جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Jonathan Hsyمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Medieval Literature and Culture
• Disability Studies
• Critical Theory
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Jonathan Hsy is a Professor of English at George Washington University, affiliated with the Columbian College of Arts & Sciences. He holds additional roles as Director of Undergraduate Advising in the English Department, co-director of the GW Digital Humanities Institute, and affiliated faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, as well as the Sigur Center for Asian Studies. Hsy’s research focuses on medieval literature, disability studies, critical theory, and global medievalisms. His work bridges historical and contemporary issues, exploring intersections of language, race, gender, and disability. Education: PhD (2007), MA (2002) from the University of Pennsylvania; MA (2001), BA (2000) from Stanford University, with a minor in Human Biology. Research Interests: Hsy’s expertise includes medieval literary and cultural studies, antiracist medievalisms, digital humanities, and Asian American cultural studies. His publications, such as Antiracist Medievalisms: From “Yellow Peril” to Black Lives Matter (2021), challenge traditional narratives by centering marginalized voices. He co-edits A Cultural History of Disability in the Middle Ages (2020) and leads collaborative projects like Global Chaucers. Publications & Grants: Over 20 peer-reviewed articles and books address topics from medieval disability to global Chaucerian studies. Recent grants include a $3.5M Mellon Higher Learning Grant for RaceB4Race and a Folger Shakespeare Library fellowship. His work has appeared in PMLA , Journal of Bioethical Inquiry , and postmedieval . Awards & Leadership: Recipient of the John Hurt Fisher Award (2015) and multiple fellowships. He chairs initiatives like the MLA’s Committee on Disability Issues and co-founded Medievalists of Color. His teaching emphasizes disability justice and digital pedagogy. Labs & Collaborations: Directs the GW Digital Humanities Institute, fostering projects like the Digital Medieval Disability Glossary. Leads crowdsourced efforts such as the Race and Medieval Studies bibliography, promoting equity in academic networks.

Marina B. Aleixoمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Immigration Policy and Education
• International Education Development
• Refugee Education
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Marina B. Aleixo is affiliate faculty in the Comparative and International Development Education (CIDE) program at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD). She serves as Director of International Initiatives and Relations at the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), focusing on global partnerships in teacher education and research. Her work spans international collaborations, refugee education, and immigrant student experiences. Research Interests: Dr. Aleixo’s research examines immigrant/refugee student experiences, including Somali youth in Europe and Cambodian American refugees. She explores immigration policies’ impacts on education and family dynamics. Domestically, she studies the college experiences of immigrant students. Teaching: She teaches courses on immigration policy’s effects on education, including 'Borderland, Education Policy, and the Immigrant Student Experience,' which addresses historical marginalization in U.S. schools. Global Initiatives: Leads the Global Teacher Education Program (GTEP), a professional development initiative for international educators. Coordinates multi-national studies like 'Multi-national Exploration of the School Experience of Somali Immigrant and Refugee Students' and 'Supporting Refugees through Family Separation.'

John Roosaمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Southeast Asia
• Nationalism
• Imperialism
• +۷ مورد دیگر

John Roosa is a Professor at the Department of History , University of British Columbia , specializing in Southeast Asia, Nationalism, Imperialism, Oral History, and Human Rights. His work bridges Empire & Colonialism , Global & International History , and Law & Society , with a regional focus on Asia . Roosa’s research explores the 1965-66 Indonesian anticommunist massacres , truth commissions , political violence , and postcolonial governance . He employs oral history methods to uncover marginalized narratives and critiques state violence and authoritarianism . Co-winner of the George Kahin Prize (2023) for Buried Histories . Focus on historiography , transitional justice , and US imperialism in his publications. His 15 most recent publications span themes like genocide , decolonization , truth commissions , and literary analysis , with subfields addressing state violence , memory studies , and political ideologies .

• Urban Anthropology
• Gender Studies
• Labor Economics
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Assoc Professor Swee Lin Ho is a distinguished sociologist and anthropologist at the National University of Singapore's Department of Sociology within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Joining NUS in 2012 after four years as a Korea Foundation Research Fellow and Assistant Professor at Catholic University of Korea, she maintains active research and teaching roles with office AS1 04-29 at 11 Arts Link, Singapore. Her academic journey began with undergraduate studies in Philosophy at NUS, followed by extensive professional experience as auditor, financial journalist, and Vice President in business development across China, Hong Kong, Japan, and the UK. She later earned an M.A. in Comparative Culture (Sociology) from Sophia University (Tokyo), followed by M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Social Anthropology at University of Oxford. Professor Ho's research focuses on neoliberal transformations of urban economic life across East Asia, examining how flexible labor patterns reshape self-identity, gender dynamics, money management, and urban space. Her work spans ethnographic studies on Japanese love hotels, extramarital experiences, women's drinking practices, and K-pop idolization, extending to current investigations of global classical music and food industries. She analyzes how 'creativity' and 'passion' co-option in creative sectors impacts economic security, having conducted fieldwork with violin-makers in Italy and Asian musicians in Europe. Her publications reveal consistent engagement with gender precarity in Japanese corporate culture, workplace harassment legislation, and pandemic-era consumption shifts. Key thematic clusters include gendered labor markets, urban spatial transformations, and cultural globalization's impact on intimate relationships. 2020 Book Grant by AmorePacific Foundation for Pride and Ambivalence: The Ascent of East Asia in Western Classical Music Professor Ho mentors students through ethnographic field research methods while examining emergent corporate cultures and global Asian popular culture flows. Her multilingual capabilities (English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Malay, French, Italian, Spanish) enable deep cross-cultural analysis of financialization patterns and intimacy commercialization across Asia.

