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PROFESSOR TRENA PAULUS
East Tennessee State University
Reclaiming Researcher Identities in the Age of AI
Trena Paulus is Professor and Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research Methods at East Tennessee State University. She specializes in the area of qualitative research technologies, including the development of innovative methodologies for analyzing social media conversations and other online communication environments. She is co-author of Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World; Looking for Insight, Transformation and Learning in Online Talk; and Digital Tools for Qualitative Research. She has facilitated numerous workshops in national and international contexts, most recently as a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in Humanities and Social Sciences at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland.
DR TRICIA MCGUIRE-ADAMS
University of Toronto
Indigenous research methodologies in sport & physical culture
Dr. Tricia McGuire-Adams is an Anishinaabekwe from Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek and is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto. Recently awarded a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health Resurgence, she utilizes Indigenous research methodologies to study how Indigenous peoples’ knowledge systems can inform new thinking and practices in addressing health and well-being as a process of Indigenous Resurgence. Her current research program, supported by her innovative H.E.A.R.T. Research Lab (Health Education and Resurgence Theory), focuses on treaty relationality in advancing sociocultural studies of sport, martial arts and trauma-informed practices, and Indigenous disability sport and wellbeing.
PROFESSOR ROSS WADEY
St Mary’s University
Starting Small, Thinking Big: Scalability in Qualitative Research
Ross Wadey is Professor and Research Centre Director at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London. His research interests are injury, disability, rehabilitation, physical activity, and qualitative research. Working with multiple sport, exercise, and health organisations, Ross has worked in various capacities that have used participatory research designs to foster localised and nationwide impact. The main research role he continues to enjoy is supporting the next generation of academics. Ross and his family live in a small village in Surrey, where he volunteers twice a week to support children and young people to engage more in physical activity.