Conference Speakers

The 8th World Conference on Education and Teaching

Past Speakers

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Prof. Dr. Ana Mª Pérez-Cabello

University of Seville, Spain

Presentation topic

Literacy In The Technology Age: The Power Is In Your Hands

Ana Mª Pérez-Cabello holds a Ph.D. in English Philology and is an expertise in Digital Competences for Learning and Teaching by University of Seville and Teaching Innovation in Higher Education by University Pablo de Olavide (Seville). She works in the Department of Didactics of Language and Literature of the Faculty of Education Sciences of the University of Seville since 2013. She has also developed her teaching and research work as a professor at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, USA) and the University of the Algarve (Faro, Portugal). She has also collaborated with different universities such as Trinity College Dublin or Greenwich University (London). She is the treasurer of the Liletrad Asociativo and reviewer for prestigious journals. Her research areas are Teaching Innovation, Professional Development and Entrepreneurship in Education, Bilingualism and Special Needs, and Neurodidactics Applied to second languages and literatures, mainly.

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Asst. Prof. Dr. Senka Slijepčević

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Presentation topic

Parental Involvement in Education: A Key to Student Well-Being and Academic Success

Senka Slijepčević holds a Ph.D. in Pedagogy and is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. She conducts research in the fields of school pedagogy, school counseling, family pedagogy, and the partnership between families and educational institutions. She received an Award for the best young researcher of the Faculty of Philosophy – social sciences. She is an author and co-author of over 20 scientific papers, and participated in over 10 international conferences.

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Prof. Dr. Ligita Stramkale

Ligita Stramkale is an Assistant Professor at the University of Latvia. Since 2015, Ligita has been an expert in educational sciences at the Latvian Council of Science. Since 2010, she has been an expert at the National Centre for Education of the Republic of Latvia. Ligita got a doctoral degree in Educational Sciences (Dr.paed.) from the University of Latvia in 2004. Her research interests focus on music education, inclusion education, primary school and higher education. Ligita has more than 70 publications.

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Prof. Dr. WEN Qiufang

Professor WEN Qiufang is a full-time researcher of the National Research Center for Foreign Language Education,Beijing Foreign Studies University. Her research interests include second language acquisition, teacher development, language policy.

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Prof. Dr. Hua Yang

Dr. Hua Yang is a professor in the School of English for Specific Purposes, Beijing Foreign Studies University. Her research interest includes second language acquisition, formative assessment, second language writing, and classroom interaction.

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Prof. Dr. Arlene Nicholas 

Arlene J. Nicholas, Ph.D. is a professor in the Business & Economics Department of Salve Regina University. She was the former Graduate Director of the MBA and the MS of Innovation and Strategic Management programs for ten years. Along with teaching graduate students online and undergraduates on campus, she is on the board of directors for The Newport String Project and Friends of the Waterfront. Research interests include generational studies, artificial intelligence, OB, and online education. Other topics of papers/presentations are CSR, telework, benefit corporations, e-textbook usage, and electronic monitoring in the workplace. She is also a Salve Regina alumni.

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Prof Dr. Timothy Kieran O’Mahony

Dr. O’Mahony is founder Institute for Connecting Neuroscience with Teaching & Learning, for teacher Professional Development. As Co-PI on NIH “How Do I Learn” grant, he initiated neuroscience education for mental wellbeing. Winner of the Pathfinder Award for educational innovation and WASA Prize for groundbreaking work in neuroscience of learning.

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pascal Roubides

Dr. Pascal Roubides is an Associate Professor of STEM at Broward College, Florida, USA and has spent more than two decades in the field of higher education, technology, and business. He has contributed to areas spanning from online curriculum and program development to educational assessment and learning, behavioral, and predictive analytics. He has been nationally recognized for excellence in learning design and has always been a proponent and leader in technology and online education initiatives.

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Prof. Dr. Marina Calleja Reina

Dr. Marina Calleja Reina is a full professor at the University of Malaga and leader of the COMIN-ENIN Thematic Network, focused on inclusive communication practices for people with rare diseases. Her goal is to identify best professional practices in this field. She also leads the bridging project “Inclusive Communication” funded by the University of Malaga (B4-2023-18). She obtained her PhD in 2000 at the University of Malaga, after a scholarship at the Center for Educational Research and Documentation of the Ministry of Education and Science. Since 2001 she has been teaching Alternative Communication Systems, first in Didactics of Hearing and Language and then in Speech Therapy. She has participated in several research projects and is a member of the University Institute for Research in Multilingual Linguistic Technologies (IUITLM). Her work is reflected in numerous publications, contributing significantly to the field of inclusive communication, Augmentative-Alternative Communication systems and support for people with complex communication needs.

