Christine T. Ehrick is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of History at the University of Louisville. Her research focuses on gender, radio, and sound in Latin America, particularly Argentina and Uruguay during the 20th century. She holds a Ph.D. from UCLA (1997), an M.A. from UCLA (1991), and a B.A. from UC San Diego (1989). Her work explores how gender intersects with auditory culture, including studies of women's voices in early radio and resistance movements against military dictatorships. Current projects include documenting Radio Colonia's role during South America's repressive regimes and collaborating with the Library of Congress' Radio Preservation Task Force. She advocates for radio preservation through academic partnerships and pedagogical innovation. Her publications include Radio and the Gendered Soundscape (2015) and its Spanish translation (2021), analyzing how women shaped Latin American radio's sonic landscapes. Recent scholarship addresses WWII propaganda and transnational radio's role in feminist media history.
Dr. Brian LaPierre is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi specializing in modern Russian and Soviet history. His research focuses on crime, social control, and legal systems in the post-Stalinist Soviet Union. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago (2006) alongside MA (1998) and BA (1996) degrees from the same institution and Millersville University respectively. Education: PhD - University of Chicago (2006) MA - University of Chicago (1998) BA - Millersville University (1996) His primary research interests include the social construction of deviance in Khrushchev's Russia, the policing of hooliganism, and the intersection of law with everyday life under socialism. Current projects explore Bulgarian guestworker experiences in the USSR and post-Stalinist capital punishment practices. He has received major grants from the Fulbright-Hays Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and IREX. Teaching specialties include Muscovite/Imperial Russia (HIS 452), Soviet Union studies (HIS 458), 20th-century European history (HIS 334), and International Studies seminars (IS 491). Proficient in Russian, Bulgarian, and French, he contributes to the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES).
Eva van Roekel is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She holds additional appointments at the Amsterdam Sustainability Institute and Mobilities, Beliefs and Belonging (MOBB). Her work combines fieldwork, creative writing, and visual anthropology with a focus on Latin America, particularly Venezuela and Argentina. Education: BSc (2006) and MSc (2007) in Latin American Studies from Utrecht University. PhD (2016) in Cultural Anthropology from Utrecht University, focusing on trials for crimes against humanity in Argentina. Research interests include violence, morality, human rights, and natural resource conflicts. Notable projects include research on the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis (funded by NWO Veni Grant) and creative ethnography through the Anthropology and Humanism journal. Awards include the 2020 Outstanding Academic Title and multiple grants from ISRF and NWO. Teaching involves courses on visual anthropology and creative methodologies. She co-developed the VU minor Visual Evidence , training students in documentary filmmaking. Active in public anthropology through media contributions and advisory roles at CEDLA and the Creative Anthropologies Network. Key grants include the Independent Social Research Foundation fellowship (2020) and Veni Grant (2022). Her research bridges moral philosophy with crisis ethnography, examining how economic collapse and environmental degradation shape ethical frameworks in Latin America.
Xavier Marechaux is an Associate Professor and Social Studies Coordinator at SUNY Old Westbury, within the School of Education's Adolescence Education History & Philosophy department. He holds a PhD in French History from Université Paris I. His research focuses on the French Revolution, Napoleon's era, and the Catholic Church's history during the 18th-19th centuries, particularly the dechristianization campaigns and their long-term effects. Key publications include *Noces révolutionnaires* (2017) and *Pie VII, le pape qui défia Napoléon* (2024), exploring married priests under the Revolution and the papacy's struggles with Napoleon. His work appears in journals like *Napoleonica* and *The Cambridge History of Atheism*. Research interests emphasize revolutionary religious policies, post-revolutionary reconciliation, and the socio-political impacts of clerical marriage. He teaches courses on social studies methods, global history, and literacy in education.
