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Chris W. Bonneau is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in American politics with a focus on judicial politics. He earned his PhD from Michigan State University in 2002 and has been a faculty member at Pitt since then. His research examines judicial elections, campaign dynamics, and the intersection of law and politics. Bonneau served as President of the University Senate from 2018 to 2021 and co-edited influential volumes such as *Judicial Elections in the 21st Century* (2017) and *Voters' Verdicts* (2015). His work spans empirical studies on judicial legitimacy, campaign financing, and voter behavior in state courts. Recent publications include analyses of peer review processes and electoral participation. Bonneau’s research has been funded by grants like the NSF-backed *Collaborative Research: An Individual-Level State Supreme Court Database* (2005–2006). He currently co-edits *State Politics and Policy Quarterly*, a key outlet for judicial politics research. His contributions bridge theoretical insights with practical implications for judicial reform and electoral systems.

• American Politics
• Judicial Politics
• Political Behavior
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Nadine Shanahan is a PhD student and Graduate Teaching Fellow at the University of Liverpool, affiliated with the School of Law and Social Justice and the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology. She holds an LLB Law, an MSc in Criminology, and a PGCE in Further Education, with prior teaching experience in Law, Criminology, and Criminal Justice at further and higher education levels. Her role involves undergraduate teaching across Sociology, Social Policy, and Criminology. Nadine’s research examines how women construct and negotiate femininity via Instagram, focusing on intersections of age, race, class, and resistance to neoliberal ideals. Her work integrates post-feminist theory and critiques of digital capitalism. In 2024, she conducted research at the University of Georgia on girlhood trends and political-economic influences. Her presentations include talks on gendered pressures in digital spaces and neoliberalism’s impact on identity, delivered at venues like the British Sociological Association and the European Sociological Association. Supervised by Prof. Susan Pickard, Dr. Terence Heng, and Dr. Andrew Kirton, her PhD thesis explores ideal femininity through digital ethnography.

• Digital Sociology
• Gender Studies
• Social Media Analysis
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Dr. Anke Witteveen is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences and the APH - Mental Health department at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She holds a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the VU University Medical Center. Her research focuses on mental disorders such as depression and PTSD, particularly in populations exposed to trauma or adversity, including migrants and perinatal women. She employs epidemiological and experimental methods, such as cohort studies and RCTs, to explore cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms underlying mental health issues. Key projects include the MiMoMent initiative on migrant mother-child mental health, EU Horizon projects like ADVANCE and RESPOND, and the U-RISE program aiding Ukrainian displaced populations. Her work addresses scalable interventions to reduce mental health disparities, emphasizing early intervention and equity. Current projects also include the Amsterdam Law and Behaviour grant (PROSPER) targeting mental health in the criminal justice system and an AR&D grant examining hair cortisol and perinatal depression. Dr. Witteveen collaborates internationally, contributing to global health initiatives and UN Sustainable Development Goals. She teaches courses on clinical psychology diagnostics, child psychology, and interventions for complex psychological problems. Her articles span pandemic mental health impacts, PTSD treatments, and migrant mental health interventions. She has supervised one PhD thesis and contributes to multidisciplinary teams like the WHO Collaborating Center. No ancillary activities are reported.

• Clinical Psychology
• Epidemiology
• Mental Health Interventions
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Liz Bishop is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, and a Research Governance Officer in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. She teaches law, ethics, and public health to undergraduate and postgraduate students, including MBBS and Masters of International Health programs. Her work bridges legal systems, human rights, and healthcare, with a focus on gender equality and criminal justice reform. Education: BA LLB SJD Her research interests include the impact of legal frameworks on women's rights, restorative justice, and health legal partnerships. She leads projects on victim/survivor rights, hospital-based legal clinics, and legislative processes affecting marginalized groups. Liz has held roles as a Judicial Associate, Senior Adviser to the Victorian Attorney-General, and Board Member of Australia Women Lawyers. Her projects emphasize interdisciplinary collaboration, such as designing training programs for health legal partnerships and advancing restorative justice models for sexual assault cases. She actively participates in conferences on family law, bioethics, and non-adversarial justice systems. Liz’s professional affiliations include the Haemophilia Auxiliary of the Royal Children's Hospital and the Victorian Women Lawyers. She contributes to public discussions on legal ethics, diversity in the profession, and systemic reforms to enhance equity.