Edward Slingerlandمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Asian Philosophy
• Cognitive Science of Religion
• Cultural Evolution
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Edward Slingerland is a Professor and Director of the Database of Religious History at the University of British Columbia's Department of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts). He holds additional appointments in Psychology and Asian Studies. With a Ph.D. from Stanford University, his research spans Warring States Chinese thought, cognitive science of religion, and science-humanities integration. His notable works include Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization and Trying Not to Try , exploring topics like intoxication's role in civilization and early Chinese virtue ethics. Research interests include cognitive linguistics, virtue ethics, cultural evolution, and mind-body dualism in early texts. He leads the Database of Religious History, a large-scale project analyzing cultural evolution through historical data. Awards include Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Distinguished University Scholar. Teaches courses like Foundations of Chinese Thought and Comparative Conceptions of the Self . Developed MOOCs on Chinese Thought and the Science of Religion for edX. Active in public engagement, featured on The Joe Rogan Experience and in media discussions on his books. His work bridges humanities and sciences, emphasizing interdisciplinary methods to understand cultural and cognitive evolution.

• Shadow Banking
• Banking and Financial Law
• EU Law
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr Evgenia Ralli is a Lecturer in Financial Law and Regulation at the Edinburgh Law School , University of Edinburgh, where she contributes to the LLM in International Banking Law and Finance by teaching financial and banking law. Her research focuses on the interrelation between law and socio-economic contexts, particularly in banking and financial regulation, with a specific emphasis on shadow banking and its historical evolution. Before joining Edinburgh, she served as a Lecturer at Coventry University, teaching EU law and financial law, and held part-time and visiting roles at the Florence School of Banking and Finance (EUI) and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her academic background includes a PhD and LLM in Comparative, European and International Laws from the European University Institute (EUI), an LLM in European Economic and Financial Criminal Law from the University of Luxembourg, an LLM in German Law from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), and an LLB from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). Her research spans shadow banking, EU financial law, financial criminal law, comparative law, and interdisciplinary methodologies. She has published on topics such as the institutionalization of shadow banking in the EU, regulatory arbitrage, and the European Arrest Warrant. She is a Fellow of the European Law Institute and a member of the Kavala Bar Association, the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), and the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS). Scientific Awards : Fellow of the European Law Institute

Paul J. du Plessisمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Roman Law
• Legal History
• Comparative Law
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Professor Paul J. du Plessis holds the Chair of Roman Law at the University of Edinburgh , specializing in the intersection of law and society through a historical lens. He directs the Centre for Legal History and convenes the Europa Library Committee , while also serving as Head of Subject Area: Legal History. Education: B.Juris, Hons B.A., LL.B, M.A., Ph.D Professional Affiliations: Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA Scot) His research focuses on Roman law , particularly property and obligations, with secondary interests in persons, family law, and the European ius commune of the late Middle Ages. He challenges macro-narratives of European legal history through structural and doctrinal analyses. Recent publications highlight his expertise in comparative legal systems , including contributions to the Chinese Civil Code and analyses of Roman law's influence in Scotland and Thailand. He co-edits the Oxford Studies in Roman Society and Law series and contributes to the Edinburgh Legal History Blog . Scientific Awards: Elected to the Senatus Academicus (2020) Elected Professor Extraordinarius at the University of the North West (2021) He supervises PhD candidates in Roman law, ancient history, and history of ideas, and actively participates in interdisciplinary networks like Ancient Law in Context . His work spans legal archaeology, doctrinal studies, and critical historiography.