Louie Dean Valencia is an Associate Professor of Digital History at Texas State University's Department of History, serving as Director of the Texas Center for Public History. He holds the prestigious NEH Distinguished Professor in the Humanities title (2024-2027). His expertise spans European history, digital media, and far-right movements, with a focus on youth culture's role in social change. Valencia has taught at Harvard and curated exhibitions at the Museum of the City of New York. He leads projects like the 'Night of Ideas,' blending art, technology, and dialogue to explore contemporary issues. Education: Ph.D. in Early and Late Modern European History from Fordham University. Research interests include Francoist Spain, public history, and the intersection of technology with authoritarianism. He edits journals like Popular Culture Review and Modern History of Politics and Violence . Recent scholarship emphasizes far-right revisionism, digital age politics, and historical memory. Notable works include Far-Right Revisionism and the End of History (2020) and Antiauthoritarian Youth Culture in Francoist Spain (2018). Awards include Mellon Foundation and ACLS fellowships. Active in digital strategy consulting for brands like PepsiCo and GOOP. Grants and fellowships: U.S. Library of Congress, Mellon Foundation, Spanish Ministry of Education. Advises on projects linking history to modern challenges, such as AI ethics and environmental policy.
Vincent Boudreau is Professor of Political Science at City College of New York and current President of CCNY. His research examines state-society conflict in Southeast Asia, particularly protest movements under authoritarian regimes. Education includes Ph.D. from Cornell University (1991). Authored books analyze repression strategies in Burma, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Previously served as dean of Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. Research interests include comparative analysis of dictatorship resistance, social movement organization, and political methodology.
Robert Ovetz is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at San Jose State University within the College of Social Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas-Austin in 1996. His professional background includes roles as a legislative aide, NGO executive director, and policy advocate, with notable achievements in lobbying for global marine protections through the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Education: Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Texas-Austin (1996). His research and writing focus on labor movements, capitalism, NGOs, constitutional analysis, and social movements. Recent publications explore AI's impact on labor, management rights clauses, gig economy dynamics, and historical labor struggles like the Kansas miners' strikes and the 1877 railroad strike. His articles (2023–2020) cover topics such as the plutocratic nature of the US Constitution, algorithmic surveillance in workplaces, and the role of credible strike threats in labor organizing. These works span political science, labor rights, technology's societal impact, and critiques of capitalist systems. As a labor writer for Dollars & Sense and The Chief magazine, Robert has been featured in TV, radio, podcasts, and international print media. He edits and contributes to collections like Workers' Inquiry and Global Class Struggle (2020) and The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy (2022), with upcoming books on NGOs and capitalism (2024–2025). His works are widely published across ten languages and platforms.
Dr. Johannes Karreth is an Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Ursinus College. His research examines how international institutions resolve conflicts across domains including civil war prevention, peace agreement implementation, and interstate disputes, with complementary work on public attitudes toward globalization. His methodological expertise includes Bayesian modeling and data visualization, applied to studies of institutional incentives, mediation effectiveness, and territorial threat impacts on democratic stability. He directs Ursinus' Model United Nations program and advises student research through the Aid and Peace Research Group. Analyses of his publications reveal consistent focus on conflict management institutions, statistical examinations of peacebuilding effectiveness, and innovative applications of political methodology to international relations questions.
Mark Drumbl is the Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law and Director of the Transnational Law Institute at Washington and Lee University's School of Law. His research focuses on international criminal law, transitional justice, and the psychological and societal dynamics behind participation in mass atrocities. He has authored seminal works such as Reimagining Child Soldiers (2012) and Informers Up Close (2024), exploring themes like informers in repressive regimes and child soldiers. Drumbl's work bridges legal theory and practice, emphasizing the role of emotions and marginalized individuals in violent contexts. Education: Graduate program in law at Columbia University. Key Roles: Taught at W&L Law, directed the Transnational Law Institute, and consulted on international law matters. Research Interests: Drumbl's work examines how ordinary individuals become complicit in mass violence, including informers in communist Czechoslovakia and child soldiers in armed conflicts. His interdisciplinary approach combines legal analysis with oral histories and archival research. Recent projects include a conference on transitional justice innovations and a book on post-conflict justice mechanisms in Sierra Leone. His scholarship has influenced judicial decisions, such as a 2024 Fifth Circuit opinion citing his 2002 work on terrorism and legal responses. Drumbl also advocates for inclusive, global South perspectives in international law and testified before the U.N. on anti-racism protocols. Awards: Lewis Prize for Excellence in Scholarship (2024). Grants/Consulting: Secured grants for transnational law initiatives and advised on transitional justice frameworks. Drumbl co-organized international conferences on topics like informers and environmental justice, fostering collaborations with global scholars. His Transnational Law Institute offers students internships via networks with NGOs, U.N. agencies, and government bodies.
