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Dr. Natasha Bajema has built a 20-year career in national security with a specialized focus on reducing the risks of nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. Natasha is the CEO and Founder, Nuclear Spin Cycle, LLC, an innovative startup which produces creative content with national security impact. She is also currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic Risks and an NSquare Fellow. From 2008 to 2019, Natasha spent more than ten years at the National Defense University where she taught an elective course on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that examines the development of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons through documentaries, TV, and film. At NDU, she also led a multi-year initiative exploring the impact of emerging technologies on WMD. From 2010 to 2013, Natasha held a long-term detail assignment serving in various capacities in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Acquisitions, Technology and Logistics, Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs and in Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation at Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. Natasha has also completed stints at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University and the Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs at the United Nations. Natasha is the author of three published science fiction mystery novels in the Lara Kingsley Series and the host of the Authors of Mass Destruction podcast. She holds an M.A. in international policy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a Ph.D. in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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Hello, all. I am Sam, an Open Source Analyst and believer in the No First Use policy. I am looking to help spread available resources regarding non-proliferation and arms control, and am always interested in connecting with those in the field.
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Shampa Biswas is a professor in a Libera Arts college in Washington State. Her work revolves around postcolonial theory, race and colonialism in international relations and non proliferation and disarmament.
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Dr Laura Considine is an Associate Professor in International Politics at the University of Leeds and co-Director of the Centre for Global Security Challenges. Her current work focuses on conceptualising nuclear weapons in international politics, feminist and everyday approaches to nuclear weapons and nuclear narratives. Her work has been published in International Affairs, International Theory, Review of International Studies and the European Journal of International Relations.
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Dr. Tara Drozdenko is the director for the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists working on the federal-level policy changes and commitment to diplomacy, so the United States is a leader in reducing the nuclear threat. She earned a Ph.D. in plasma physics and has worked for the U.S. Navy on issues related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) and for the U.S. State Department on Nonproliferation and Arms Control issues.
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Michael Dwyer studied film at Bard College and SUNY Purchase. He works daily as a graphic designer but his heart is tied to art with a mission and social cause behind it. Dwyer has produced three short films, Watch (2003), Rising Tide (2006), and Mom and Pop (2007), which were shown at festivals around the globe, including at Slamdance. Rising Tide won a Silver Medal at the 2005 Bilbao Film Festival awards for a short documentary.
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I am a feminist International Relations and social movement scholar. For some years, I have sought to revitalise a feminist research agenda on nuclear politics, studying masculinity in nuclear discourse, on the one hand, and feminist anti-nuclear activism, on the other. Latterly, my research has centred on the argument that feminist analysis of nuclear politics should take coloniality more seriously. Connectedly, I coordinate the international FemNukes research network with Shine Choi, which produced a special section in International Affairs in July 2022, and I am part of the team that developed a feminist module for the Plouughshares-funded Decolonizing the Nuclear Curriculum project. I also recently published a co-edited book on Feminism and Protest Camps (2023), with Alison Bartlett, that reflects on the legacies of Cold War-era women's anti-nuclear protests.https://youtu.be/sB348VFlZyk
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MassChallenge Gold Winner, tackling nuclear security. PI on R&D with the Air Force, NASA, CASIS, and the NSF.
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Nuclear Weapons and Popular CulturePhD Candidate Newcastle University, UK
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Anne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. Since earning her PhD from the University of Chicago in 2010, she has held academic fellowships at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Relations at Monterey, and the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zürich. In 2013-2014, she worked for the US Congress as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, first as a National Security Fellow in the office of Senator Kirstin Gillibrand (D-NY) and then at the Congressional Research Service. Her research interests, located at the nexus of international relations and science and technology studies, include nuclear deterrence, disarmament and nonproliferation, cybersecurity, the evolution of military strategy and tactics, and women in combat. Learn more about Anne by watching her introduction video: https://youtu.be/DblWo1ywa7E
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My name is Tegan Harrison. I am a PhD researcher at Cardiff University, based in the School of Law and Politics. My research looks at the securitization of outer space through the case of the UN agenda item, ‘the prevention of an arms race in outer space’ (PAROS). In this context, the project focuses on the framing of security since the 1980s and across various PAROS initiatives. My research interests also include the intersection of space and nuclear security issues, specifically, missile defence in the context of arms race dynamics and the use of satellites for arms control verification and monitoring. In addition, I work as a PGR tutor and take regular undergraduate seminars. This has been a brilliant opportunity and I would highly recommend it to any prospective PGRs!
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Doreen Horschig is an associate fellow with the Project on Nuclear Issues at the Center for the Strategic and International Studies (CSIS PONI). She is also a non-resident research associate at the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Previously, Doreen was a nuclear security policy fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Stanton nuclear security fellow at MIT. Her research is twofold and examines nuclear norms contestation and counterproliferation. Doreen holds a PhD in security studies from UCF, a MA in international relations from New York University, and a BA in international studies from Manhattan College.
