Humanities & Social Sciences

Esteemed speakers contributing their insights into human culture, behavior, and societal development

Julie Ham

Julie Ham

Julie Ham is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Brock University.

Julie Ham is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Brock University. Show more

Emanuele Pastorino

Emanuele Pastorino

I deal with participatory processes, group facilitation and community activation practices. I am tutor for the Master's in Migration Law and Policies. I write for Abitare la Terra. I collaborate with CSV Trentino.

I deal with participatory processes, group facilitation and community activation practices. I am tutor for the Master's in Migration Law and Policies. I write for Abitare la Terra. I collaborate with CSV Trentino. Show more

Kathryn Lige

Kathryn Lige

Kathryn Lige, LCSW (she/her) is a licensed psychotherapist and certificated school social worker. Her responsibilities include providing oversight of a school-based mental health program, providing psychotherapy, and consulting with staff in educational institutions. She also specializes in designing and teaching social-emotional curriculum. The heart of her work is in communities of color. Kathryn has served throughout California and in New York City. She has extensive experience providing behavioral health services to children, adolescents, young adults, and parents in K-12 and college settings.

Kathryn earned a B.A. in Social Work from Cal State LA and an M.S. in Social Work from Columbia University, specializing in Advanced Generalist Practice & Programming. Her focuses included school-based social services and the integration of mental health practioners in educational leadership. As a current doctoral student, Kathryn researches the social-emotional intelligence and well-being of educational administrators, the motivation and retention of educators, and what it takes to lead school communities of color effectively. Through opportunities in political advocacy at California’s capital, several media appearances, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and various committee leadership roles, Kathryn is driven to make a difference in the future of education.

Kathryn Lige, LCSW (she/her) is a licensed psychotherapist and certificated school social worker. Her responsibilities include providing oversight of a school-based mental health program, providing psychotherapy, and consulting with staff in educatio... Show more

Aydin Quach

Aydin Quach

My research deals primarily with sex, gender, race, and sexuality in the transpacific, with a particular focus on the queer Asian diaspora and queer nightlife. This work is guided by pleasurable objects of analysis (music festivals, fetish wear, sex[uality]) and their illustration of queer Asian or “Gaysian” lifeworlds in diaspora across the Pacific Rim.

My research deals primarily with sex, gender, race, and sexuality in the transpacific, with a particular focus on the queer Asian diaspora and queer nightlife. This work is guided by pleasurable objects of analysis (music festivals, fetish wear, sex[... Show more

Kanjana Thepboriruk

Kanjana Thepboriruk

Dr. Kanjana is a linguist and an historian. She is an associate professor of Thai language in the Department of World Languages & Cultures and is a research affiliate at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University. Her work examines the notion of "Thainess" and how Thais define, perform, understand, transmit, and regulate "Thainess" both in Thailand and in the US diaspora, in the past and in the present, including the role(s) that the Thai language may or may not have in these processes.

Dr. Kanjana is a linguist and an historian. She is an associate professor of Thai language in the Department of World Languages & Cultures and is a research affiliate at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University. Her work... Show more

R. Varisa Patraporn

R. Varisa Patraporn

Dr. Patraporn is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and faculty affiliate in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at the California State University, Long Beach. Her research centers on understanding the social and spatial forces that impact economic and social mobility and the efforts of community based organizations in advancing economic and social justice in the United States.

Dr. Patraporn is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and faculty affiliate in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at the California State University, Long Beach. Her research centers on understanding the social and sp... Show more

Bruna de Jesus Barbosa da Silva

Bruna de Jesus Barbosa da Silva

Economista e mestre em História Econômica pela USP - Universidade de São Paulo. É Auditora da Receita Estadual da Secretaria da Fazenda e Planejamento do Estado de São Paulo. Atualmente atua com Planejamento Estratégico e é líder do Programa de Felicidade Corporativa na Sefaz-SP.

Economista e mestre em História Econômica pela USP - Universidade de São Paulo. É Auditora da Receita Estadual da Secretaria da Fazenda e Planejamento do Estado de São Paulo. Atualmente atua com Planejamento Estratégico e é líder do Programa de Felic... Show more

Riva Zmajoki

Riva Zmajoki

Riva Zmajoki, spisateljica, filozofkinja i pjesnikinja. Na znanstveno fantastičnoj sceni objavljuje od davne 2005. Uz predavanja o pisanju i znanstvenoj fantastici razvija svoj mali fantastični svemir povezan QuBoS cestom kroz dimenzije koja se može naći na Amazonu.