Elliott Edward Prasse-Freeman serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. His academic career centers on Southeast Asian politics with particular emphasis on Myanmar, drawing from extensive ethnographic research on Burmese subaltern political thought, activism, and contentious politics within semi-authoritarian settings. Prasse-Freeman earned his PhD from Yale University's Department of Anthropology, establishing the methodological and theoretical foundation for his fieldwork in Myanmar. His educational background has equipped him with sophisticated anthropological frameworks for analyzing political phenomena in complex authoritarian contexts. His research spans anthropology, political science, development studies, historical studies, gender studies, human geography, and policy administration. Prasse-Freeman's work examines how marginalized populations navigate and resist state power, with particular attention to rights frameworks in contexts where such rights are systematically denied. His book Rights Refused (Stanford University Press) analyzes Burmese subaltern political thought through extended ethnography of activism. He is currently developing a second book project exploring Rohingya political subjectivity amid dislocation and mass violence, focusing on their maneuvers within post-sovereign governmental regimes that incorporate Human Rights discourse, humanitarian care/exclusion, and biopolitical regulation. Prasse-Freeman's recent publications reveal a coherent analytical trajectory examining Myanmar's political landscape through multiple lenses including ethnic conflict, state violence, technological interventions, and resistance strategies. His 2025 article on 'Big data visuality and interstitial spaces of autonomy' challenges conventional assumptions about surveillance technologies, demonstrating how humanitarian technologies like drones and blockchain can simultaneously obscure and enhance knowledge, creating spaces for autonomy within conflict zones. His scholarship consistently bridges anthropological theory with political analysis, particularly examining how marginalized populations strategically navigate complex power structures. His teaching interests include Sociology of Language and Communication, Southeast Asia in a Globalizing World, and Modernity and Social Change, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of his scholarly work and connecting his research expertise with pedagogical practice.
Seunghoon Chae is an Assistant Professor of International Security at the University of Leeds' School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), concurrently serving as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow. He holds a DPhil from Nuffield College, University of Oxford, with prior appointments at the University of Oxford and Korea Military Academy. His research focuses on state capacity, political violence in Korea, and quantitative methods applied to conflict analysis. He has conducted extensive work on civilian victimization during the Korean War, including the K-CIV dataset, and explored state responses to crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Education: DPhil in Politics, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (2022) MPhil in Politics, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (2016) BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, St Anne’s College, University of Oxford (2014) Research Interests: Chae’s work analyzes how state capacity influences violence against civilians, particularly in Korea. He combines formal models and comparative quantitative methods to study topics like North Korean repression, military capacity’s role in conflict, and civilian agency during war. His Korean War research highlights civilian-perpetrated violence and spatial-temporal patterns of victimization. Grants & Awards: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (£6000 p.a., 2022–2025) Distinguished Researcher Award, Korea Military Academy (2020) Excellence in Teaching Award (2019, 2021) Labs & Collaborations: Chae collaborates with institutions like the Oxford Conflict, Peace and Security Hub and is affiliated with Nuffield College and St John’s College, Oxford. His current projects include studies on North Korean executions as information signals and PKO (Peacekeeping Operations) effectiveness.
Dr. Melanie O'Brien is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Research) at the UWA Law School. She specializes in international criminal law, genocide studies, and human rights law. She holds leadership roles including President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Loughborough. Her research focuses on genocide prevention, gender-based violence in mass atrocities, and legal accountability mechanisms. She has published extensively, including seminal works like From Discrimination to Death: Genocide Process Through a Human Rights Lens and Criminalising Peacekeepers . Dr. O’Brien holds a PhD from the University of Nottingham, LLB from the University of Newcastle, and advanced qualifications in human rights law and legal practice. She has advised UN bodies, including the Special Rapporteur on Iran, and appeared as amicus curiae before the ICC. Her honors include the Aurora Mardiganian Medal for her work on the Armenian Genocide. Her teaching spans International Criminal Law, Public International Law, and research supervision. She leads the Law School Research Committee and has secured grants from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and others. Her global engagement includes fieldwork across six continents and contributions to initiatives like the Ukraine Peace Settlement Project.
