab at the Center for Information and Language Processing (CIS) at LMU Munich, where she was also affiliated with the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML). Dr. Liu earned her Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics from the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. During her doctoral studies, she was advised by Amir Zeldes and was a member of both Corpling@GU and Computational Linguistics @ Georgetown (GUCL) research groups. She was also a student research affiliate of NERT, directed by Nathan Schneider. Her research focuses on tackling text variation in NLP, studying model internals for discourse-level linguistic phenomena and generalization, and analyzing discourse-level phenomena across genres using computational, statistical, and corpus-based methods. She investigates NLP applications involving discourse structure and understanding, particularly summarization for genre-diverse texts. Dr. Liu is also deeply involved in cross-framework discourse understanding and unifying discourse resources, having co-organized the DISRPT shared task. Her work extends to multilingual annotation projects involving discourse-level phenomena. Dr. Liu's recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on discourse analysis, multilingual capabilities, and genre diversity in NLP. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical NLP applications, particularly in discourse parsing, summarization, and multilingual generalization. She has made significant contributions to creating diverse datasets for discourse analysis and understanding the limitations of current discourse parsing systems. Dr. Liu is actively involved in the academic community, having co-organized workshops such as the First Workshop on Bridging NLP and Public Opinion Research at COLM 2025. She regularly presents her work at major NLP conferences including ACL, EMNLP, and INLG. Dr. Liu maintains connections with her previous institutions and collaborators, including her postdoctoral advisor Prof. Dr. Barbara Plank at LMU Munich and her doctoral advisor Amir Zeldes at Georgetown University. Her work continues to build on the foundation established during her time at these institutions.

Marieke EinfeldtView profile

Researcher

• Phonetics
• Phonology
• Bilingualism
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Dr. Marieke Einfeldt is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz's Department of Linguistics, focusing on the phonology-phonetics interface. Her work investigates topics such as trilingual first language acquisition (Standard German, Swiss German, and Italian), prosodic features of rhetorical questions, and bilingual language development. She is affiliated with Prof. Dr. Nicole Dehé's research group and previously contributed to Project 6 of the Questions at the Interfaces research unit, examining prosody in rhetorical questions. Her research spans phonological development in multilingual children, the interplay of discourse markers and prosody, and methodological advancements in psycholinguistic experiments using Active Learning systems. She holds a dissertation on trilingual consonant inventory acquisition, supervised by Prof. Dr. Tanja Kupisch, Dr. Mechtild Tronnier, and Prof. Dr. Bettina Braun. Key research interests include bilingualism, prosody, language acquisition, and sociolinguistics. Her studies address topics like tonal transfer effects in L2 learning, geminate production in heritage speakers, and cross-linguistic comparisons of speech styles. She is based in Office G223 at the University of Konstanz.

Jack HardyView profile

Associate Professor

• Applied Linguistics
• Corpus Linguistics
• Language Education
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Jack Hardy is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Oxford College of Emory University , with affiliations at Emory College of Arts and Sciences and prior roles at Georgia State University, College of Southern Nevada, and Universidad Iberoamericana. His work bridges applied linguistics , corpus linguistics , and language education , focusing on disciplinary variation in writing and empirical research methods. Education: BA, University of Arizona (2005) MA, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla (2007) PhD, Georgia State University (2014) Dr. Hardy’s research emphasizes corpus-based sociolinguistics , disciplinary writing variation , and integrated language-teaching approaches . He explores how student writing differs across academic fields and online contexts, with projects like the Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies and analysis of biomedical research articles in English and Chinese. His recent work includes metadiscourse in undergraduate ePortfolios and political discourses in Western Europe. His publications and co-edited volumes, including The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis (2021), highlight trends in multi-dimensional analysis , world Englishes , and formulaic language . Articles span topics from pedagogical applications of corpora to gendered discourses and obituary rhetoric . Scientific Awards: Recognition for Excellent Teaching, Phi Beta Kappa (2020, 2017, 2015) Dr. Hardy actively mentors undergraduate students in research and publication, with collaborators presenting at conferences like the International Corpus Linguistics Convention . He has led workshops on action research , corpus-driven teaching , and conference proposal writing . His projects also include analyzing Twitter and Weibo for feminist discourses and food blogs for parasocial interaction.

