UNGGD/Teachingteam

Dr Deborah Mayersen
Deborah Mayersen is an historian, currently based at the University of Wollongong. Deborah's research expertise is in comparative genocide studies, including the Armenian genocide, Rwandan genocide and genocide prevention. Deborah has lectured widely in both history and international studies. Her most recent publications include On the Path to Genocide: Armenia and Rwanda Reexamined (Berghahn Books, 2014), and the edited volumes The United Nations and Genocide (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) and Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia: Legacies and Prevention (with Annie Pohlman, Routledge, 2013).

For more information see Deborah's UOW bio page: http://lha.uow.edu.au/hsi/istr/fellows/UOW125645.html

Dr Susan Engel
Susan is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International studies and she lectures in the areas of development, international studies, global politics and international political economy. Her research interests are broadly in the area of international political economy, specifically development theory and practices, aid and food. She has a strong interest in Southeast Asia, which is the area of her book with Routledge: The World Bank and the Post-Washington Consensus in Vietnam and Indonesia: Inheritance of Loss (2010).

Susan worked in the government, community, and aid sectors before becoming an academic and she continues to play an active role in issues of aid and development through advocacy work. Since 2002, she has been a board member of Indigo Foundation; a small, not-for-profit organisation funding community development projects in developing countries.

For more information see Susan's UOW bio page: http://lha.uow.edu.au/hsi/contacts/UOW057047.html