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Juan Luis Lopez-Aranguren - Profile
Juan Luis Lopez-Aranguren is an Associate Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the School of Law of the University of Zaragoza (Spain) and Professor of Social Sciences Research in the Master on Japanese Studies at the same university. His field of study is Globalization, Security, International Law and International Relations. He has completed his Ph.D. titled "Application of Rational Choice Theory on International Communication in East Asia: The case of Senkaku/Diaoyu" (2013). He has also received the Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship (FY 2016/17) for the 12-months Postdoctoral research project at the Graduate School of International Relations at the International University of Japan (IUJ), 国際大学: “Communication, Democracy and Policy-Making in Japan: A Study on the Role of the International Communication in Japanese Social Cohesion and in the Government’s Social Endorsement".
Lopez-Aranguren has published numerous papers on International Relations, Security and Law like "The Communicative Dimension and Security in Asia-Pacific: A communicative-viewing proposal for reform of the Japanese Intelligence Services" (UNISCI, 41, 2016), "Rational Choice Theory and International Communication: A Proposal for a New Interpretation of Article 21 of the Japanese Constitution" (Osaka University Law Review, 64, 2017), and "Geopolitical aspects of the EU’s approach to Indo-Pacific" (Routledge, 2021).
Gill H. Boehringer - Profile
Professor Boehringer obtained degrees in Social Science (Cornell, 1955), and Law (University of California, Hastings College of Law,1959 and University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1967}. He has held academic appointments in sociology and law at the University of Maryland (Overseas Program, London), University of East Africa (Dar es Salaam), Queens University and the Open University (Belfast), and Macquarie University (Sydney}.
He has published more than 200 articles, reviews, and reports including on law; legal education; customary law; crime, policing, penal practice, "alternative lawyering for social justice and alternative justice systems" and the judicial system; many aspects of Philippine society; corporate degradation of the environment. His current research is focused on 1) murderous attacks on lawyers around the globe with special regard to the Philippines and 2) the “anti-illegal drug war” of Philippine President Duterte. He is Co-Chair of the Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers of the International Association of People’s Lawyers, and a member of the panel of Judges of the Permanent People’s Tribunal (Rome), and the Rights of Nature Tribunal (Brisbane) and has co-edited a dozen reports including on violence and state repression in Mexico; working conditions in Asian garment industries; the negative impacts of “fracking” across the world; the negative impact of corporate power and government mismanagement on the Darling River Basin in Australia.
Pamela Black - Profile
Pamela Black, Ph.D.
Professor of Criminal Justice | Discipline Coordinator, Division of Social Sciences and Education
Penn State Hazleton
Dr. Pamela Black is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Penn State Hazleton, where she serves as the Discipline Coordinator for the Division of Social Sciences and Education. Her research focuses on deviance, strain, and minority group status, with a growing emphasis on age minorities and late-life criminal behavior.
Dr. Black has published extensively on topics related to social learning theory, cannabis use among older adults, and shifting social norms around aging and deviance. Her work examines how early socialization into deviant behaviors—such as drug use and alternative sexual practices—continues to shape behaviors and perceptions in later life. Her research also explores geriatric crime, elder fraud, and the intersections of aging, stigma, and criminality.
She has been an active contributor to both academic and public discussions on deviance and aging, and her work bridges the disciplines of criminology, sociology, and gerontology.