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Dr. Kiran Lakkaraju is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, California in the Systems Research & Analysis III group. Kiran’s research has been marked by extensive interdisciplinary efforts that bring together the social and computational sciences. Kiran has been investigating how games, including Massively Multiplayer Online Games and wargames can be used as a means to systematically and quantitatively study conflict escalation and global strategic stability. Kiran is a member of the Project on Nuclear Gaming (https://pong.berkeley.edu) which has developed one of the first experimental wargames, SIGNAL (https://pong.berkeley.edu/e-game/). Kiran has a background in artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems and computational social science. He holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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The Oleander Initiative ( OleanderInitiative.org ) is a 10 day program that gathers high school teachers from around the world to Hiroshima, Japan in order to co-design lesson plans about the "lessons of Hiroshima."Since 2016, educators from the Middle East, North Africa, South Korea, US and Japan have gathered during the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, today a vibrant metropolis known as the City of Peace. During their time at the Oleander Initiative, educators develop their own lesson plans specifically tailored for their students informed by their experiences in Hiroshima. These lesson plans -- fine-tuned and co-developed with Oleander staff and fellow participants during the program – are designed to have a concrete and tangible impact on their students and communities.Program Activities:• Live testimonials from hibakusha atomic bomb survivors• Instruction from top academics on peace culture, historical memory and reconciliation• Visits to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Peace Park, Atomic Bomb Dome and other sites of conscience• Site visits to Hiroshima schools– the only system in the world where peace education is mandatory in all levels of education• August 6thatomic bombing memorial ceremony hosted by the city of Hiroshima• Meetings with Hiroshima city officials via the Hiroshima Peace Culture office• Networking opportunities with Hiroshima Peacubuilding NGOs• Attendance at the World Conference against A & H bombs, the oldest and largest of its type• Personalized guidance to assist development of educational activities best suited for Oleander educators’ local contexts• Cultural Activities including Kagura performance, tea ceremony, and calligraphyOrganizer: The Oleander Initiative is organized by the University of the Middle East Project (UME.org), a US 501c 3 non-profit, non-partisan organization that builds bridges through education. Since its inception in 1997, UME has implemented 49 programs for over 2500 educators and community leaders.
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Dr. Nick Ritchie researches and teaches in the areas of international relations and international security at the University of York. His particular focus is on nuclear disarmament, proliferation and arms control and US and UK national security. After completing his PhD thesis at the University of Bradford in 2007 on the evolution of US nuclear weapons policy after the Cold War, Nick spent four years researching and teaching at Bradford’s Department of Peace Studies before joining York in 2011. He previously worked for five years at the Oxford Research Group, an independent Non-Governmental Organisation working with policy-makers and independent experts on the challenges of global security and nuclear disarmament.nick.ritchie@york.ac.ukDr. Anwar Mhajne is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and the Head Faculty Fellow for the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice at Stonehill College. She also serves on the Academic Council of American Friends of Combatants for Peace. Her research strengths lie in the following areas: Feminist International Relations and Security Studies; Civil Society and Activism; Political Islam; Middle East; Gender Politics; and Social Movements. Her work has been featured in the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, The International Feminist Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Religion and Politics, Culturico, The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Conversation, Times of Israel, Haaretz, Middle East Eye, +972 Magazine, Quartz, The Defense Post, The Jerusalem Post, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Albawaba, the New Arab, and the National, among others. At Stonehill College, Dr. Mhajne teaches Global Security Studies, Political Science Research Methods, US Foreign Policy, Political Islam, Politics of the Middle East, Terror, State and Society, Cyber Security, Politics of "Fake News," and International Politics. She is a Co-chair of the Faculty of Color Association at Stonehill College and currently serves as a Member-at-Large on the executive committee of the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS). amhajne@stonehill.eduDr. Sana Rahim is a lecturer in critical security at Sheffield Hallam University. Prior to this, I have worked at The University of Manchester, The University of Leicester and Manchester Metropolitan University. My principal research and teaching expertise are in Critical Security Studies, IR theories, understanding the dominance of the dominant discourses in IR, Nuclear Weapons, Postcolonial approaches to security and South East Asia. I am particularly interested in the ‘notion of the voice’ and qualitative research methods. I am currently working on a monograph based on my doctoral thesis titled: ‘Living with Orientalism: Pakistan’s nuclear community, exclusion and othering’. sanarahim@hotmail.co.uk
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Dr. Laura Considine is a Lecturer in International Relations and co-Director of the Centre for Global Security Challenges at the University of Leeds. I have published research on nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and the role of language and narrative in international politics. I am currently working on a project on the gendering of nuclear weapons policy spaces. L.Considine@leeds.ac.uk
Emily Faux was selected to be part of the first cohort of mentees for the Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, a highly competitive mentorship programme funded by the EU and hosted by the International Affairs Institute (IAI) and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP). She is the President of Leeds Pugwash, most recently organising an event with the UK's Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament. Alongside these commitments, Emily is a part-time Research Assistant, working in collaboration with The University of Leeds, Savanta, and the NHS. Emily is undertaking a MA in Political Communication, having received a scholarship after graduating with a BA in International Relations that was at the very top of her cohort. Emily is hoping to begin a PhD Studentship in 2022, focusing on Nuclear Weapons and Popular Culture. To date, she has published an article, a book review, and has presented papers at the Political Studies Association Annual Conference, the Leverhulme Trust-funded Future of Nuclear Disarmament workshop at the University of Glasgow, and The Student Young Pugwash’s Technology and Peace Conference at Leicester University. E.Faux2@newcastle.ac.uk