• Human Rights
• Criminal Law
• Public Health Policy
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Kate Fitz-Gibbon is a Professor (Practice) at Monash University's Faculty of Business and Economics and an Honorary Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. She specializes in domestic and family violence, femicide, and legal responses to gender-based violence. Her research emphasizes victim-survivor experiences, perpetrator interventions, and policy reform. Fitz-Gibbon holds a PhD in Criminology (2012), a Master's in Human Rights Law (2019), and certifications in higher education and governance. She has held leadership roles, including Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre (2020–2023) and currently chairs Respect Victoria. Fitz-Gibbon advises on homicide law reform and has contributed to over 30 policy submissions. Her work has influenced Australian legal systems and been cited by the High Court of Australia. Her research explores coercive control, sentencing, and children's rights, with a focus on innovative responses to violence. She collaborates internationally, including with the University of Liverpool and West Virginia University. Fitz-Gibbon has secured grants for projects like perpetrator program engagement and domestic violence disclosure schemes. Key awards include the 2014 100 Women of Influence Award and the 2020 Division of Critical Criminology Best Article. She leads initiatives such as the 'Rapid Review of Consent and Respectful Relationships Education' and contributes to national policy frameworks.

• Domestic and Family Violence
• Femicide
• Legal Responses to Intimate Partner Violence
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Andrea Leverentz is a Professor of Sociology and Department Head in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina State University. Her research focuses on community, crime, and incarceration, with particular attention to how place shapes reentry experiences and the intersection of gender, race, and criminal justice. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago, alongside MA and BA degrees from the University of Chicago and Tulane University, respectively. Her key works include Intersecting Lives: How Place Shapes Reentry (2022) and The Ex-Prisoner’s Dilemma (2014), examining narratives of reentry for women. Current research explores tourist identities and crime narratives. She co-edited Beyond Recidivism (2020), advancing reentry research frameworks. Research interests span reentry dynamics, carceral systems, urban sociology, and the social impacts of incarceration. Her work emphasizes marginalized groups, particularly Black women, and the systemic challenges faced during reintegration. Leverentz’s articles address topics like restorative justice in education, probation revocation, and spatial influences on community safety. Professional roles include leadership in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, contributing to academic governance and curriculum development. She advises graduate students in sociology and collaborates with policymakers on reentry initiatives.

• Criminal Justice
• Sociology
• Penology
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Ragini Malhotra, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Criminology at the University of Southern Maine (USM), affiliated with the Women and Gender Studies Program. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, an M.I.A. in International Affairs (Human Rights & South Asia) from Columbia University, and a B.A. in Political Science, Human Rights, and Anthropology from Barnard College. Her research focuses on the politics of urban violence, childhood experiences, gender dynamics, labor, and state surveillance in the Global South, particularly urban India. She employs ethnographic and quantitative methods to examine transnational labor migration and systemic power structures. Her work integrates social justice and community engagement, reflecting her activism against state violence in both India and the U.S. Dr. Malhotra’s teaching emphasizes bridging theory and practice, drawing on her global experience in development, social policy, and human rights. Her scholarly contributions and pedagogical approaches have been recognized through awards and grants. Previously, she taught at UMass-Amherst and remains active in community-based initiatives.

• Politics of Urban Violence
• Everyday Criminalization
• Childhood
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Kenly Brown is a Researcher in the Department of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an M.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and completed her doctoral studies in African American Studies at UC Berkeley under the guidance of Dr. Nikki Jones. Kenly’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder (summa cum laude). She pursued graduate studies at UCSB, earning an M.A. in Sociology in 2013. Her Master’s thesis examined the participation and transformation of justice-involved and high-risk youth in a cognitive-based mentoring program. She later transferred to UC Berkeley’s Department of African American Studies for her doctoral studies. Her research focuses on the intersectionality of race, gender, and class, particularly as they relate to perceptions of Black girls and the impact of exclusionary disciplinary practices such as suspension and expulsion. She explores how systemic inequalities manifest in juvenile justice systems and the role of gendered racial stereotypes in shaping these outcomes. Kenly has contributed to academic encyclopedias, including a co-authored entry on false rape allegations with Dr. Joanne Belknap in Sexual Violence and Abuse: An Encyclopedia of Prevention, Impacts, and Recovery , and a co-authored piece on women of color in feminist theories with Dr. Hillary Potter in the Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice . No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. Her advising and student mentorship activities are not detailed here. While no specific labs or teams are noted, her research aligns with interdisciplinary studies in critical race theory and juvenile justice reform.

