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Nate Plagemanمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Urban History
• African History
• Colonial Studies
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Nate Plageman is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Wake Forest University, specializing in urban history of colonial and post-colonial Africa with a focus on Ghana. He employs social historical approaches and examines popular music alongside written and oral sources to analyze Ghanaian urban life. His research has been supported by Fulbright and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Education: B.A. Saint Olaf College (2000) M.A. Indiana University-Bloomington (2003) Ph.D. Indiana University-Bloomington (2008) Research Interests: Urban history focuses on colonial infrastructure development and social transformation; African studies emphasize cultural expressions through music and community formation; historical methodology combines archival research with ethnomusicology to reconstruct lived experiences in African urban spaces during periods of colonial and post-colonial transition. Publications: His scholarly articles consistently explore themes of urbanization, cultural identity, and colonial legacies in West Africa. Recent work analyzes music as political expression and urban planning as contested territory between colonial ambitions and local agency, with particular attention to Ghana's socio-cultural evolution. Awards & Grants: Fulbright Fellowship National Endowment for the Humanities grant Academic Service: Coordinates Wake Forest University's African Studies Minor since 2016, fostering interdisciplinary engagement with African histories and cultures across campus.

• Decolonial Theory
• Digital Economy
• Business Ethics
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Shoaib Ul Haq serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Business at the University of Greenwich, specializing in digital economy and decolonial theory. His academic profile integrates critical perspectives on business ethics, workplace spirituality, and post-colonial management frameworks. With extensive teaching experience in data analytics, digital transformation, strategic management, and entrepreneurship, he bridges theoretical rigor with practical business applications. His educational foundation includes: Post-doctoral research at the University of Liege, Belgium MBA from Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany Dr. Haq's research interrogates the colonial foundations of management thought through decolonial theory and Islamic philosophical traditions, particularly Sufism. He pioneers frameworks for integrating spiritual wisdom into contemporary business ethics, workplace practices, and digital transformation initiatives. His work critically examines how non-Western epistemologies can reconfigure organizational structures, with special focus on South Asian contexts, Islamic finance, and the ethical implications of artificial intelligence in business decision-making. Analysis of his publication trajectory reveals consistent engagement with ethical and decolonial paradigms across organizational studies. His scholarship demonstrates increasing integration of religious perspectives into business ethics, with evolving emphasis on AI governance, spiritual frameworks for meaningful work, and capitalist co-optation of alternative systems. The research consistently challenges Eurocentric management narratives while proposing indigenous alternatives grounded in post-colonial theory. Dr. Haq actively shapes academic discourse as co-editor of a Springer-published volume on post-colonial theory and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Ethics. His scholarly contributions appear in premier management journals including Organization Studies, Organization, and Long Range Planning, establishing him as a significant voice in critical management studies and decolonial business scholarship.

Paul K. Gellertمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Environmental Sociology
• Development
• Comparative-Historical Sociology
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Paul K. Gellert is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and a Visiting Research Scholar at the Earth & Environmental Sciences program of the CUNY Graduate Center (Spring 2025). He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998 and has focused on Indonesia for over two decades, combining fieldwork with historical analysis. Current Positions: Professor, University of Tennessee; Visiting Research Scholar, CUNY Graduate Center Expertise: Environmental sociology, political economy of natural resources, global coal dynamics, ecologically unequal exchange, world-systems theory His research explores the dialectical relationship between society and nature through case studies on palm oil, coal, and timber industries. Collaborating with Paul S. Ciccantell, he analyzes coal's persistence in capitalist systems. The 15 most recent articles highlight themes of resource frontiers, climate obstruction, extractive peripheries, and long-term commodity cycles. His methodological approach merges structural fieldwork with world-historical analysis, emphasizing processes like financialization and accumulation by dispossession. Current projects include a book manuscript on Indonesia’s century-long natural resource dependency and critical assessments of energy transition narratives. His work challenges teleological assumptions about coal’s decline and examines transnational environmental justice frameworks through commodity chain and ecological exchange lenses.