Riva Zmajoki, spisateljica, filozofkinja i pjesnikinja. Na znanstveno fantastičnoj sceni objavljuje od davne 2005. Uz predavanja o pisanju i znanstvenoj fantastici razvija svoj mali fantastični svemir povezan QuBoS cestom kroz dimenzije koja se može ... Show more

Roger Bivand

Roger Bivand

Retired

Retired Show more

Amanda Kavner, PhD

Amanda Kavner, PhD

Dr Amanda Kavner is a cognitive neuroscientist with a research focus on mapping cognitive processes using neurocognitive measurements and machine learning algorithms.

As a professor, Kavner has always focused on the understanding, utilization, and teaching of current and upcoming technological innovations that are positioned to become a mainstream tool for her students' future lives, which is what has brought her to blockchain technology and NFTs.

Dr Amanda Kavner is a cognitive neuroscientist with a research focus on mapping cognitive processes using neurocognitive measurements and machine learning algorithms. As a professor, Kavner has always focused on the understanding, utilization, an... Show more

Marianna Lyulchenko

Marianna Lyulchenko

Marianna Lyulchenko is interested in identifying the key factors associated with school readiness and long-term school success from early childhood through elementary and beyond. Lyulchenko is regularly engaged in research that collects surveys, direct assessments, standardized test scores, and observational data linked to children and classrooms along with qualitative data from sources such as interviews, focus groups, and extant document reviews.

Marianna Lyulchenko is interested in identifying the key factors associated with school readiness and long-term school success from early childhood through elementary and beyond. Lyulchenko is regularly engaged in research that collects surveys, dire... Show more

Yuria Celidwen PhD

Yuria Celidwen PhD

I am Indigenous Nahua and Maya from the highlands of ‎Chiapas, Mexico. I study self-transcendence in Indigenous contemplative traditions ‎and how it enhances prosocial behavior (ethics, compassion, ‎kindness, and a sense of awe, love, and sacredness).‎ My ‎approach intersects ‎Indigeneity, psychology, and contemplation for ‎epistemological equity, relational ‎well-being, and actions toward planetary flourishing. I co-chair the Indigenous Religions ‎Unit of the American Academy of ‎Religion, I'm on the Contemplative ‎Studies committee, and I'm contemplative ‎faculty and scholar at UC Berkeley.‎

I am Indigenous Nahua and Maya from the highlands of ‎Chiapas, Mexico. I study self-transcendence in Indigenous contemplative traditions ‎and how it enhances prosocial behavior (ethics, compassion, ‎kindness, and a sense of awe, love, and sacredness)... Show more

Leah Milne

Leah Milne

Leah Milne is the author of Novel Subjects: Authorship as Radical Self-Care in Multiethnic American Narratives https://linktr.ee/leahmilne

Leah Milne is the author of Novel Subjects: Authorship as Radical Self-Care in Multiethnic American Narratives https://linktr.ee/leahmilne Show more

Benalia Kaouther

Benalia Kaouther

-Clinical Psychology student
-Writer, Speaker, and Content maker

-Clinical Psychology student -Writer, Speaker, and Content maker Show more

Olga Afanaseva

Olga Afanaseva

I'm 34 y.o. and I live in Russia. I have university degree in Human Resources speciality. As many people in the world I'm worried a lot about what happens in our planet now. As a mother I couldn't stop thinking what future my child will have. As a human being I want to do anything possible for our human race to evolve with love and peace, because it is the only way we can help our planet and develop the other ones. For the last 2 years I've been writing my book, which I'd love to present you.

I'm 34 y.o. and I live in Russia. I have university degree in Human Resources speciality. As many people in the world I'm worried a lot about what happens in our planet now. As a mother I couldn't stop thinking what future my child will have. As a hu... Show more

Jennifer Preiß

Jennifer Preiß

Erziehungswissenschaftlerin, Forschungsschwerpunkt forschendes Lernen, Projektmitarbeiterin bei HoDaPro und SCoRE am Hamburger Zentrum für universitäres Lehren und Lernen der Universität Hamburg. Dissertation zur Begleitung von Forschungskrisen.