• race
• gender
• juvenile justice
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Claire Fox is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Manchester and Director of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) in the School of Social Sciences. Her research focuses on victimisation among marginalised groups, particularly migrant populations, young offenders, and victims of honour-based abuse. She leads strategic initiatives to advance EDI within academia and has pioneered innovative qualitative research methods. Her academic career began at the University of Manchester in 2010, where she teaches modules such as Victims, Crime and Justice and supervises criminology dissertations. Notable projects include the Horizon2020-funded PROMISE initiative and the N8-funded study on honour-based abuse identification, collaborating with Karma Nirvana and West Yorkshire Police. Research interests span complex victimisation dynamics, domestic violence, and bereaved family experiences. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals on justice and gender equality. Recent publications address youth resilience, policing strategies for HBA, and migrant men's narratives in Europe. Awarded a Principal Fellowship from AdvanceHE (2024) for leadership in inclusive education, she emphasizes collaborative efforts to foster equitable learning environments. Prior recognitions include the Teaching Excellence Award (2017). Current projects explore interventions for 'difficult' victims and policy impacts on vulnerable groups. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates criminology with social justice advocacy, shaping both academic and community-focused outcomes.

• Victimisation Studies
• Honour-Based Abuse
• Domestic Violence
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Jennifer Maturi is a PhD Candidate and Tutor at the School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. She holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Human Services and Social Policy) from Queensland University of Technology (QUT, 2007). Her research focuses on Social and Cultural Anthropology, with emphases on Violence Against Women, Refugee Studies, Governmentality, and Social Policy. Her postdoctoral research under the 'Sexual Violence and the Limits of Consent' project (2022) examines affirmative consent frameworks through a cross-disciplinary lens. She contributed to a 2024 book on sexual consent and has published widely in journals like Violence Against Women and Australian Feminist Studies . Her work critiques how policies and services often marginalize refugee and migrant communities, advocating for intersectional and culturally responsive approaches. Maturi has extensive experience in human services, including 15 years in domestic violence support, refugee settlement, and housing. She has conducted evaluations of programs like the Community Refugee Integration Settlement Pilot (CRISP) and co-designed health interventions with Arabic-speaking families. Her teaching includes tutoring courses on social research and criminal justice. Her PhD thesis (2017–2021, under examination) explores intersectionality in domestic violence responses for refugee communities in Australia. She collaborates with organizations like the SocioHealthLab and UQ Bioarchaeology and Osteology Network (BONE) Research Group.

• Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Violence Against Women
• Refugee Studies
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Charlotte Herriott is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), located in Cambridge. She serves as Course Leader for the MA Criminology program within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her expertise centers on sexual violence, criminal justice responses, and military contexts. Charlotte holds a PhD in Criminology from ARU (2021), an MA in Women and Child Abuse, and an LLB in Law. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and actively contributes to the British Society of Criminology and the Centre for Military Women’s Research. Her research focuses on sexual violence within the UK armed forces, jury decision-making in rape trials, and feminist criminological perspectives. Key projects include examining sexual history evidence’s prejudicial impact on juries and critiquing the service justice system’s response to military sexual offenses. She collaborates with ARU’s Veterans and Families Institute to advance this work. Teaching spans postgraduate and undergraduate modules on violence dynamics, criminal justice systems, and sexual violence. Recent publications (2022–2024) address military sexual trauma definitions, adversarial legal system critiques, and NATO sexual violence training frameworks. She frequently presents at international conferences like the European Society of Criminology and the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research. Charlotte’s work intersects academic research with policy advocacy, emphasizing victim-survivor voices in shaping institutional reforms. She maintains active involvement in editorial boards and professional societies dedicated to advancing criminological and gender-based violence scholarship.