Scott BrewerView profile

Professor

• Contracts
• Evidence
• Jurisprudence
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Scott Brewer is a full-time Professor at Harvard Law School since 1991, specializing in jurisprudence, legal theory, and the philosophy of law. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Harvard (1997) and a J.D. from Yale (1988), where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal. His career includes clerkships with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and D.C. Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards. Brewer teaches Contracts, Evidence, and courses on legal reasoning, founding initiatives like the Logocratic Academy and the Summer School on Law and Logic. His research focuses on argument structure, fulfilled life philosophy, and the integration of logic into legal practice. Key works include analyses of legal analogy, deontic logic, and interdisciplinary approaches to legal argumentation. He co-authored influential evidence law textbooks and pioneered Logocratic Methodology, emphasizing structured argument evaluation in law. Research interests span legal logic, jurisprudence, and the intersection of law with broader philosophical questions. His Logocratic Academy promotes theoretical and practical applications of logical frameworks in legal contexts, hosting workshops globally. Notable publications address legal argument virtue, Hohfeldian analysis, and the role of analogy in jurisprudence. Despite prolific output, no scientific awards are explicitly mentioned; however, his contributions to legal pedagogy and theory are widely recognized.

Saana SvärdView profile

Professor

• Assyriology
• Ancient Near Eastern Studies
• Gender Studies
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Saana Svärd is a Professor at the University of Helsinki in the Faculty of Arts, Department of Languages. She specializes in ancient Near Eastern studies with a focus on gender analysis, digital humanities, and emotional history in Mesopotamian texts. Academic Affiliation: University of Helsinki (Faculty of Arts, Department of Languages) Research Themes: Neo-Assyrian Empire, gender studies, digital approaches to cuneiform texts Her recent research explores emotional semantics through computational methods and bodily mapping in ancient texts. She directs the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires (2018-2025) and leads the 'Embodied Emotions' project (2022-2026). Notable awards include the 2021 Helsinki Science Award and 2023 honorary mention for co-editing Muinaisen Lähi-idän imperiumit . Key projects include: Digital Humanities approaches to Akkadian texts Quantitative analysis of Neo-Assyrian religious affiliation Gender roles in ancient Mesopotamian societies

Samuel W. BuellView profile

Professor

• Criminal Law
• Corporate Crime
• White-Collar Crime
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Samuel W. Buell is the Bernard M. Fishman Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law, specializing in criminal law, corporate crime, and regulatory enforcement. His research focuses on the conceptual structure of white-collar offenses, corporate liability, and the intersection of criminal justice and regulatory systems. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Capital Offenses: Business Crime and Punishment in America’s Corporate Age (2016) and the open-access textbook Corporate Crime: An Introduction to the Law and Its Enforcement (2021-2024 editions). Buell has testified before the U.S. Senate and Sentencing Commission and delivered lectures internationally. His extensive publications appear in top law journals, including Texas Law Review , Georgetown Law Journal , and Stanford Law Review . He is a member of the American Law Institute and has received the Department of Justice’s highest honor, the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service, twice. Education: J.D. (summa cum laude) from New York University School of Law, A.B. (magna cum laude) from Brown University. Prior Roles: Federal prosecutor (New York, Boston, Washington, Houston), Enron Task Force lead prosecutor, clerk for Judge Jack B. Weinstein, associate at Covington & Burling. His recent courses include Criminal Law , Corporate Crime , and The Presidency and Criminal Investigations . Buell actively contributes to debates on corporate criminal enforcement, fraud, and regulatory reform, with a global perspective rooted in his comparative analyses of international enforcement practices.

