Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan is Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge and Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law. As Fellow of King's College, his research examines international intellectual property regimes, trade-investment law interfaces, and digital platform governance. Research analyzes regulatory frameworks for emerging technologies and automation's impact on content protection. Current projects investigate intellectual property's role in sustainable development and historical justice claims. Serves as legal expert for WIPO and advises governments on trade agreement provisions. Authored foundational texts on IP protection in international law and investment treaties.
K. Bellamy Mitchell is a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. They hold affiliations with the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture, and the Department of English Language and Literature. Their work bridges literature, critical theory, and social justice. Education: PhD (2024, joint in English and Social Thought), MA in English (2021), both from the University of Chicago; BA with Honors in Philosophy and English (2015, Georgetown University). Research focuses on apology theory, affect studies, and Indigenous/queer performance art. They examine how literary and social rituals of repair engage race, class, and colonialism. Current courses include 'Aftermath: Literature of Reparation' and 'Transformative Description: Faulkner, Hurston, and Modernist Ethnography.' Fellowships supported their work at institutions like the Pozen Center and Newberry Consortium. Creative writing appears in Gulf Coast , Prodigal , and SixByEight .
Uju Anya is an Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics at Carnegie Mellon University's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her research focuses on critical applied linguistics, examining how race, gender, and class intersect in second language acquisition. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from UCLA, an M.A. in Brazilian Studies from Brown University, and a B.A. in Romance Languages from Dartmouth College. Her groundbreaking work explores multilingualism through a social justice lens, particularly the experiences of Black students in language learning. Her 2017 book Racialized identities in second language learning won the 2019 American Association for Applied Linguistics First Book Award. She co-edited Racial equity on college campuses (2021) and has published widely on critical race pedagogy, translanguaging, and anti-racist curriculum design. Professor Anya has received multiple teaching awards including the Penn State College of Education Outstanding Teaching Award (2020) and USC Rossier School of Education Mentoring Award (2015). She actively collaborates with institutions like HBCUs to improve language education accessibility for Black learners, and her work frequently intersects with Hip Hop culture and Afro-Latina identity studies. Her current projects include developing task-based Spanish curricula to combat anti-Blackness in education and advising initiatives to diversify language educator demographics. She serves as a leading voice in global efforts to integrate racial equity into language program administration and study abroad programs.
Brett St Louis is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology. He is affiliated with the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity and serves on the editorial board of New Formations . Prior roles include positions at Goldsmiths, University of London, UC San Diego, and the University of Bristol. He holds a PhD from the University of Southampton (1999), focusing on C.L.R. James' social theory. His research explores race, ethnicity, and racism through theoretical frameworks like racial eliminativism. Current projects include a book on The Postracial Ambition , analyzing racial eliminativism's historical trajectory and critiques of race as an analytical category. He critiques the BAME administrative category and theorizes race as a technology, not an empirical object. His work intersects with UN SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities) and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions). Recent publications address racial legacies, carceral systems, and post-millennial whiteness. His writings challenge methodological and ontological assumptions about race in sociological practice.
Jenny L Davis is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair and Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University, and holds an Honorary Professorship in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University. Her work bridges sociology, technology studies, and ethics, focusing on how digital tools shape identity, interaction, and societal structures. Her research explores themes such as human-robot interaction, AI ethics, social media dynamics, and stigma management. Notable contributions include studies on role-taking theory, the sociology of disability, and the ethical implications of automation. Recent articles highlight her interest in digital culture, including analyses of Mastodon migration, humanoid robots, and binaural beat use. Her interdisciplinary approach combines quantitative methods (e.g., sentiment analysis, web scraping) with qualitative coding and theoretical frameworks. Awarded the prestigious Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair, her work has influenced policy discussions on technology governance and social equity. She actively engages with media and academia to disseminate findings on topics like algorithmic reparation and moral entrepreneurship.
