Visiting Scholars
We are pleased to announce the addition of Dr Nena Mocnik to our community as a Visiting Scholar. Dr Mocnik is a distinguished ethnographer, writer, and community worker specializing in peace education, violence prevention, and sociotherapy.
Dr. Mays Imad’s academic journey began at the University of Michigan–Dearborn, where she pursued philosophy and minored in chemistry. She earned a doctoral degree in cellular & clinical neurobiology, with a minor in biomedical sciences, from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.
AVReQ is pleased to be hosting Professor Azrini Wahidin from the University of Warwick’s Department of Sociology as a Visiting Professor. As a Centre established to explore transformative research approaches and for interdisciplinary dialogue among faculty,
The collaboration between Professor Jennifer Fish and Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela dates back more than 10 years and began with their work together in Rwanda. As a Visiting Professor, Professor Fish will be collaborating with AVReQ on the study “Race, Identity and the Afterlife of Apartheid.”
Dr Njovane and Prof Pumla previously worked together as members of the Trauma Studies Group, where they curated a series of conversations with leading scholars in the field of trauma. This collaboration was part of their shared goal of rethinking trauma and its transgenerational legacies.