• Data Science
• Civic Statistics
• Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
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Dr. Rosemary Ridgway is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Durham University. She holds leadership roles in teacher education programs, including directing the PGCE International Programme based in Geneva. Her work focuses on evidence-based decision making, special educational needs (SEND), statistical literacy, and inclusive pedagogy. She pioneered the ProCivicStat project to integrate data science into citizenship education and has led policy analysis research on teacher education reforms in England. Education Background: Prior to academia, Dr. Ridgway taught in mainstream and special schools across England's North East, gaining experience across Key Stages 1–3. Her career transition included roles in programme development, policy design for Initial Teacher Training (ITT), and undergraduate/graduate education coordination. Research Themes: Her work bridges educational policy and practice, emphasizing: SEN and disability inclusion strategies Statistical literacy as civic empowerment Critical analysis of educational policies Pre-service teacher preparation for diversity Key Contributions: Developed innovative modules like EDUC1531 and EDUC2431 on disability and education Authored foundational texts in SEND pedagogy and statistics education Co-founded the Civic Statistics curriculum framework Advocates for evidence-informed educational practices Future Work: Currently expanding the PGCE International Programme into an online format and advancing data science CPD initiatives for educators globally.

Richard MillingtonView profile

Senior Lecturer

• History
• Memory Studies
• Dictatorship Studies
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Dr. Richard Millington is a Senior Lecturer in German and History at the University of Chester, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. He joined the university in 2012 as a Visiting Lecturer, became a permanent Lecturer in German in 2018, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2021. His research focuses on history, memory, and dictatorship studies, with a specialization in East German history. His PhD explored the 1953 East German uprising, and he continues to examine crime and criminality under state socialism, as well as collective memory conflicts related to slavery in Liverpool. He has been awarded grants from the British Academy and the German History Society for projects on East German criminality and the 1953 uprising. Teaching encompasses German language, culture, and politics, alongside modules on East German history and UK crime history. He has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate students. Dr. Millington’s work bridges academic research and public engagement, with active contributions to debates via platforms like BlueSky and LinkedIn. Key Projects: 'Criminal Motives Under State Socialism: Petty Theft in East Germany' (British Academy, 2019–2022), 'Tanks on the Streets: The Uprising of 17 June 1953' (German History Society, 2023). Consulting: Advises the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur (Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Germany). Teaching: Courses include Crime Histories, German Language and Society, European Politics and Culture, and the History Dissertation. His publications span journals like History Today , German History , and Central European History , with a monograph on the 1953 uprising’s memory politics. His work critically examines state narratives, citizen resistance, and the interplay between history and memory in authoritarian contexts.

• Legal Evidence
• Cognitive Bias in Legal Decision Making
• Bayesian Evidence Models
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Christian Dahlman is a Professor in the Department of Law at Lund University, serving as Research Coordinator for the Law, Evidence and Cognition (LEVIC) research group. His work focuses on legal evidence, cognitive biases in legal decision-making, and Bayesian models of evidence evaluation. He contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to justice and governance. Dahlman is actively involved in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of law, psychology, and artificial intelligence. Research interests include probabilistic reasoning in legal contexts, cognitive biases affecting judicial fact-finding, and the application of Bayesian networks to forensic evidence analysis. His work critiques common legal fallacies and proposes methods to debias legal decision-making processes. Recent activities include organizing the NORTH SEA GROUP legal evidence seminars and delivering invited lectures on topics like 'Against Plausibility' (2024). He supervises doctoral research in areas such as decisional privacy and legal cognition. Dahlman's projects address preventing miscarriages of justice and improving evidence evaluation frameworks. He leads the long-running Law, Evidence and Cognition research initiative (2010–present) and has coordinated international collaborations across Europe. Dahlman's contributions span legal education, historical legal case analyses, and policy recommendations for judicial reform.