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Lucy Bassett is a Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia鈥檚 Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and co-Director of the Humanitarian Collaborative, an applied research initiative focused on improving humanitarian response. Bassett鈥檚 research focuses on understanding how to best support young children in humanitarian and low-income contexts. Her recent work has involved evaluating the impact of programs for refugee and migrant children, assessing training and professional development needs for preschool teachers and school leaders, identifying models for childcare in emergency contexts, and understanding conditions of families and young children on the US/Mexico border. As of Fall 2022, she is launching a new project funded by the Lego Foundation to elevate children鈥檚 voices in emergency contexts and share their stories and experiences.

Before joining the University of Virginia, Bassett spent ten years as an education and social protection specialist with the World Bank leading projects and research on education and social protection at the World Bank, in countries from Bangladesh to Haiti and Serbia and Cameroon. Her practitioners鈥� perspective is further grounded by previous work at UNICEF, the World Food Programme, Save the Children, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and Peace Corps.

Bassett holds many high-level, international advisory roles. For example, she is a member of the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies Early Childhood Development Working Group, Early Childhood Development Action Network Knowledge Fellows Steering Committee, and Research Forum on Early Childhood in Emergencies Steering Committee. She is also expert reviewer for numerous initiatives, such as the Lego Foundation鈥檚 Build a World of Play and American Institute of Research鈥檚 Scholars and Leaders Awards. In addition to her expertise in global early childhood research and practice, Bassett brings real-world experience as a pre-K teacher.

In addition to her expertise in international early childhood development, education, and childcare, Bassett focuses on feminist approaches to public policy and programming, co-creation and community engagement, and contemplative pedagogy. She won a University of Virginia All-University Teaching Award in 2021.

Gavin Leighton holds a Ph.D. in biology from Miami University. Broadly trained as a biologist who works at the intersection of evolutionary biology and animal behavior, he held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Arizona and Cornell University before joining the Buffalo State College faculty as an assistant professor in 2018. His current research includes examining the evolution of vocal complexity in birds and the evolution of social behavior in ants. His most recent paper, 鈥淢ultiple Factors Affect the Evolution of Repertoire Size across Birds,鈥� appears in Behavioral Ecology (March 2021).

James Sulikowski researches the migration and metabolism of aquatic animals, specializing in sharks. He has worked with fisheries to observe the impact of chronic stress variables on their biological functions. This has evolved to testing neurotransmitter efficiency and protein regulation among different species. His work further extends to utilizing telemetry, ultrasound and other tracking methods to observe how fish have adapted their migration patterns around human impacts. Sulikowski is an associate director and professor for the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences as well as the School of Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Faculty. His work has been featured on Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week,” NBC’s “Today Show,” National Geographic “Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin,” and the BBC series “Rise of Animals.”

Ann Singleton is based in the School for Policy Studies. An expert on migration statistics and their use in policy, she explores various aspects of migration including missing data or under-reported statistics relating to, for instance, people with disabilities, the undocumented, and people in detention centers. She has also examined the deaths of migrants during their journey and she has looked at the establishment of formally-recognized and accredited sites of deaths of migrants. Ann is a Senior Adviser to the International Organisation for Migration’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), and a member of the UN Statistical Division’s Expert Group on Migration Statistics, which is currently revising the UN’s international recommendations on migration statistics. She has advised the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and EU Presidencies, the Global Migration Group, national governments, NGOs, and international organizations. Education 1984 - BA Urban Policy and Race Relations, University of Lancaster, 1988 - MA Government and Politics, London Guildhall University Affiliations Member of UNDESA’s Expert Advisory Group on Migration Statistics, Member of the Scientific Advisory (Programme) Committee of the International Forum on Migration Statistics, Member of the Commissioning Panel for the ESRC’s call for Brexit Priority Grants

Dr Dasgupta's main research areas are queer politics, activism and digital media cultures in South Asia and the diasporas. He provides insight on diverse issues from homophobia, social justice movements, media and social change, cultural activism, inequality and politics. He has appeared on BBC and BBC Radio 3 and has written for popular outlets such as The Independent, Tribune and The Conversation.

Dr Ronan Lee is a Doctoral Prize Fellow at Loughborough University London’s Institute for Media and Creative Industries where his research focuses on the Rohingya, genocide, hate speech, migration, and Asian politics. Ronan’s book “Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech” was published by Bloomsbury in 2021, and he was awarded the 2021 Early Career Emerging Scholar Prize by the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Ronan has a professional background in politics, media, and public policy. He was formerly a Queensland State Member of Parliament (2001-2009) and served on the frontbench as a Parliamentary Secretary (2006-2008) in portfolios including Justice, Main Roads, and Local Government. He has also worked as a senior government advisor, and as an election strategist and campaign manager.