Erziehungswissenschaftlerin, Forschungsschwerpunkt forschendes Lernen, Projektmitarbeiterin bei HoDaPro und SCoRE am Hamburger Zentrum für universitäres Lehren und Lernen der Universität Hamburg. Dissertation zur Begleitung von Forschungskrisen. Show more

Marina Krizman

Marina Krizman

Meet Marina, a self-proclaimed Fleabag fanatic! Ever since stumbling upon the show during a lazy Sunday binge-watch session, she's been hooked on the witty humor and raw honesty of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's masterpiece. From the iconic fourth-wall breaking to the hilarious and heart-wrenching relationships, Marina can't get enough of Fleabag's antics. She's watched every episode multiple times, analyzed every character's motives, and even started a Fleabag-themed Instagram account. Her friends and family might think she's a bit obsessed, but Marina knows that Fleabag is more than just a show - it's a work of art that speaks to her soul.

Meet Marina, a self-proclaimed Fleabag fanatic! Ever since stumbling upon the show during a lazy Sunday binge-watch session, she's been hooked on the witty humor and raw honesty of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's masterpiece. From the iconic fourth-wall break... Show more

Roy Vu

Roy Vu

Roy Vũ earned his Ph.D. (2006) in history at the University of Houston. He is now a history professor at Dallas College, in Irving, Texas. He also serves as an Advisory Board member for Plant It Forward Farms and Foodways Texas. He is currently writing a book titled Farm-to-Freedom: Vietnamese Americans and Their Home Gardens, under contract for publication with Texas A&M University Press (forthcoming). He and his wife, Ngọc, reside in Irving, Texas.

Roy Vũ earned his Ph.D. (2006) in history at the University of Houston. He is now a history professor at Dallas College, in Irving, Texas. He also serves as an Advisory Board member for Plant It Forward Farms and Foodways Texas. He is currently wr... Show more

Dr. Finsensius Yuli Purnama

Dr. Finsensius Yuli Purnama

Finsensius Yuli Purnama is currently serving as a faculty member within the Communication Science Study Program at Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya. He has also held the position of a visiting lecturer at Saint Louis University in the Philippines during the academic year 2021-2022.

In the year 2020, he was granted the privilege to participate as a student fellow in the Asian Graduate Student Fellowship program, administered by the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. During his tenure in this program, Mr. Purnama conducted research for his doctoral dissertation, which centered on the 2019 presidential election debate. His research endeavors were conducted under the esteemed guidance of Dr. Eve Warburton.

Mr. Purnama earned his doctoral degree in Media and Cultural Studies from Gadjah Mada University in 2022, achieving the distinction of "cum laude."

In 2023, Mr. Purnama was honored to be elected as a fellow in the prestigious Indonesian - American Kavli Frontiers of Science program, hosted by the National Academy of Science—Indonesian Academy of Sciences.

Starting in 2023, he assumed the role of a research fellow at ISAC Research, within the Asia Research Institute at NUS. He is a proud member of the International Communication Association Indonesia Chapter. Furthermore, he is also recognized as a member of the Southeast Asia Media Studies Association, which he has been part of since 2020.

Mr. Purnama's scholarly contributions over the past three years include several notable journal articles, such as "Tular Nalar: Efforts to Foster a Digital Literacy Epistemic Community" (2023), "Not Merely Comprehending: A Quasi-Experimental Study among High School Students in Surabaya" (2023), "Paradigm Shift: Transitioning from Ownership Concerns to Political Mediatization" (2022), and "Tweeting Populism in the 2019 Indonesian Presidential Election Campaign" (2021).

His primary research interests revolve around the fields of digital media, journalism, and democracy-related issues. Mr. Purnama may be contacted at finsensius@ukwms.ac.id for academic inquiries and collaborations.

Finsensius Yuli Purnama is currently serving as a faculty member within the Communication Science Study Program at Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya. He has also held the position of a visiting lecturer at Saint Louis University in the Phili... Show more

Jocelyn Matthews

Jocelyn Matthews

Jocelyn Matthews is Community Manager. She is responsible for building and nurturing the technical community. Her focus is to grow a vibrant ecosystem to which everyone brings their best selves.
Jocelyn is a former Rosberg-Geist Fellow at the Center for African Studies at UC Berkeley. Her ethnographic social research has received grant funding from the Sultan Grant for Arab Cultural Studies; UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender Studies; HASTAC Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance Collaboratory; and the National Science Foundation (NSF). She is a former lab member at CITRIS (the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) Banatao Institute. In her spare time, she is an active member of the Bay Area Black Designers group and Elpha. She cares very much about diversity, inclusion and equity, values she brought to bear both as a former faculty member of the California college system and while teaching underserved teens in Oakland.

