Evelyn Lutwama-Rukundo, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University (Uganda). She attained her PhD at the School of English, University of Leeds, U.K., her M (phil) at the Centre of Women’s Research, University of Bergen, Norway, her MA in Communication for Development at the University of Malmo, …
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Sarah Ssali
Sarah N. Ssali, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Dean, School of Gender Studies (Makerere University) where Gendered Identities, Masculinities and Men’s Studies are taught. She is also the Director, ARUA Centre of Excellence in Notions of Identity in Africa. She is a Social Scientist with a PhD in International Health Studies. She has vast …
Laura McKee
I was born in North Carolina and studied English Literature at Duke University. After graduation, I discovered my passion for working with children and child advocacy while volunteering as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate), which prompted me to obtain an M.A. in Developmental Psychopathology at the Teacher’s College, Columbia University. Following a year of …
Erin Tully
My research has focused on developing multi-method assessments for measuring children’s empathy, especially their empathic happiness, and understanding its role in children’s healthy social development, positive self-perceptions, and mental health. I was recently awarded a Visionary Grant from the American Psychological Foundation (The Neurobiology of Sharing Others’ Happiness: A Clue to Understanding Children’s Aggression?) and …
Michal Reifen Tagar
Michal Reifen Tagar, PhD is an assistant professor (senior lecturer) at the IDC school of Psychology, Herzliya in Israel, and co-director of the Intergroup Conflict and Reconciliation Lab. In her work, she seeks to better understand the psychological factors driving social conflict, and in particular intragroup forces that serve to create, perpetuate, escalate, and assuage …
Nava Levit-Binnun
Dr. Nava Levit Binnun holds a B.Sc in Physics from the Hebrew University and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the Weizmann Institute. She currently heads the Sagol Center for Brain and Mind, situated within the Psychology department of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel, in which she serves as faculty. The Sagol Center is a unique …
Allison Troy
Allison Troy is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Franklin & Marshall College. She received her BA in Psychology from North Carolina State University, and her MA and PhD in Affect/Social Psychology from the University of Denver under the mentorship of Dr. Iris Mauss. Dr. Troy’s research focuses on the relationships between …
Brett Ford
Dr. Brett Ford is the director of the Affective Science & Health Laboratory at the University of Toronto. She received her Ph.D. in social-personality from the University of California, Berkeley after receiving a B.A. in psychology and M.A. in social-personality psychology from Boston College. Her research centers on two inter-related questions. First, what do people …
Emily Falk
Emily Falk is an Associate Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania. Prof. Falk employs a variety of methods drawn from communication science, neuroscience and psychology. Her work traverses levels of analysis from individual behavior, to diffusion in group and population level media effects. In particular, Prof. Falk is interested in …
Anne Klein
Anne Klein teaches Buddhism and Tibetan language at Rice University, where she is Professor of Religion. She is also co-founder of Dawn Mountain Center for Tibetan Buddhism in Houston, where she teaches traditional practices and texts as well as basic life-arts such as resting in awareness and kindness. Her passion is for understanding how knowing …