Zoe C. Walker is an incoming Assistant Professor of Race and Ethnic Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Rochester. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan (expected 2025), an M.A. from the same university (2021), and a B.A. in Political Science and English from the University of Notre Dame (2019). Her research focuses on Black politics, inequality, racial attitudes, and political behavior, particularly examining how beliefs about the American Dream influence responses to racial inequality. She is a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellow and has received grants from the Russell Sage Foundation and the National Academies of Science. Her book project, When Hard Work Isn’t Enough , investigates how Black Americans’ faith in hard work as a solution to racial inequality shapes their political behavior. This work combines quantitative and qualitative data, including national surveys and structural topic models, to show that confidence in the American Dream correlates with opposition to structural solutions to inequality and reduced acknowledgment of racial barriers. Zoe’s research has been published in Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics and RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences . Her awards include the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship and the Russell Sage Dissertation Research Grant.
Carole Boyce Davies is the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, Emerita at Cornell University's Africana Studies and Research Center, within the College of Arts and Sciences. She holds joint appointments in American Studies, Feminist/Gender/Sexuality Studies, and Literatures in English. An esteemed scholar of African Diaspora literature and Black feminist thought, her work interrogates transnationalism, political leadership, and cultural resistance. Her research emphasizes Black women's agency in global contexts, with a focus on leadership and decolonial frameworks. Her academic career includes roles at Northwestern University and leadership in organizations like the Caribbean Studies Association. Notable works include Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Claudia Jones and Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora . She contributed to UNESCO’s General History of Africa and co-organized the 2016 CSA Conference in Haiti. Her teaching spans honors thesis supervision and independent studies. Awards include a Lifetime Achievement Award. Research interests encompass Black women’s political leadership, transnational feminism, and Caribbean cultural studies. Her publications reflect a trajectory from literary analysis to policy engagement, emphasizing diasporic connections and radical intellectual traditions.
Eugene Petracca is a Term Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Barnard College, Columbia University. He holds a PhD from Columbia University (2020) and specializes in medieval literature, with a focus on Dante and Chaucer. His research explores transnational influences in dream poetry and theoretical approaches to literary analysis. His work intersects world literature, translation studies, and the reception of Greco-Roman antiquity. Current projects examine deconstructionist and psychoanalytic frameworks in medieval texts. Dr. Petracca teaches courses on Chaucer, Renaissance literature, and Enlightenment-era colloquia. His 2020 publication in Exemplaria applies reparative frameworks to antisemitism in The Prioress's Tale .
Jonathan Petropoulos is the John V. Croul Professor of European History at Claremont McKenna College. His research focuses on Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, art looting, and European aristocracy. He has held prestigious fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt (2000-2001) and Royal Historical Society Fellow (2009–present). He served on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets (1999–2000) and co-edits the 'Interdisciplinary German Cultural Studies' book series. Notable works include Göring’s Man in Paris (2021) and The Faustian Bargain (2000), recognized by the New York Public Library. His teaching awards include the Huntoon Senior Teaching Award (2002). Education: B.A. UCLA (1983), M.A./Ph.D. Harvard (1990). Research emphasizes Nazi art plunder networks, aristocratic collaboration, and Holocaust memory. He has advised on cultural property restitution policies and contributed to ARTnews and European journals. Awards include fellowships from Clare Hall (Cambridge, 2005–present), the Humboldt Foundation, and the American Council on Germany 'Young Leader' designation (1993). His work bridges historical scholarship with ethical questions about complicity and memory.
Andreas Folkers is a Distinguished Fellow at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (University of Erfurt) and a member of the research council at the Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt. His work bridges Science and Technology Studies (STS) with critical theory, focusing on fossil modernity, climate capitalism, biopolitics, and infrastructural resilience. Folkers holds a PhD from Goethe University Frankfurt (2017) and previously served as a visiting scholar at the New School (2013) and London School of Economics (2022). His current research includes a book project on 'Fossil Modernity,' examining the entanglement of fossil fuels with socio-political systems, and a new project on Negative Emission Technologies at Columbia University (2025). Education: PhD in Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt (2017) M.A. in Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt M.A. in Philosophy, New School for Social Research, New York Research Themes: Fossil Capitalism and Climate Justice Crisis Governance and Resilience Politics Biopolitical Systems and Vital Security Microbial Symbiosis and Technoscience Grants and Funding: European Research Council German Research Foundation (DFG) Volkswagen Foundation Fritz Thyssen Foundation Labs/Teams: Active in interdisciplinary research networks including the Max-Weber-Kolleg Doctoral Programme and the Institute for Social Research's Climate Policy Group.
