01 - 07 - 2022
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News from UK based John Monash Scholars
A group of 10 John Monash Scholars got together on a summer's evening in central London despite the rail and tube strikes, nothing could keep them from pizza and conversation. The UK based Scholars were very pleased to welcome (or welcome back) Maris Tebecis, Freya Jansens and Jess Coldrey who had all recently moved to London and new arrival Xin Zhang (2022 Scholar), and Emma McIntosh who is currently based in the US. There was an incredibly generative discussion on a wide range of topics: from dissertation writing advice, to making the most of the European summer, to continuing to foster relationships and build collective action as John Monash Scholars.
UK based John Monash Scholars
Health first puts John Monash alumni on top
Dr Alice Chang, 2008 John Monash Scholar, is in the Top 25 James Cook University Alumni list. Alice completed her Masters Degree in Public Health at Cambridge University in 2009, specialising in rural public health issues, particularly on chronic diseases in rural Australia. Alice is currently a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Cairns and is passionate about health and wellbeing of Indigenous children and young people in regional and rural communities. She has a subspeciality in infant mental health and is establishing the first infant mental health service in Far North Queensland.
The ramifications of overturning Roe v Wade
Dr Kate Manne, 2006 John Monash Scholar, completed a PhD in philosophy at MIT, Cambridge MA in 2011. She works primarily in moral philosophy, and feminist philosophy. She became a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows in 2011 and joined the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University in 2013, where she is now an Associate Professor. Kate was asked to contribute to a CNN Opinion piece, following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, on the cultural, legal and political ramifications of this decision.
Major New Exhibition for Sydney based scholar
Fernando do Campo, 2014 Australian Cultural John Monash Scholar, is an artist, writer and curator based in Sydney. He completed an MFA (Fine Arts) at Parsons School of Design, The New School and has since exhibited his work in America and Australia. Fernando recently opened a major new exhibition at Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert in Sydney. On July 7, the show will be part of a special art walk taking in 5 galleries in the area. Details are available here.
Controlling the landscape |
Dr Sally Thompson, 2006 John Monash Scholar, completed her PhD in Environmental Science at Duke University (North Carolina, USA) in 2010, studying how changes in the pattern of vegetation growth on landscapes predicts changes to ecosystems. Sally is currently an Associate Professor of Hydrology at University of Western Australia. Her research focuses on vegetation as a major driver of the water balance. Sally recently co-authored an article in The Conversation outlining requirements to protect the world’s population in times of significant climate change.
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