• Sexual Violence
• Criminal Justice System
• Rape Trials
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Dr Daniel Grey is a Lecturer in the History School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire, with an ORCID identifier: 0000-0002-6312-1331 . His research focuses on infanticide, gender studies, criminal history, and legal frameworks in historical contexts. He leads the 2025 British Academy-funded project "Degrees of Guilt: Infanticide in England, 1860-1960" , exploring archival materials and legal narratives. Research Interests : Infanticide in England/Wales, working-class women’s experiences, legal and media discourses on crime, and Latin American gender violence history. Publications : Recent works include analyses of infanticide reportage, Victorian-era motherhood discourses, and Jack the Ripper’s racial contexts. Over 30 peer-reviewed outputs since 2009. Awards : No awards explicitly listed in the text. Grants : Principal Investigator for the 2025 British Academy project. Labs/Teams : No formal lab affiliations mentioned; research conducted independently or through collaborative projects.

• Infanticide
• Victorian and Edwardian History
• Gender Studies
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Dr. Eleanor Neyroud is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on criminal justice systems, gender-based violence, and the impact of legal interventions. She has contributed significantly to the development of the Cambridge Crime Harm Index (CHI), a tool for measuring crime harm based on sentencing guidelines. Her work explores police diversion programs, victim-offender dynamics, and strategies to counter sexual violence against women and girls. Key research areas include criminal justice reform, criminology, and gender studies. Her publications address topics such as sexual violence prevention, victim protection, and the intersection of gender and homicide. She has also written on police-led diversion initiatives and their role in reducing recidivism. Eleanor Neyroud’s contributions to legal policy and crime measurement have been recognized through her involvement in collaborative research projects and publications. She holds an affiliation with the Faculty of Law and maintains active engagement with contemporary legal and societal issues.

• Criminal Justice
• Gender Studies
• Crime Prevention
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Amber Baylor is a Clinical Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, serving as the founding director of the Criminal Defense Clinic. Her work focuses on local criminal regulation's impact on communities affected by intensive policing, combining clinical teaching with scholarly research. She holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law (2006) and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center (2015). Her research explores themes such as municipal criminal law design, trauma-informed lawyering, and the intersection of criminal justice and human rights. Notable publications include analyses of protest law, student criminalization, and gendered prison advocacy. Baylor previously directed clinics at Texas A&M School of Law and Widener University Delaware Law School, and has held roles at the Federal Defenders of San Diego and the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem. Baylor’s teaching includes courses on criminal defense, trauma-informed legal practices, and Palestine-related legal issues. She advises federal clemency campaigns and collaborates with community organizations. Her advocacy emphasizes systemic reform and equitable legal representation, particularly for marginalized groups.

• Criminal Justice
• Social Justice
• Human Rights
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Dr. Jane Hall is a Lecturer and Teaching Associate in the History and Theory of Architecture at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Architecture and History of Art. She is a founding member of the Turner Prize-winning architecture collective Assemble (2015) and inaugural recipient of the British Council Lina Bo Bardi Fellowship (2013). Her work bridges art and architecture, focusing on interdisciplinary practice, modernist legacies, and gender in design. She holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art (2018), researching modernist architects in Brazil and the UK. Jane lectures globally, including at the Royal College of Art, Bartlett School of Architecture, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Her books Breaking Ground, Architecture by Women (2019) and Woman Made (2021) explore women's contributions to design. She has served as a Stirling Prize juror and Cambridge external examiner. Research Interests : Interdisciplinary collaboration between art/architecture, modernist architecture's legacy, gender studies in architectural practice, and the role of women in design history. Her work emphasizes alternative design methodologies and the sociocultural dimensions of built environments. Recent research includes studies on youth justice, victimology, and criminological frameworks, reflecting her broader engagement with social and spatial justice. Publications & Awards : Over 15 peer-reviewed articles (2015–2025) address criminology (e.g., child exploitation, rural crime), forensic science, and historical policy analysis. Her Turner Prize win (via Assemble) underscores her innovative approach to community-driven architecture. The Lina Bo Bardi Fellowship highlights her commitment to Latin American modernism. Advising & Grants : No explicit advising roles listed, though her academic roles imply mentorship. Grants and funding details are not detailed in the provided text. She has contributed to policy discussions via her jury and advisory roles. Labs/Teams : Core member of Assemble collective, collaborating on community-focused projects. Engaged with academic networks across architecture, art, and criminology through international lectures and symposia.

• Architectural Design
• Modernist Architecture
• Gender Studies in Architecture
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