James S. Bowen is an Associate Professor of Political Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, part of the City University of New York (CUNY). He holds a BA and PhD from Columbia University and a JD from Yale Law School. His work bridges law, sociology, and critical race theory, focusing on civil rights, civil liberties, and the African Diaspora. Key research topics include African-American family values, border babies, peremptory challenge abuse, and the Organization of African Unity (OAU). His publications appear in journals such as the Yale Journal of Law and Liberation , Journal of Family Law , and National Black Law Journal . Current research emphasizes reparations and critical race theory. No scientific awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided text. Advising and team/labs information are not detailed here.
Ryan Fong is a Professor of English and Department Chair at Kalamazoo College, where he specializes in nineteenth-century British literature, particularly the Victorian period. He also contributes to the Women, Gender, and Sexuality program and teaches courses on East Asian diasporic literatures, literary theory, and social justice. Holding a PhD and MA from the University of California, Davis, and a BA from Whittier College, Dr. Fong is currently working on a book examining colonial and Indigenous literatures across the British empire. His research interests include: 19th-century British Literature Victorian Literature Colonial and Indigenous Literatures East Asian Diasporic Literatures Reparative practices in education Social justice curriculum development Dr. Fong has earned a prestigious two-year faculty fellowship at the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, where he focuses on centering indigeneity in the Kalamazoo College curriculum and making reparations to Michigan's Potawatomi tribes. He emphasizes the importance of literary history for students, advocating for understanding continuities and developments across periods from Beowulf to contemporary works. Scientific Awards: Faculty Fellowship at the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership Dr. Fong teaches courses spanning Beyond Realism, Opium's role in modernity, Modernism to 21st-century British literature, Romantic and Victorian studies, 19th-century women's literature, East Asian diasporic literatures, and advanced literary theory. His work appears in journals like Victorian Studies and Victorian Literature and Culture .
Ludovica Fales is a practising artist and researcher at the Royal College of Art, where she is affiliated with the School of Communication. She teaches documentary practice and theory, experimental and interactive storytelling, exploring forms of subjectivity through contemporary and participatory narratives and the relationship with film, new technologies and expanded cinema. She holds an MA in Documentary Direction and a PhD in Audiovisual Studies, which form the foundation of her academic and creative work that bridges theory and practice in film and media studies. Her educational background directly informs her interdisciplinary approach that combines critical theory with hands-on creative practice. Ludovica's research investigates film and new media as a praxis of dissent and resistance, examining how cinematic forms can challenge the status quo through non-linear storytelling approaches. Her work centers on creating spaces for subaltern identities and bodies, deconstructing dominant and disciplinary gazes related to class, gender, race and sexuality. She approaches film through decolonial and feminist frameworks, exploring what she terms 'ethics of imperfection' and 'practices of self' as pathways to collective becoming through cinema. Her research extends into expanded cinema, participatory narratives, and the relationship between film and new technologies as tools for social and political engagement. Her publications and creative works reveal a consistent focus on documenting social movements, exploring new forms of storytelling through digital media, and investigating the intersection of material and digital spaces. Her research particularly emphasizes how film and media can serve as tools for resistance and social change, with significant attention to revolutionary movements, human rights documentation, and alternative forms of representation that challenge dominant narratives. Special Mention for Lala, Ortigia Film Festival, 2023 Audience Award for Lala, Bellaria Film Festival, 2023 Luis Buñuel Memorial price, for The Tales of the Black Saint, Arthouse Festival, 2022 Special Mention Youth Award for The Real Social Network, Pravo Ljudski, 2013 Best Use of Social Media Award for The Real Social Network, Social Media Film Festival, 2013 Ludovica leads significant research projects including 'Spatial Practices in Art and Architecture for Empathetic Exchange (SPACEX),' funded by MSCA Horizon 2020, European Funding for Research and Innovation. She also engages in curatorial practice through projects like 'Other Spaces' art, performance & architecture project, and 'Image Ouverte' art project, demonstrating her commitment to creating platforms for experimental media and interdisciplinary collaboration. Her creative practice spans filmmaking, installation art, and curation, with recent projects including 'Spaces of Coalescence: Material Constructions/Digital Realities' (2023) and 'Sires and Situations' (2023), which explore the intersections between physical and digital spaces, embodiment, and narrative construction.
