Samantha M. Both is a recent graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno’s Master of Arts Program in Sociology. Samantha currently serves in the public sector in Canada. Prior to joining the public sector, Samantha served as a senior researcher in the private sector, specializing in competitive intelligence and strategic analysis.
Roberto Catello (PhD) is a Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool Hope University and an Honorary Fellow with the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. His research interests lie in the areas of critical and historical criminology, historical social science, the historiography of crime and criminal justice, and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of history and criminology.
Kaziwa Salih holds a PhD from Queen’s University, Canada, where she specialized in cultural sociology of violence/genocide and the way microaggressions foster macroaggression. Salih is a multiple award-winning author of over 10 fiction and non-fiction books and has written many articles and academic papers. She founded and was editor-in-chief of two Kurdish journals, Nvar and Newekar, and has worked in several human rights organizations in Canada, Kurdistan, Egypt, and Syria, including the United Nations Association in Canada and Amnesty International. Her research interests are Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Gender and Women Studies, Genocide and Violence Studies, Kurdish Studies, Middle East Politics, Religion, and Ethnic Conflicts, Bourdieu’s Sociological Theories, and Minority Affairs.
Sanya Karakas has been working with the Democratic Progress Institute (DPI) and Turkey Litigation Support Project (TLSP). She is a graduate of Dicle University Law Faculty in Turkey. Between 2000 and 2006 she practised as a lawyer in Diyarbakir, Turkey. She has worked for several NGOs through her career and participated in representation of many applicants before the European Court of Human Rights. She completed her LLM in Human Rights at Birkbeck University of London in 2006. In January 2022, she completed a PhD at Queen Mary University of London. Her PhD research focused on state criminality and the mechanics of impunity in Turkey.
Daniel Patten (PhD) is an assistant professor of criminal justice and public administration at Purdue University Fort Wayne. His most recent publications can be found in Social Justice, Critical Criminology, Crime, Law and Social Change, Political and Military Sociology, Humanity & Society, and the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. His research focuses on crimes of the powerful, international policy, militarism, and human rights.
Vihanga Perera is an academic and researcher in Literature with a focus on Sri Lankan and South Asian Writing, and narratives of conflict. He is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Clayton D. Peoples (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Reno (USA), where he recently served as Director of the School of Social Research and Justice Studies. He earned his PhD from The Ohio State University (USA). His research addresses state crime and crimes of the powerful; social inequality/stratification; and social movements. His publications have appeared in the following journals, among others: The Sociological Quarterly; Crime, Law, and Social Change; Political Power and Social Theory; Deviant Behavior. He recently published a book, The Undermining of American Democracy: How Campaign Contributions Corrupt Our System and Harm Us All (Routledge 2020).
Lea Pilone is a historian and currently a law student at Freie Universität Berlin, where she works in the Department of Criminal Law and Gender Studies. Her research focuses on Marxism, abolitionism and the relation between criminal law and capitalism.
Lois Presser is Professor of Sociology and Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Guided by critical criminology, feminist theory, cultural sociology, and social constructionism, she has published extensively in the areas of narrative, harm, identity, and restorative justice. Dr. Presser has authored several books including Why We Harm, Inside Story: How Narratives Drive Mass Harm (University of California Press 2018), and Unsaid: Analyzing Harmful Silences (University of California Press 2023).