Our team
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Robert A. C. (Bob) Stewart
Founder and Editor of Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal. The journal is published on the Internet and appears widely in leading university libraries around the world. See Editorial CV for more information. |
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Kate Fullan
Kate has worked in the scholarly publishing industry for 17 years in both book and journal publishing. She has undertaken various Editorial roles and has led teams of Editors in the management of their portfolios. Kate also has 10+ years’ experience as a communications and social media consultant. |
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Keren Segal
Keren holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her thesis examined the role of possessions in providing a sense of literal and symbolic immortality. She also studied the effects of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake on residents' sense of identity (Segal, K., Jong, J., & Halberstadt, J. (2018). The fusing power of natural disasters: An experimental study. Self and Identity, 17(5), 574-586). Keren holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Sociology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, where she also taught qualitative research methods in teachers’ continuing education programs at the School of Education. She has worked as a dialogue group facilitator in encounter groups of Palestinian and Jewish-Israeli youth. Keren lives in Dunedin with her family and enjoys raising her two daughters—as well as her small veggie garden and several happy chickens—and cooking and baking vegan food. |
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Ana Stojanov
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Suzi Brown
Suzi has worked in various IT roles for SBP Journal since 2000. Now IT Manager, she maintains the journal’s online presence, keeping up with the latest cutting-edge technological advances, including implementing the change from paper-based publishing to an entirely online system. Suzi has qualifications and experience in information technology, hardware and software, network systems, web design and maintenance, help desk services, and advanced use of software applications. She lives in Palmerston North, New Zealand, and has two adult daughters. Her interests include technology, reading, gardening, hula hooping, leadlight design and construction, and arts and crafts. |
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Kelly Baildon
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Leisha Gomez
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Sarah Krivan
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Dorothy PilkingtonDorothy began working for SBP Journal as a proofreader and copyeditor in 2001. She has a BA degree in languages and history from Victoria University of Wellington and a Diploma in Education from Massey University. She has had a long voluntary involvement with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (now Heritage New Zealand) and in 2006 received the New Zealand State Honour of Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of this work. Dorothy has a special interest in linguistics and the teaching of English as a second language. |
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Lesley AitkenLesley currently lives in the central North Island, but has a nomadic lifestyle with her husband working in locum ministry. She has worked in education for over 40 years, including: secondary teaching in maths, English, and physical education; tertiary tutoring in distance education; and supporting students in Auckland Prison. Life outside of work involves boating, skiing, tennis, indoor bowls, and quieter pursuits such as reading and dressmaking. |
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Helen InnesHelen has a BA in linguistics, graduate diploma in psychology, and an MA and PhD in creative writing. She has worked as a language teacher in England, Ireland, Japan, China, and New Zealand and taught at primary and secondary schools, a polytechnic, universities, private language schools, and online. She introduced foundation level students at Victoria University to psychology in order to teach them academic English, report writing, and the scientific method. She enjoys writing, walking her tireless border collie, camping with her husband and son, and researching warblish |
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Philippa Proctor
Based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, Philippa has worked as a typesetter for close to 25 years, bringing journals, newsletters, and manuscripts to print ready stage. Her current portfolio includes all of these forms, including the typesetting for SBP Journal for over 20 years. In 2008, she set up her own venture, Pip’s Pre-Press Services, accepting casual, short-term, and long-term typesetting contracts. In 2014 she began working full-time at Ezibuy as part of the Creative team, in addition to continuing her work with SBP Journal and spending time with her three teenaged children. |
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Fanchao (Franco) Meng
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