Dr. Aarzoo Singh is an Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Her interdisciplinary research explores storytelling, material culture, and displacement among South Asian diasporas, focusing on reparative justice, affective archives, and postcolonial subjectivity. She holds a Chancellor Henry N. R. Jackman Junior Fellowship (2014-2020) and was nominated for the Christopher Knapper Teaching Award (2013). Education : Undergraduate degree in design, prior career in the fashion industry. Her current projects include a digital hub centering BIPOC, queer, and marginalized voices to challenge colonial archives. She emphasizes anti-colonial pedagogy and community-driven social change, integrating feminist interdisciplinary practices. Her work engages with postcolonial authors like Toni Morrison and Amitav Ghosh to reimagine marginalized histories. Recent publications appear in DisClosure: A Journal of Social Theory and the Monsters and Monstrosity in Media anthology. Ongoing research explores transnational affective objects and their role in intergenerational narratives of displacement. Awards : Fellowship and teaching nomination highlighted above. Community Engagement : Prioritizes anti-colonial praxis, lived experiences in academia, and collaboration across disciplines.
Fernando Galdon is a design practitioner, researcher, and educator at the Royal College of Art (RCA), where he serves as a Lecturer in the School of Design, specifically within the Innovation Design Engineering department. He co-leads Innovation Design Engineering modules on Transdisciplinary Practices and Regenerative Practices (SuperGreen), as well as cross-college units AcrossRCA and the Grand Challenge. His work brings together design, computer science, neuroscience, philosophy, and sociology, with a focus on investigating the social, technological, and political implications of designing trust. Dr. Galdon holds an impressive educational background: BA in Product Design from London Metropolitan University MSc in Cognitive Computing from Goldsmiths, University of London MRes Design from Goldsmiths, University of London PhD in Design from the Royal College of Art His research spans multiple disciplines, exploring how design can reconfigure processes and systems of production to question the social, cultural, ethical, and political contexts in which they operate. Galdon has coined novel categories to address contemporary issues in design practice and research, including Deep products, Object-Oriented-Upcycling, Exology, Synthetic consequential reasoning, Pluripolar knowledges, Biopoiesis: PolyGenetics, Counterism, and Exo-Aesthetics. His work has been published and presented internationally at prestigious institutions including MIT, the University of Cambridge, the University of Manchester, and Harvard. Analysis of Galdon's recent publications reveals a strong focus on trust design, sustainable practices, and the philosophical underpinnings of design research. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications, particularly in the areas of AI ethics, sustainable product design, and design education for the 21st century. A notable trend is his development of conceptual frameworks like 'Deep products' and 'Counterism' that challenge conventional design paradigms and offer new approaches to complex societal challenges. Among his recognitions is the Art and Humanities Research Council Studentship, which funded his MRes work on the Design Programme at Goldsmiths. Art and Humanities Research Council Studentship Dr. Galdon consults internationally for institutions and government on the future of design practice, design education, and research. His work 'A design history of COVID-19' was a research-on-the-moment initiative supported by the AHRC Research for change initiative. He is also involved in the IMPACT collaboration module between the RCA, Imperial College London, and Westminster City Council, which approaches smart cities from a human-centered perspective. Additionally, he is part of the International Upcycling Research Network, a UKRI AHRC Research Network Project. He actively participates in the academic community as a peer reviewer for major design conferences including DRS2024 and IADRS2023, and serves on the Educational Development Board at READ Spain.