Jocelyn Matthews is Community Manager. She is responsible for building and nurturing the technical community. Her focus is to grow a vibrant ecosystem to which everyone brings their best selves. Jocelyn is a former Rosberg-Geist Fellow at the Center... Show more

Kevin Ah-Sen

Kevin Ah-Sen

Kevin is a PhD candidate in human development in the Faculty of Education at McGill University. He is a Solidarity Fellow at the Diaspora Solidarities Lab (DSL), a multi-institutional Black feminist research team funded by the Mellon Foundation. At the DSL, he co-leads the Remains // An Archive microlab, a collective exploring real and conceptual archipelagos of grief by way of Black feminist thought. His scholarly interests include theories and practices of queer and diasporic subjectivities by means of aesthetics, grief, melacholy, intimacy, and loneliness.

Kevin is a PhD candidate in human development in the Faculty of Education at McGill University. He is a Solidarity Fellow at the Diaspora Solidarities Lab (DSL), a multi-institutional Black feminist research team funded by the Mellon Foundation. At t... Show more

Liliana Castillo -Neira

Liliana Castillo -Neira

I'm Liliana Castillo Neira, a Colombian-Mexican historian and Sr. UX Writer at Mercado Libre, working in the Cross Border Trade business unit. I'm also pursuing a master's degree in Digital Humanities, focusing on various fields such as data visualization, data painting, museums and imaginary archives, metaverse architecture, and developing digital tools for teaching history to different communities, including indigenous people and seniors.

As a content writer, I constantly strive to innovate and explore new methods to create engaging content. I believe that exploring theories from various disciplines, such as philosophy, anthropology, design, physics, and astronomy, can enrich our work and make it more interesting and productive.

In my free time, I enjoy traveling, visiting museums, painting, rock climbing, fishing, spending time with my dogs, exploring fashion, and learning new languages.

I'm Liliana Castillo Neira, a Colombian-Mexican historian and Sr. UX Writer at Mercado Libre, working in the Cross Border Trade business unit. I'm also pursuing a master's degree in Digital Humanities, focusing on various fields such as data visualiz... Show more

Benedikt Weygandt

Benedikt Weygandt

Secondary school teacher (mathematics & physics), Ph.D. in mathematics (with specialization in the teaching of mathematics at the university level)

Research Interests: instructional design of mathematics courses, mathematical sophistication & enculturation, mathematical beliefs, fostering giftedness, future skills, AI & data literacy

Secondary school teacher (mathematics & physics), Ph.D. in mathematics (with specialization in the teaching of mathematics at the university level) Research Interests: instructional design of mathematics courses, mathematical sophistication & encu... Show more

Tobias Schmohl

Tobias Schmohl

Disziplinär ist meine Arbeit im Schnittfeld von Wissenschafts-, Hochschul- und Bildungsforschung einzuordnen. In meiner Forschung befasse ich mich anhand konzeptionell-theoretischer, empirischer und design-basierter Zugänge mit der Analyse und Gestaltung von Hochschulbildung.

Disziplinär ist meine Arbeit im Schnittfeld von Wissenschafts-, Hochschul- und Bildungsforschung einzuordnen. In meiner Forschung befasse ich mich anhand konzeptionell-theoretischer, empirischer und design-basierter Zugänge mit der Analyse und Gestal... Show more

Jennifer Brussow

Jennifer Brussow

Dr. Jennifer Brussow received her Ph.D. in Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics from the University of Kansas in 2018. In her current position as a Psychometrician at Ascend Learning, she uses a variety of statistical procedures to conduct research to assemble construct and criterion validity evidence for certification and licensure assessments. She also develops predictive models around student success, leads psychometric discussions during product development, and develops score reports and reporting guidelines. In her years of experience in the field of assessment, she has also worked as a psychometrician for examinations for students with significant disabilities and led evaluations of educational interventions. Her research projects include investigating factor structure, differential item functioning, and scores’ relationship to external variables; and she has published peer-reviewed articles, research briefs, and whitepapers.

