Group Publishing Director, Peter Lang Group

Valentina Pagnanini holds an MAS in Human Sciences from the Giacomo Leopardi School of Advanced Studies and an MA in Modern Philology from the University of Macerata, where she is a PhD student in Humanism and technologies. She completed her academic internship at the Peter Lang Group. Her research areas include: literature, linguistics, education, media and communication.

Dustin Grinnell is a Boston-based writer of both fiction and nonfiction. He’s the author of The Healing Book (Finishing Line Press), The Empathy Academy, (Atmosphere Press), and Lost & Found: Reflections on Travel, Career, Love and Family. He’s also the host of the podcast, Curiously. He can be found on Instagram @dustin.grinnell, X @DustinGrinnell, and his website.

Marie Audemard is a PhD candidate in Gender Studies at the University of Chester. She explores the profound impact of social norms on women. Her research focuses on lingerie and, more recently, romantic relationships, unravelling the complex regulations that shape women’s experiences.

Dr. Janet Bubar Rich is the recipient of a BA in English from UC Berkeley and a PhD in mythology, with an emphasis in depth psychology, from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Dr. Rich’s research explores mythic figures with a focus on the contemporary concerns of our world. She is the author of Exploring Guinevere’s Search for Authenticity in the Arthurian Romances (2012) and Hestia – The Goddess of the Hearth (2014).

Dr Ilaria de Seta is Acquisitions Editor at Peter Lang Group.

The Rev. Professor June Boyce-Tillman MBE, PhD, MA, LRAM, FRSA read music at Oxford University and is Professor Emerita of Applied Music at the University of Winchester and Extra-ordinary Professor at North West University, South Africa. She has published widely on music education and spirituality and is editing the series on Music and Spirituality for Peter Lang.

Associate Professor Anne-Marie Forbes PhD, MMus, MA, BMus, FRSPH leads the interdisciplinary programmes in Creative Arts and Health at the University of Tasmania. She has published widely in historical musicology, focussing on twentieth-century British and Australian music, sacred music and performativity.

Adam F.C. Fletcher is an internationally recognized expert in youth engagement, co-founder of the Freechild Institute and SoundOut.org, and author of more than a dozen books

Edd Applegate, professor emeritus, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, taught undergraduate and graduate courses for more than thirty years.

In addition to teaching, he wrote numerous academic books, journal articles, chapters and entries for reference books. Applegate earned his doctorate at Oklahoma State University.