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Ass. Prof. Tsai-Chun Huang

Tsai-Chun Huang acquired his Ph.D. from the Royal College of Art, London. He is currently an assistant professor in the School of Fashion and Textiles at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research focused on the history of pleats and innovation in pleating technology.During his Ph.D. research, he was invited to worked with European art festivals, such as Hull UK City of Culture 2017, and the Prague Quadrennial 2019.
After joining The Hong Kong PolyU in 2020, his research expanded to a more movement orientation and focused more on the sport wear/ activewear design. In 2023, he received GRF (General Research Fund) from Hong Kong Research Grants Council to start his research. His latest activewear collection, Style in Motion, exhibiting in Paris in 2024, winning Gold prize in IDA (International Design Award), London Design Award, and French Fashion Award.

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Ass.Prof. Maria Gregoria Concepcion

Dr. Maria Gregoria Concepcion is an esteemed Assistant Professor at the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), United Arab Emirates, with a PhD in Education specializing in English Language Teaching (ELT). She has over 25 years of experience in higher education, both in teaching and academic management. Her professional journey spans multiple countries, including Singapore, Indonesia, Korea, and Oman, where she has gained extensive experience in diverse cultural and academic settings. She is a dedicated researcher and scholar, with research interests in Technology and Pedagogy, Learning Analytics, Curriculum Design and Assessments, and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). Dr. Concepcion has published extensively in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and has presented her research at leading international academic conferences in Indonesia, Rome, Budapest, France, UK and the UAE. Beyond her research contributions, she actively serves as a peer reviewer for various research organizations, ensuring high-quality academic discourse. She is also a Certified Expert in Digital Teaching and Learning by Blackboard Academy, demonstrating her expertise in integrating technology into education. Dr. Concepcion continues to contribute to the field through research, teaching, and leadership, making significant strides in digital education and curriculum development.

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Dr. Adam Haisraeli

Dr. Adam Haisraeli is the head of the Department of Education in the Faculty of Education at the Kibbutzim College of Education and a lecturer in the School of Education at Tel Aviv University. He was a research fellow in the postdoctoral program at the Mofet Institute. His field of practice is the sociology of education, with a focus on Israeli society with regard to inequality in higher education, ethnicity and class, and centre and periphery. Additional research areas are pedagogical innovation and parent–teacher relations.

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Dr. Ritwik Chakraborty

Dr. Ritwik Chakraborty holds a PhD in Textiles Technology from the University of Calcutta, India and presently works as a post-doctoral Research Associate at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Though his primary interest of research is the sustainable and green technology for advanced textiles materials, his present role entails the development of new-age learning materials for the students of textiles engineering and design using open educational resources. He has published 12 papers in international journals along with 3 book chapters.

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Dr. Sara Cervantes

Sara Cervantes is PhD and senior lecturer in education at Luleå University of Technology. Her research focus on policy reforms and its influence on professions such as preschool teachers and principals.

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Dr. Udo Käser

Dr. Udo Käser is a dedicated researcher at the Centre of Teacher Training at the University of Bonn, Germany, since 2014. With a background in psychology, pedagogy, and mathematics education, he has contributed extensively to educational research and teaching. Previously, he worked as a secondary school mathematics teacher and held research positions in psychology and pedagogy. His research focuses on promoting students’ cognitive and social competencies, examining the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education, studying refugee children’s experiences in German schools, addressing bullying, and advancing sustainability education. His work plays a crucial role in improving educational outcomes and policies.

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Dr. Kirsten Nielsen

Kirsten Nielsen, PhD., MSc. Nursing, RN. Senior lecturer, study coordinator, and researcher at the School of Nursing VIA University College, Campus Holstebro, Denmark. Research focus is different ways of learning – especially nursing students´ learning, virtual learning tools including e-portfolio, globally networked learning, cooperative online international learning, curriculum development of the Nurse Education, qualitative research – especially narrative interviews. During nine years in the Danish health care system focus was nursing patients with medical diseases – especially patients with Diabetes mellitus.

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Ms. Martina König

Martina König, MA studied English/American Studies and French (teaching degree) with a focus on “Computational Linguistics” at Karl-Franzens University of Graz and graduated with distinction. Her extensive work and teaching experience in higher education as a senior lecturer in various Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs spans 24 years to date. Since 2017, she has also been the head of the part-time, postgraduate Master’s course “Technical Documentation”. In 2024 she was elected Vice-Rector at FH JOANNEUM. She was also recently appointed as a member of the INTED conference committee. Her areas of research and interests include university didactics, curriculum development, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and Lifelong Learning.

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Mrs. Sena Sayıcı

Sena Sayıcı graduated from Bogazici University, Foreign Language Education Department in 2017. She earned an MA degree in the same field from Istanbul Medeniyet University in 2023 with a thesis on “Communicative Orientation of EFL Instruction in Turkish Primary Classrooms”. She has been teaching English as a foreign language since graduated. Her areas of interest are TESOL and applied linguistics.

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Ms. Ana Linta

Ana Linta, PhD student in Teaching and Teacher Education program at the University of Inland, Norway. She is also a university lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Department of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Physical Education. Her areas of interest include mathematical tasks, teacher education, teaching and learning practice, and statistics.