Dr. Jennifer Brussow received her Ph.D. in Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics from the University of Kansas in 2018. In her current position as a Psychometrician at Ascend Learning, she uses a variety of statistical procedures to condu... Show more

Astri Karine Lundgren

Astri Karine Lundgren

Astri Karine Lundgren er klassisk arkeolog og antikkhistoriker som har forsket mye på sex og kjønn gjennom historien.

Astri Karine Lundgren er klassisk arkeolog og antikkhistoriker som har forsket mye på sex og kjønn gjennom historien. Show more

Salami Hamzat

Salami Hamzat

A Ph.D in Economics Student at Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi State Nigeria. A machine Learning enthusiasm evidence in my publications and conferences attended.

A Ph.D in Economics Student at Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi State Nigeria. A machine Learning enthusiasm evidence in my publications and conferences attended. Show more

John Paul (JP) Catungal

John Paul (JP) Catungal

Dr. JP Catungal is an Assistant Professor in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia. A critical geographer by training, his research examines community organizing and cultural production by LGBTQ, migrant and racialized communities as critiques and reworkings of educational, health and social service systems. He was co-editor of Filipinos in Canada: Disturbing Invisibility (University of Toronto Press). He also serves as Editor of ACME International Journal of Critical Geographies and as Academic Co-Lead of the Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement at the University of British Columbia.

Academic Appointments:
Assistant Professor (Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice), University of British Columbia: July 2018 - present
Academic Co-Lead (Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement), University of British Columbia: March 2022 - present
Interim Director (Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies), University of British Columbia: June 2021 - May 2022
Instructor I (aka Assistant Professor of Teaching), University of British Columbia: January 2016 - June 2018
Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia: January 2014 - December 2015

Education:
Ph.D. (Geography), University of Toronto, 2014
M.A. (Geography, University of Toronto, 2007
B.A. (Geography and Sociology), Simon Fraser University, 2006

Fellowships, Awards and Grants:
UBC Public Humanities Hub Faculty Fellowship, 2020-2021
J. Warren Nystrom Award, Association of American Geographers (April 2015): Awarded to the best paper presented at the AAG conference based on a dissertation (international competition)
Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence (June 2014): Awarded for achievement of highest academic standing in a graduate program at the university level