Catherine Eschle is a senior lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, where she teaches classes on feminism, politics and International Relations and also contributes to the interdisciplinary masters in Applied Gender Studies. Her research focuses on feminism and social movement politics: she is especially interested in the theory and practice of the contemporary feminist movement, on the one hand, and the gender politics and role of feminism in other movements (with a current focus on anti-nuclear organising), on the other. Her work bridges critical International Relations, political theory, gender studies and sociological social movement studies, and she has published in journals International Studies Quarterly, Security Dialogues, European Journal of Politics and Gender, Social Movement Studies and Political Studies. With Bice Maiguashca, she has written two books and several articles on the global justice movement. In addition, she has published about debates within feminism on identity politics, co-optation and solidarity, and on the relationship between activism, scholarship and teaching. In recent years, her research has coalesced into two main projects. The first explores gender politics and feminist organising in protest camps. Her article ‘Troubling Stories of the End of Occupy: Feminist Narratives of Betrayal at Occupy Glasgow’ (2018) won the 2018-19 Britta Baumgarten memorial prize for the best article published in Social Movement Studies. With Alison Bartlett, Catherine has also co-edited the international collection Feminism and Protest Camps: Entanglements, Critiques and Re-Imaginings, forthcoming with Bristol University Press. The second project seeks to revitalise feminist IR debates on global nuclear politics and its discontents. With Claire Duncanson she has written on the gendered symbolism of British nuclear policy, while with Shine Choi, she has organised a series of online workshops and ongoing network under the rubric of ‘feminist interrogations of global nuclear politics’, which was supported by and International Studies Association research workshop grant in 2020. Catherine and Shine have edited a special section on the same theme with International Affairs, currently in press, for which they have also written the introductory essay. Catherine is active in several international feminist academic networks. A long-term member of the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies section of the International Studies Association, she was on the executive committee 2017-2022, and was programme co-chair for 2020-21. She was also co-editor of the International Feminist journal of Politics 2006-11, with Sandra Whitworth, Rekha Pande and Teresia Teaiwa, and remains a member of the international editorial board. With artist Alice Tatton-Brown, Catherine currently coordinates a British network of feminist academics, artists and activists looking to mark the 40th anniversary of the Embrace the Base action at Greenham Common women’s peace camp in December 2022. catherine.eschle@strath.ac.uk
Janna Wattenberg is a UKRI postdoctoral fellow (Horizon Europe Guarantee Scheme for Marie Sklodowska Curie Global Fellowship). She is also a Lecturer in Security at Aberystwyth University and a Senior Fellow with Women in International Security (WIIS). Jana is a founding member of the Emerging Voices Network of the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) and on the Executive Board of British Student Young Pugwash. jaw95@aber.ac.uk
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Sara Bjerg Moller is an Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations, where she directs the International Security specialization. She is currently completing a book manuscript on wartime coalitions. Moller has held fellowships with the Modern War Institute at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NATO Defence College, Security Studies Program at MIT, Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, and Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In 2018 she was an Eisenhower Defense Fellow at the NATO Defense College. Her policy commentary has been featured in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, National Interest, Lawfare, War on the Rocks, Middle East Times, and World Politics Review. Her scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in International Politics, Asian Security, and the Journal of Strategic Studies. She received her PhD from Columbia University and has a Masters degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
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B.A. 1996, Physics, University of Chicago. M.A. 1999, Energy and Resources, University of California at Berkeley. M.A. 2003, Sociology, Stanford University. Ph.D. 2006, Political Science, Stanford University. Reed College 2006–. Alexander H. Montgomery has published articles on theorizing and dismantling proliferation networks; the perils of predicting proliferation, intelligence, and the future of security studies; and on the effects of social networks of international organizations on power, interstate conflict, and economic sanctions. He is also co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Political Networks. His research interests include political organizations, social networks, weapons of mass disruption and destruction, social studies of technology, and interstate social relations. Most recently, he has been a Residential Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; prior to that he was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in Nuclear Security with a placement in the US Office of the Secretary of Defense (Policy) working for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. His portfolio included writing a new Department of Defense Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction.
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A Chamoru scholar (Guåhan/Guam), Dr. Naputi's research focuses on issues of Indigenous movements, colonialism, and militarism in the Mariana Islands archipelago. In 2021-2022 she was the recipient of a Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowship, which she used to work with Independent Guåhan educating the island’s public about sovereignty. Dr. Naputi's recent publications appear in Security Dialogue, Environmental Communication, and Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. She has also published in outlets such as CommonDreams, In These Times, Pacific Island Times, and Latinx Spaces.
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