Diana Martinezمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• American Architecture History
• Global Architecture History
• Post-Colonial Studies
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Diana Martinez is an Associate Professor holding joint appointments in the Departments of History of Art and Architecture, Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora, and Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning at Tufts University. She is also the Director of Architectural Studies and oversees Architectural Studies Transfer of Credit. Education includes a PhD (2016) and MArch (2006) from Columbia University, and a BA (2001) from University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on intersections of architecture, postcolonial studies, and materiality, particularly in colonial contexts. Key themes include American colonial projects in the Philippines, urban development in the Global South, and material culture's role in shaping colonial and postcolonial spaces. Her work bridges architectural history with critical race and decolonial theories. Her publications explore topics like concrete colonialism in the Philippines, agricultural infrastructure in postcolonial contexts, and carceral architecture's role in imperial control. Recent work emphasizes spatial histories of modernity and materiality's political dimensions. Awards: Neubauer Faculty Fellowship (2017), Bancroft Dissertation Award Nomination (2016) Teaching: Courses include Intro to Architecture, Urban Studies, and seminars on architectural history and theory. Service: Organized events like 'From Monument to Memorial' (2019) and 'Infrastructure and Materiality' (2017). Her interdisciplinary approach integrates art history, urban policy, and colonial studies to examine how physical environments reflect and reinforce power structures.

• Islamic Law
• Ottoman Empire
• Early Modern History
• +۳ مورد دیگر

James E. Baldwin is a Lecturer in the Department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London, specializing in the legal, social, and political history of the Ottoman Empire, with a focus on Egypt. He holds a PhD from New York University (2010) and has held positions at the University of Warwick, Queen Mary University of London (as a Leverhulme Trust Fellow), and visiting roles at Koç University and Harvard Law School. His research examines the interplay between Islamic law and imperial governance, particularly in 17th- and 18th-century Cairo. His first book, Islamic Law and Empire in Ottoman Cairo (2017), explores dispute resolution mechanisms linking Cairo to Istanbul. Current projects include litigation and political violence in 18th-century Egyptian elite struggles. He edits the Ottoman section of SHARIAsource , a Harvard-based digital resource for Islamic legal studies. Baldwin teaches undergraduate courses on the Ottoman Empire, modern Middle Eastern history, and Islamic law, as well as postgraduate modules on politics and religion in the Middle East. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to historical understanding and governance.

Maxine Lavon Montgomeryمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• African American Literature
• Contemporary Black Women's Novels
• Cultural Studies
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Maxine Lavon Montgomery is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University (FSU), holding dual titles as Distinguished Research Professor. She earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on African American fiction, contemporary Black women’s novels, and archival studies, particularly examining postapocalyptic themes and cultural production. She has authored/co-edited seven books, including The Postapocalyptic Black Female Imagination (2021) and Conversations with Edwidge Danticat (2017). Montgomery has secured prestigious grants, including a 2021 National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant to digitize Gloria Naylor’s unpublished works. She is a屡获殊荣的教师, earning four university teaching awards, including the Transformation Through Teaching Award (2017) and the Dr. Martin Luther King Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award (2010). Her community engagement includes literacy initiatives, book discussions, and public lectures on Toni Morrison and other Black authors. Her recent work explores intersections of Black feminist thought, archives, and digital humanities. Key research projects include co-editing a two-volume collection on Gloria Naylor’s archives and analyzing postapocalyptic narratives by Black women across the African diaspora. Montgomery’s scholarship bridges academic and public spheres, emphasizing marginalized voices in literary and cultural studies.

Peter Leylandمشاهده پروفایل

عضو هیئت علمی

• Public Law
• Comparative Public Law
• Constitutional Law
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Professor Peter Leyland is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Comparative Public Law and Researcher in comparative constitutional and administrative law at the School of Law, Gender and Media at SOAS University of London. He holds visiting professorships at the University of Bologna, University of Ferrara, and Bocconi University in Milan. His academic qualifications include a BA, MA from the University of London, and a Diploma in Education. His research focuses on public law, comparative constitutional frameworks, and administrative law with a specialization in Thai legal history. He has lectured globally, including in Canada, Australia, Italy, Thailand, and contributed to international conferences. Notable works include analyses of UK devolution challenges, Thailand’s bureaucratic state origins, and critical evaluations of the UK’s Rwanda asylum policy. Publications span book chapters on European civil service dynamics and monographs on UK constitutional structures. His work bridges theoretical legal analysis with practical governance issues, emphasizing cross-jurisdictional comparisons. Professional engagements include collaborations with Thailand’s administrative courts and the National Institute of Development Administration.