Select Publications:
Tungohan, E. and Catungal, JP. (2022). Virtual Qualitative Research Using Transnational Feminist Queer Methodology: The Challenges and Opportunities of Zoom-Based Research During Moments of Crisis. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21: 1-12. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/16094069221090062
Catungal, J.P. (2021). Disrupting normative choreographies: queer Asian Canadian interventions making a mess with/in a “Too Asian” university”. In Kale Fajardo, Alice Y. Hom, and Martin Manalansan (eds.), Q&A: Voices from Queer Asian North America, pp. 265-274.
DasGupta, D., Rosenberg, R., Catungal, J. P., & Gieseking, J. J. (2021) Pedagogies of Queer and Trans Repair: Letters from Queer Geographic Classrooms. ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, 20(5): 491-508.
Catungal, JP and Tungohan, E. Racial Narratives on Repeat: Reflections on Collaborative Research on Asian International Students in COVID Times. Canadian Literature, 245(2): 157-166.
Farrales, May, Dawn Hoogeveen, Vanessa Sloan Morgan and John Paul Catungal. Queering environmental regulation. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 4(2): 175-190.
Catungal, J. P., Klassen, B., Ablenas, R., Lambert, S., Chown, S., & Lachowsky, N. (2021). Organising care and community in the era of the ‘gay disease’: Gay community responses to HIV/AIDS and the production of differentiated care geographies in Vancouver. Urban Studies, 58(7), 1346-1363.
Catungal, J. P. (2021). Essential workers and the cultural politics of appreciation: sonic, visual and mediated geographies of public gratitude in the time of COVID-19. cultural geographies, 28(1): 403-408.
Catungal, J.P. (2020). Critic, advocate or enforcer: The multiple roles of academics in public policy”. In Sarah Hall and Ralitsa Hiteva (eds.), Engaging with policy, practice and publics: intersectionality and impact, pp. 135-154.
Catungal, J.P. (2018). “We had to take space, we had to create space”: Locating queer of colour politics in 1980s Toronto. In J. Haritaworn, Ghaida Moussa, S.M. Ware (with Rio Rodriguez) (eds.), Queering Urban Justice: Queer of Colour Formations in Toronto. University of Toronto Press.
Catungal, J.P. (2018). Towards queer(er) futures: Proliferating the ‘sexual’ in Filipinx-Canadian sexuality studies. In Diaz, R., Largo, M. and Pino, P. (eds.), Diasporic intimacies: Queer Filipinos/as and Canadian imaginaries. Northwestern University Press.
Roberts, D. and Catungal, J.P. (2018). Neoliberalizing social justice in infrastructure revitalization planning: Analyzing Toronto’s More Moss Park project in its early stages. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108(2): 454-263. Special issue on “Social justice and the city”.
Kojima, D., Catungal, J.P. and Diaz, R. (2017). Introduction: Feeling queer, feeling Asian, feeling Canadian. TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, 38: 69-80.
Coloma, R., McElhinny, B., Tungohan, E., Catungal, J.P., and Davidson, L. (eds.). (2012). Filipinos in Canada: disturbing invisibility. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Select Invited Presentations:
2022. Panelist: Celebrating a Legacy of Greatness: Asian Representation in Media (Asian Heritage Month event). Women and Gender Equality Canada. June 6.
2021. Racial narratives on repeat: historicizing Asian international students' experiences during COVID. Invited presentation for the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. July 7.
2021. (with Christine Kim). Rethinking Asian racialization in pandemic times. Invited joint presentation for Langara College, May 26.
2019. “Regulating intimacy in Pacific Canada: an intersectional analysis”. Keynote presentation. Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German Speaking Countries, Grainau, Germany. February 14-17.
2019. “Ate / kuya : Kinship as ethno-specificity in Filipino educational organizing in Vancouver Canada”. Invited colloquium presentation. Philippines Studies Series Berlin. Institute for Asian and African Studies. Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. February 11.
2018. 'For us, by us': ethno-specificity, community organizing and queer of colour geographies. Department of Geography, Rutgers University. January 25.
2017. Troubling normalcy: racialized masculinities from a queer of colour perspective. In Power, Race and Privilege Symposium, Quest University, Squamish, BC.
2017. (With Maureen Mendoza and the Kababayan Academic Mentorship Program). “Mentorship as Political Practice: Filipinx-Canadians Organizing against Educational Abandonment in Vancouver, BC”. Transnational Filipinx Studies workshop. York University. November 14.
2015. "For us, by us" as queer-of-colour geography: performing ethno-specificity in sexual health organizing and social service provision. Departments of Geography and Women and Gender Studies, Dartmouth College. January 19.

Dr. JP Catungal is an Assistant Professor in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia. A critical geographer by training, his research examines community organizing and cultural production by ... Show more

Michael Tumminia

Michael Tumminia

Michael J. Tumminia is a 5th Year PhD Candidate in Applied Developmental Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and works in his advisor Dr. Brian Galla’s Mindfulness and Self-Regulation Lab. In his research, he utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine how mindfulness training can support positive youth development from adolescence to emerging adulthood. He also leads mindfulness training workshops and has worked with a variety of groups including student-athletes, coaches, athletic staff, and business corporations.

Michael J. Tumminia is a 5th Year PhD Candidate in Applied Developmental Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and works in his advisor Dr. Brian Galla’s Mindfulness and Self-Regulation Lab. In his research, he utilizes both quantitative and qua... Show more

Zain Butt

Zain Butt

Born in Toronto on the 16th of April 2004 to two Pakistani immigrants, Zain Butt would grow up in Little Portugal, attending Regal Road Junior Public School. A withdrawn child, Zain would later attend Winona Drive Senior Public School and Harbord Collegiate Institute, where he learned to come out of his shell. During this time he would become an active member of the Deltarune community, a prolific writer of fanfiction, and an administrator for Deltarune's largest discord server. He currently attends the University of Toronto, double majoring in English and Philosophy, while continuing his creative pursuits in writing (fanfiction and otherwise) and community building within the Deltarune Fandom.

Born in Toronto on the 16th of April 2004 to two Pakistani immigrants, Zain Butt would grow up in Little Portugal, attending Regal Road Junior Public School. A withdrawn child, Zain would later attend Winona Drive Senior Public School and Harbord Col... Show more

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