Dr. Bishai joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) in April 2020, with twenty years of experience in teaching, training, and writing on international law, identity and conflict, security sector governance, and preventing/countering violent extremism.
Current work includes military justice reform, international legal norms for space, and the ethical, legal, and social implications of the military use of AI.
In her previous positions at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Bishai designed and delivered workshops on teaching human rights in Iraq, civic education and violence prevention in Sudan, women’s roles in preventing violent extremism in Nigeria and Kenya, and developing effective responses to radicalization and violent extremism in Kosovo.
As Director of Research, Evaluation, and Learning at the ABA Rule of Law Initiative, Bishai oversaw the activities of a team of legal researchers and monitoring & evaluation professionals working to promote the rule of law by supporting judges and lawyers in partner nations.
Her recently edited volume on Law, Security and the State of Perpetual Emergency explores the blurring of law enforcement and defense activities in the counter-terrorism context. Bishai holds a B.A. in history and literature from Harvard University, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and a Ph.D. in international relations from the London School of Economics.
Simon Holt is Senior Product Manager, Content Accessibility at Elsevier, and has worked in academic publishing for over 15 years.
He is Director of the Society for Scholarly Publishing and a Trustee of sight-loss charity MyVision Oxfordshire. A visually impaired person himself, Simon feels strongly that equitable access to information is crucial to helping people with disabilities to fulfill our potential in work and in life. He lives in Oxford, in the UK.
Anne Bergman has been the Director of FEP since 2004. She has a Master Degree in Medieval History and Graduated from the Brussels Free University and King’s College London in Comparative Copyright.
She has been involved in accessibility projects and discussions for several years.
Cristina Mussinelli is Secretary General of Fondazione LIA, non-profit organization – set up by the Italian Publishers Association (AIE) and the Italian Blind Union (UICI) – that promotes the culture of accessibility in the publishing field and has received numerous international awards as an innovative service of excellence.
She is also co-chair of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Digital Publishing Business Group, member of the Board of and chair of the Accessibility Working Group of EDRLab (European Digital Reading Lab), member of the Accessibility Steering Committee of ABC Consortium of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation), the European Inclusive Forum Steering Committee of Daisy Consortium, the Accessibility Working Group of FEP (Federation of European Publishers) and UK Publishers Association and invited expert of the section ISO OT UNI / CT 014 / SC 04 “Automation and documentation”.
Melody (Zhuxin) Zhang is the Associate Publisher at Wiley, managing a portfolio of scientific journals in the health sciences field.
Her role involves spearheading the launch of new open access journals in close collaboration with influential local societies, hospitals and universities.
She holds degrees from Renmin University of China and the Chinese University of Hong Kong and is currently based in Beijing, China.
Mitchell Bakos is an innovative technology leader with over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry.
He is an accomplished solutions architect supporting business strategy through innovative technology and strategic risk management.
In his current position at the American Chemical Society, he is responsible for the development and implementation of mission-critical products for their Publications Division including AI-driven search, recommendation, and language editing.
Rebecca Cook is Associate Director, Copyright and Permissions, at Wiley.
Rebecca leads Wiley’s global team responsible for permissions, reprints, collective management organization alliances, and clinical outcome assessment licensing.
Rebecca represents Wiley on a number of industry working groups, contributing to policy and discussions surrounding copyright, licensing strategy, transformative business models, and the future of rights management in publishing.
Joslyn Chaiprasert-Paguio (she/her) is the Senior Acquisitions Editor responsible for science titles in Psychology and Translational Neurosciences at Elsevier, a leader in information and analytics for customers across the global research and health ecosystems. Her focus includes social, developmental, and clinical psychology as well as translational neuroscience including neurology and neurodegenerative diseases.
Joslyn has over 15 years of publishing experience in a variety of roles covering multiple product types. She is well respected by her authors, editors, and peers for her proven track record of successful publications and strong relationships with researchers and clinicians. She has represented Elsevier at scientific conferences and author workshops. She received her B.A. in English Literature from the University of California Riverside. She currently resides in Menifee, CA.v
John W. Warren (he/him) is Director and Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Publishing, George Washington University. He formerly held the positions of Director, George Mason University Press; Marketing and Sales Director, Georgetown University Press; Director of Marketing, RAND Corporation; and Marketing Manager at Sage Publications and Fondo de Cultura Económica. He has a master’s degree in international management from the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego.
He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, a frequent speaker at international publishing conferences, and author of numerous articles about digital publishing as well as the Impact Module for the Library Publishing Curriculum. He is a classical guitarist and composer, and a contributor to Classical Guitar and Acoustic Guitar magazines.
He is the founder and publisher of The GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing, co-organizer of the GW Ethics in Publishing Conference, and founder and co-organizer of the Student Journal Symposium.
Jessica Anne Carter (she/her) is the Publishing Assistant at University of Toronto Press, handling metadata, royalty support, eBook distribution, and various other administrative tasks. She obtained a BA in Honours English with a Major in Classical Studies from Nipissing University in North Bay, ON, Canada. She then received her MA in English Literature (Public Texts) from Trent University in Peterborough, ON, and a Graduate Certificate in Creative Book Publishing from Humber College in Toronto, ON.
Before working at UTP, Jessica interned at Cormorant Books, Inc., an independent publisher located in Toronto, and then was the Publishing Assistant and Junior Editor at Telegraph Road Entertainment, specializing in children’s educational workbook and activity book publishing. Based in Toronto, Jessica is an avid reader, casual knitter, and lover of musicals.
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