Peggy O'Neillمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Clinical Social Work
• Anti-Oppression Practice
• Social Justice Education
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Peggy O’Neill, Ph.D., LCSW, is an Associate Professor at Smith College School for Social Work (SSW). She previously served as Senior Lecturer at Columbia University School of Social Work and as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Smith SSW (2015–2017). Her clinical and academic work focuses on anti-oppression practices, trauma resilience, and culturally attuned psychoeducational approaches. O’Neill holds a B.A. from Boston College, an M.S.W. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from New York University. Her research emphasizes critical conversations in clinical supervision and education, structural clinical approaches to disrupting oppression, and social justice frameworks. Notable contributions include developing the Structural Clinical Model and co-authoring the 2022 award-winning article on social justice dialogues. She has presented widely on topics such as anti-racism in social work education and crisis intervention strategies. Education: B.A., Boston College M.S.W., Columbia University School of Social Work Ph.D., New York University Her articles span clinical practice, anti-oppression strategies, and pedagogy, reflecting a commitment to social justice and resilience-building. Key themes include critical dialogue, decolonizing practice, and trauma-informed care. She has been recognized with the 2022 Best Qualitative Article Award for her work on social justice conversations. O’Neill’s clinical practice includes consulting roles and hospital EAP work, alongside administrative experience in both nonprofit and for-profit sectors. She actively participates in initiatives addressing systemic inequities through teaching, research, and community engagement.

• Ancient Greek History
• Classical Studies
• Monarchies and State Formation
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Mait Kõiv is an Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Tartu, specializing in the political and religious history of Archaic and Classical Greece. His research focuses on monarchy dynamics, crisis narratives, and the intersection of myth, ritual, and power in ancient Mediterranean societies. He explores cross-cultural comparisons between Greek city-states and Near Eastern kingdoms, emphasizing how political legitimacy was constructed through religious practices and historical memory. Key research areas include: the transformation of early Greek political systems, the role of sanctuaries in state formation, the reception of Homeric epics as social documents, and the adaptation of Near Eastern political concepts in Greek contexts. His work frequently integrates textual analysis with archaeological evidence to reconstruct socio-political landscapes. Recent studies highlight crises in ancient Greece as both historical events and cultural constructs, examining how elites used religious frameworks to legitimize power transitions. His comparative approach links Hittite, Lydian, and Greek political strategies to understand broader patterns of ancient governance. Kõiv has also contributed to debates on tyranny, democracy's origins, and the mythological foundations of Greek leadership traditions. Publications span peer-reviewed articles and book chapters analyzing topics like Spartan constitutional traditions, Corinthian monarchy, and the Cimmerian impact on Anatolia. Despite his extensive academic contributions, no student advising or grant information is publicly detailed in available sources.

Jason Oliver Changمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Asian American History
• Urban Studies
• Social-Ecological Systems
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Roles and Affiliations: Jason Oliver Chang is an Associate Professor in Asian American Studies and History at the University of Connecticut, and Director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute. His work bridges historical scholarship with contemporary urban issues, focusing on hemispheric connections and social justice. Education and Research: While specific educational details aren’t listed, his research emphasizes transnational frameworks, particularly in Asian American history, urban governance, and social-ecological systems. Notable projects include the CT Asian American Data Art initiative, which combines data analysis with artistic expression to highlight community narratives. Research Interests: Chang’s scholarship explores themes such as imperial succession in the Pacific, anti-Chinese racism in Mexico, and the intersection of urban development with social equity. His 2016 book Towards a Hemispheric Asian American History redefines the field by centering Latin America and the Caribbean in Asian American studies. Publications: Recent works include analyses of colonial power structures in the Pacific and critical studies of xenophobia. His 2017 article Chino: Anti-Chinese Racism in Mexico examines how racial hierarchies shaped Mexican nationalism. Awards and Grants: No specific awards are listed, though his research has likely received institutional support via UConn’s initiatives. Grants may be tied to projects like the CT Asian American Data Art collaboration. Labs/Teams: His work is affiliated with the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration on race, urbanism, and environmental justice.

Galia Kollectivمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Art and Politics
• Ideology
• Irony and Overidentification
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Galia Kollectiv is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts, part of the University of the Arts London. She holds a PhD in Art from Goldsmiths College and teaches at multiple institutions including the University of Reading and Royal College of Art. Her work spans performance, film, and installation, focusing on labor organization, ideology in late capitalism, and avant-garde legacies. Research Interests: Art and Politics, Ideology, Immaterial Labour, Curating, and Performance Art Affiliations: Co-director of xero, kline & coma research institute; member of experimental band WE Key grants include the Creative Europe Programme and Sasakawa Foundation Award. Her 2023 book Subversive Performance in the Age of Human Capital explores performance as ideological critique. Notable exhibitions include Fossils (2023) and The Immigrants (2017), addressing global capital flows and border politics. Scientific Awards: Fellowship of the Higher Education Authority (FHEA, 2019) Grants: Over £2M secured from Arts Council England and EU initiatives Supervised 6 PhD/Master’s students in areas like spatial politics and labor studies. Her practice includes collaborative performances and curatorial projects, often blending art with socio-political commentary.

William Cohoonمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Latin American History
• Colonial History
• Social Control
• +۸ مورد دیگر

William Cohoon is a Lecturer in the Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) program at Texas Christian University (TCU), where he has been teaching since 2024. His academic specialty focuses on Latin American History, particularly the application of information systems and spatial strategies to enforce social control in late colonial Peru under the Bourbon dynasty. Cohoon holds a Ph.D. in colonial Latin American history and has conducted extensive research on the intersection of governance, infrastructure, and resistance in 18th-century Peru. Growing up in a lower-middle-income household as the first in his family to attain advanced degrees, his teaching philosophy emphasizes inclusivity, resilience, determination, and empathy, striving to create supportive classroom environments for all students. His travels across Latin America have further enriched his scholarly perspective, fostering a global outlook in both teaching and research. His current research project, 'Colonial Landscapes: Information Systems and Spatial Strategies for Social Control in Bourbon Peru, 1746-1808,' examines how Spanish authorities utilized data collection and infrastructure (e.g., roads, mail systems) to manage colonial populations amid crises like the 1746 Lima-Callao earthquake and rebellions such as the Tupac Amaru II uprising. This work highlights the tensions between centralized Bourbon reforms and local resistance, including indigenous communities and religious orders contesting administrative mandates. Cohoon’s scholarship bridges historical analysis with interdisciplinary approaches, addressing themes of empire, modernization, and socio-political transformation. He actively promotes critical engagement with colonial legacies and the role of infrastructure in shaping power dynamics. While no grants or advising roles are explicitly mentioned, his research underscores a commitment to understanding historical governance structures and their modern implications. He is affiliated with TCU and has been associated with the National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru, though no direct lab or team membership is stated.

Owen Brownمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار مهمان

• Race and Colonialism
• International Relations
• Political Theory
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Owen Brown is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Politics Department at Scripps College and an incoming Assistant Professor of International Organizations and Norms at the University of Arkansas. His research focuses on race, colonialism, and international order, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to diversify voices in global politics. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Northwestern University (2023), alongside MA degrees from Northwestern, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Universität Potsdam, and a BA in International Relations from the University of Toronto. His academic work bridges international relations, political theory, and history to analyze hierarchies and inequalities in global politics. Courses taught include 'Race and Colonialism in Global Politics' and 'Global Politics of (B)orders & Migration.' His research examines topics like Black and Indigenous resistance, memory projects, and the legacies of colonial legal systems. Recent publications explore themes such as white sovereignty, decolonial frameworks, and migration governance continuities from colonial contexts. His work is guided by critical theory and postcolonial perspectives. He maintains an active presence in academic communities through his research and teaching, advocating for inclusive and diverse learning environments.

Juliana Changمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Asian American Literature
• Critical Race Studies
• Poetry Analysis
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Juliana Chang is a Professor in the Department of English at Santa Clara University's College of Arts and Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and previously taught at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Boston College. Her research focuses on Asian American literary traditions, critical race theory applications in literature, poetic forms and structures, and psychoanalytic approaches to textual analysis. She investigates representations of identity, power dynamics in colonial contexts, and the intersection of cultural memory with creative expression. Dr. Chang's publications examine racial melancholia, neocolonial femininity, and the development of Asian American poetic traditions. Her editorial work includes the anthology Quiet Fire: A Historical Anthology of Asian American Poetry , which documents underrepresented voices in American literature.

Adrian Knappمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس پاره‌وقت

• Eighteenth-century British Literature
• Early Black Writing in Britain
• Slavery and Slave Resistance in Literature
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Dr. Adrian Knapp is a part-time lecturer in the English Department at Mount Saint Vincent University and Saint Mary’s University, specializing in 18th-century British literature , early black writing in Britain , and slavery/slave resistance in literary contexts . He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Leeds and an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Innsbruck, with office location at Seton 567. His research spans themes of colonial power structures , post-slavery identity , and British popular culture . Recent publications focus on Zeluco ’s moral critiques, Life in London ’s class dynamics, and analyses of Ignatius Sancho’s satirical letters. Conference talks from 2016–2023 examine topics like Andrea Levy’s The Long Song and Philip Quaque’s missionary challenges . Teaching interests include courses in English literature , Irish studies , and Atlantic Canada Studies , alongside graduate/undergraduate writing center tutoring at Saint Mary’s University. Current work engages with forthcoming entries in The Cambridge Guide to the Eighteenth-Century Novel (2025), analyzing texts like The West-Indian and Zoflora; or, The Generous Negro Girl .