Luke Ray Di Marco Campbell is a Lecturer in Community Development at the University of Glasgow, specializing in People, Place & Social Change. With approximately thirteen years of community development practice experience, Campbell bridges academic theory with grassroots activism, bringing real-world expertise into teaching and research. Their pronouns are they/them/theirs, reflecting their commitment to inclusive practices. Dr. Campbell's research centers on how individuals, community campaigns, and organizations navigate, challenge, and adapt to austerity measures. Their work particularly focuses on social inclusion, community organizing, queer and anarchist practices, and dialogical approaches to education in informal settings. Campbell's scholarship consistently examines power dynamics and seeks alternatives to hierarchical structures in community development work, with growing emphasis on anti-racist initiatives and queer inclusion. Analysis of Campbell's recent publications reveals a strong focus on anarchist theory and practice, with particular attention to community organizing, anti-racist initiatives, and queer inclusion. Their work bridges academic theory with practical community applications, often examining how radical political ideas manifest in everyday community work. The publications demonstrate growing engagement with digital platforms as spaces for political discourse and community building, alongside traditional community development approaches. Chair, Adult Learning Project (Edinburgh) Treasurer, Community Development Journal Trustee, The W.H.Y. Project (Edinburgh) Editorial Board, Community Development Journal (2023-present) As a supervisor, Campbell has guided numerous graduate students through research on topics including transgender and non-binary experiences in activism, employability programs, charity models, and migrant integration. Their recently awarded grant "From Streets Clashes to the Sud Curva" examines radical leftist ultra movements in European football culture, investigating how community is formulated and enacted within these spaces through Biographical Interpretive Narrative Methods. Campbell teaches across multiple programs including M.Ed. Youth Work, Adult Education, and Community Development, as well as B.A. Community Education courses, with a curriculum spanning theoretical frameworks, empowerment approaches, and practical community development methods.
Patrick J. Murphy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Rochester’s School of Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on mechanisms governing gene expression during development and disease, particularly using zebrafish and mammalian models to study epigenetic regulation of cell identity transitions. He earned a PhD and holds expertise in chromatin dynamics, developmental genomics, and bioinformatics. Research Interests include: Regulation of vertebrate gene transcription in vivo Epigenetic and chromatin dynamics Zebrafish genetics & genomics Developmental cell state transitions Advanced genomic technologies Publications span topics like histone chaperones in neurons, pluripotency reacquisition, and paternal epigenetic effects of smoking. His work combines classic developmental biology with modern genomics and bioinformatics tools. No scientific awards are explicitly listed, though his high-impact publications reflect significant contributions. Advising no listed students, but collaborates on projects involving chromatin and epigenetic reprogramming. Active in the Murphy Lab, which leverages zebrafish systems for mechanistic insights into gene regulation.
Juan F. Tellez is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. He specializes in political violence, development, and research methods, with a focus on Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. His work bridges academic research with practical development projects funded by the World Bank, USAID, and other agencies in Colombia, Indonesia, Guatemala, and Ethiopia. Tellez holds a PhD in Political Science from Duke University (2019), an MA from Duke (2016), and a BA from the University of Florida (2013). His research investigates how political violence intersects with development outcomes, including studies on forced displacement and social cohesion in Colombia, civic engagement in autocratic regimes, and the impact of peace agreements. He has also explored media effects on polarization and the dynamics of vigilantism in Guatemala. Tellez teaches courses on civil wars, international relations, Latin American politics, and quantitative methods at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He developed the juanr R package, which compiles datasets for teaching political science and data analysis, including conflict data, Latin American politics datasets, and socio-economic indicators. His work emphasizes bridging empirical research with policy-relevant solutions in development and conflict-affected regions. Tellez’s geographic expertise includes Colombia, Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Indonesia, with research often conducted in collaboration with governments and international organizations. His methodological contributions span experimental design, statistical modeling, and computational social science.