María Arquero de Alarcónمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Urban Planning
• Architecture
• Environmental Design
• +۳ مورد دیگر

María Arquero de Alarcón is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning , where she teaches Physical Planning and Design , Global and Comparative Planning , and Climate-Related Urbanism . She leads MAde Studio , a research-based design practice focusing on socio-spatial strategies for urban transformation in conditions of scarcity. Research Focus: Her work combines architecture , landscape urbanism , and social justice to address urban development challenges, particularly in informal settlements and resource-constrained environments. Projects span São Paulo's urban peripheries , Detroit's riverfront , and Lithium extraction territories , emphasizing collaborative processes with local communities. Scientific Awards: ACSA Collaborative Practice Award (2019) AIA Michigan Design Awards (2013-2015) BSA Award Citations (2013-2014) ACSA Faculty Design Award (2012) Publications include contributions to The Third Coast Atlas , Mapping Detroit , and journals like Sustainability and Michigan Journal of Sustainability . Her exhibitions include the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale and Eli Broad Art Museum. Education: Professional Degree in Architecture (Madrid Polytechnic University), Master of Advanced Studies in Landscape Architecture (ETH Zurich), Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design (Harvard University). Recipient of the Fellowship for Postgraduate Studies “Obra Social La Caixa” for US studies.

Krishnan Ram-Prasadمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Comparative Indo-European Syntax
• Syntactic Reconstruction
• Proto-Indo-European Studies
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Krishnan Ram-Prasad is a Junior Research Fellow in Classics and Linguistics at Merton College, University of Oxford. His research focuses on comparative Indo-European syntax, syntactic reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European, and critical decolonial approaches to Classics and Comparative Philology. He holds a PhD from 2022 on Proto-Indo-European relative clauses and is developing this work into a monograph for Cambridge University Press. His teaching includes undergraduate courses in Linguistics and Classics, as well as language classes in Latin, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, and Old English. His research spans synchronic and diachronic syntactic analysis across ancient Indo-European languages, with specializations in Latin, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, and Hittite. His publications explore topics such as clitic placement in Vedic Sanskrit, Wackernagel’s Law in Vedic and Old Irish, and the role of Comparative Philology in rethinking Ancient World Studies. He actively engages with critical theory to challenge traditional disciplinary boundaries in Classics.

Robert J. Pekkanenمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Electoral Systems
• Political Parties
• Japanese Politics
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Robert J. Pekkanen is a Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, serving as the Japan Program’s Graduate Program Coordinator. He holds adjunct professorships in Political Science and Sociology. His research focuses on electoral systems, political parties, Japanese civil society, and nonprofit advocacy. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University in 2002. Key research areas include electoral systems’ impact on governance, political party strategies, and the role of civil society in Japan. Notable works include Japan’s Dual Civil Society (2006), which won the Masayoshi Ohira Prize, and The Rise and Fall of Japan’s LDP (2010), co-authored with Ellis S. Krauss. His work has been supported by grants from the Mellon Foundation, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, and others. Pekkanen has co-edited influential volumes such as The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems and Japan Decides series analyzing Japanese general elections. His awards include the ISS/Oxford Prize (2014) and JANPORA’s Outstanding Research Award (2010, 2022). He teaches courses on Japanese politics, electoral systems, and international negotiation.

Daniel Berkowitzمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Comparative Institutions
• Development Economics
• Applied Microeconomics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Roles and Affiliations: Daniel Berkowitz is a Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a secondary appointment at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. His research focuses on comparative institutions, development economics, and applied microeconomics, with a strong emphasis on legal frameworks and economic reforms in transitioning economies, particularly China and post-Soviet states. Recent Activities: Visiting Researcher, Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (2024) Visiting Professor, Heinz School of Carnegie Mellon University (2022) Executive Secretary of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies (2019-2021) Former Co-Managing Editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics (2007-2016) Research Interests: Berkowitz’s work explores how legal institutions, political dynamics, and historical contexts shape economic outcomes. Key themes include: The impact of legal transplants on trade and development State-owned enterprises and reforms in China Environmental and energy economics, including fracking’s economic implications Bureaucratic capacity and policy effectiveness His interdisciplinary approach merges law, economics, and policy analysis. Publications Overview: His recent work addresses topics like household financial strategies in fracking regions, bureaucratic influences on income distribution, and corporate governance in China. Earlier research examined Russia’s market reforms and the long-term effects of legal systems on trade. Grants and Labs: Active in cross-institutional collaborations, including visiting roles at Tsinghua University and the National Bureau of Economic Research. No specific lab affiliations were mentioned, but his work often involves empirical field studies and institutional analysis.

James Hadleyمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Translation Studies
• Digital Humanities
• Literary Translation
• +۳ مورد دیگر

James Hadley is an Associate Professor in Russian and Slavonic Studies and holds the Ussher Assistant Professorship in Literary Translation at Trinity College Dublin. He directs the MPhil in Literary Translation program and leads the Irish Research Council-funded QuantiQual Project. His research focuses on translation studies, particularly indirect translations, employing digital humanities and empirical methods to explore previously unanswerable questions. He is based at the Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation, fostering public engagement through events and initiatives. Dr. Hadley’s work bridges literary translation, technology integration, and computational analysis. He actively recruits doctoral/postdoctoral researchers interested in digital humanities applications in translation studies, especially regarding indirect translation. His research has addressed topics such as machine translation impacts, sentiment classification, and historical translation practices in Japan. He can be contacted at hadleyj@tcd.ie for collaborative opportunities. His academic contributions span theoretical frameworks (e.g., the Concatenation Effect Hypothesis) and practical applications like OCR tools for historical texts. The Trinity Centre serves as a hub for interdisciplinary translation studies, emphasizing both scholarly rigor and public accessibility.

Pavithra Suryanarayanمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Ethnic Politics
• State Capacity
• Party Politics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Pavithra Suryanarayan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her research focuses on ethnic politics, state capacity, party politics, and Indian politics, employing historical political economy methods with an emphasis on causal identification and archival research. She has received prestigious awards such as the Heinz I Eulau Award (2021) and the Mancur Olson Award for her work in political economy. Her research has been featured in outlets like the New York Times and The Hindu. Her key research areas include the intersection of ethnic inequality with institutional development, voting preferences, and party system dynamics in ranked ethnic systems like India and the U.S. She also explores state capacity’s role in class voting and party system institutionalization in Indian states. Her work bridges historical contexts with contemporary political challenges, offering insights into governance and electoral behavior. Prof. Suryanarayan contributes to academic discourse through her editorial roles with Broadstreet , the Journal of Historical Political Economy , and the Comparative Politics Newsletter . Her recent publications address topics like state capacity, pandemic governance in India, and the historical roots of bureaucratic structures. Key Awards: Heinz I Eulau Award (2021), Mancur Olson Award, Franklin L. Burdett/Pi Sigma Alpha Award. Editorial Roles: Editor of Broadstreet, Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Historical Political Economy. Her research trends emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to understanding how historical legacies and institutional frameworks shape modern political outcomes, particularly in developing democracies.

Nancy S. Steinhardtمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Chinese Art History
• Architectural History
• East Asian Archaeology
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Nancy S. Steinhardt is a Professor of East Asian Art and Curator of Chinese Art at the University of Pennsylvania since 1982. She holds affiliations in the Department of History of Art, Department of Architecture, and the Penn Museum. With a PhD from Harvard (1981) and former Junior Fellowship there, her research focuses on Chinese art, architecture, and archaeology from the 2nd to 14th centuries, emphasizing cultural interactions at China's borders. She has authored/co-edited over 12 books, including China: an Architectural History (2019), and published over 100 articles. Steinhardt has received prestigious awards like the Alice David Hitchcock Book Award (2021) and multiple fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, NEH, and others. Her research projects include Mongolia: Architecture and Archaeology and Modern Chinese Architecture: 180 Years . She has organized major conferences on topics like 'Middle-Period Archaeology in Mongolia' and 'Global Cities.' As an advisor and guest curator for institutions like the Metropolitan Museum and the Penn Museum, she promotes international collaborations in China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and Russia. Her teaching spans courses on Chinese archaeology, East Asian funerary arts, and the architectural history of the Mongol Empire. Steinhardt’s work bridges academic and public spheres, with over 400 lectures and roles like Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellow at the National Gallery (2017). Her grants include the 2018 Penn Museum Director’s Field Research Grant and the 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship. She serves on the Society of Architectural Historians board, reflecting her leadership in architectural historiography.

Sonia Colinaمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Spanish Phonology
• Optimality Theory
• Syllable Structure
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Sonia Colina is a Regents Professor and holds a dual affiliation with the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (College of Science) and the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) program at the University of Arizona. She is a leading scholar in Spanish phonology (Optimality Theory, syllable structure) and Translation Studies, particularly focusing on translation pedagogy and healthcare translation. Her research bridges linguistic theory and practical applications, such as improving healthcare access for limited-English-proficient populations through translation mediation and community health initiatives. Dr. Colina has authored influential works like *Fundamentals of Translation* (2015) and *Syllable Structure in Spanish* (2009), and co-edited volumes such as *The Handbook of Spanish Phonology*. She has directed NIH-funded projects, including the Oyendo Bien initiative using community health workers to address hearing loss among border populations and a collaboration on Spanish/English text simplification with the Department of Management Information Systems. Her research interests span translation quality assessment, bilingual phonological acquisition, and the role of surface/semantic features in medical text simplification. As Director of the National Center for Interpretation, she advances interpreter training and standards in healthcare and legal settings. She is a past president of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association (ATISA), contributing to the professionalization of translation studies. In grants and collaborations, Colina emphasizes interdisciplinary partnerships, such as integrating linguistics with audiology and public health. Her work highlights translational research that enhances language accessibility and equity in healthcare systems.