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Mr. Christopher Horger

Christopher Horger has been teaching academic writing at American universities for thirty-five years, twenty-eight of them in the Arab world. His interests include rhetoric and composition theory, applied linguistics, and cross-cultural communications. Since 2005 he has been Editor-in-Chief of the First Year Reader, a collection of the best student essays from the American University of Sharjah’s first-year writing program.

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Ms. JIN Wenhe

Ms. JIN Wenhe holds a master’s degree from the University of Hong Kong and is currently a full-time research assistant at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research interests focus on computer-assisted language learning. She previously presented a poster at the 2024 Centre for Information Technology in Education Research Symposium.

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Ms. Shuyi Zhu

Ms. Shuyi Zhu is a Senior Editor (Professional Title) at the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, affiliated with Beijing Foreign Studies University, China. With over 20 years of experience in foreign language education publishing, she specializes in the development of English textbooks for vocational schools and colleges. Ms. Zhu has planned and developed multiple sets of nationally approved textbooks, which are widely used across the country. Several of the textbooks she has edited have been in continuous use for over two decades and remain popular today.

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Ms. Darja Pipuš

Darja Pipuš holds a BA in English and Sociology of Culture. With over twenty years of experience teaching English to everyone from three years up, she has also worked at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, organized foreign language courses, and led various stress management workshops through her own company. She is currently teaching English at a primary school OŠ Gustava Šiliha Laporje, where she is also the Erasmus+ coordinator and manages various student projects. Passionate about lifelong learning, she constantly seeks innovative teaching methods to inspire students and make learning an engaging and meaningful experience.

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Ms. Kamila Szczepanowska

Kamila Szczepanowska is an EFL lecturer at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, where she teaches specialized English courses and coordinates language projects. She holds a master’s degree in EFL teaching and is actively involved in CLIL, TBL, ESP methodology, and innovative learning approaches like flipped classrooms and blended learning. Her recent initiatives include international COIL CLIL projects, Erasmus+ collaborations, and YUFE EFL courses. She has presented at major conferences, including the YUFE Language Centres Seminar and the International Conference on Future of Teaching and Education. Her work contributes to developing innovative and practical language education strategies.

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Prof. Dr. Suzanne Eckes

Professor of Education Law, Policy, and Practice at the University of Wisconsin School of Education

Presentation topic

Controversies" in the Classroom: Educators' First Amendment Rights in Schools

Suzanne Eckes is the Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy, and Practice at the University of Wisconsin School of Education. Much of her research focuses on how civil rights laws impact education policies in K-12 public schools. She is a co-author or co-editor of several articles and books, including Legal Rights of School Leaders, Teachers and Students (8th ed., Pearson).

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Prof.  Dr. Loida Gutierrez 

Loida Angcaya Gutierrez, is a faculty and the Level 3 Chair of Professional Education of the College of Nursing, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, Philippines. She received her PhD in Counseling Psychology from De La Salle University- Dasmariñas City. Her dissertation was awarded as the most outstanding.

 

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Prof. Dr. Hiromi Ishimori

Hiromi Ishimori, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Hokkaido University of Education, specializes in global education and intercultural understanding in English education. With 25 years of teaching experience, her research focuses on children’s learning and global awareness. She received Ph.D. from Tohoku University and “excellent teacher award” was given from the government.

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Prof.  Dr. Teimurazi Manjapharashvili 

Dr. Teimurazi Manjapharashvili has PhD in High education–Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics.  He currently is Associate Professor of Tbilisi State University, Department of Computer Sciences, Chair of Applied Informatics. His areas of interests are;

  • Modern ICT technologies
  • Fuzzy logic and mathematics, theory and practice
  • Information management
  • Intelligent Information Systems
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Ass. Prof. Ligita Stramkale 

Ligita Stramkale is an Assistant Professor at the University of Latvia. Since 2015, Ligita has been an expert in educational sciences at the Latvian Council of Science. Since 2010, she has been an expert at the National Centre for Education of the Republic of Latvia. Ligita got a doctoral degree in Educational Sciences (Dr.paed.) from the University of Latvia in 2004. Her research interests focus on music education, inclusion education, primary school and higher education. Ligita has more than 70 publications.

 

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Assoc. Prof. Belinda G. Gimbert

Belinda G. Gimbert, Ph.D., associate professor, Educational Administration, Department of Educational Studies, The Ohio State University U.S. Research-human capital policies impacting talent management in K-12 schools that influence the composition, distribution, and quality of educators in the workforce. Gimbert directs two national projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition.

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Assoc. Prof. Dean Cristol

Dean Cristol Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, Ohio State University. Research: educational technology professional development with marginalized teachers and their students to teach and learn in culturally responsive technology driven educational environments; using our research framework in developing nations and English Second Language student educational communities.

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Ass. Prof. Karen Taylor

Karen Taylor serves as Director of Education and the Institute of Learning and Teaching at the International School of Geneva and Associate Professor in Practice at Durham University’s School of Education. Prior to moving to Switzerland in 2008, Dr. Taylor taught at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC and in the Liberal Studies Degree program at Georgetown University where she earned her PhD in history in 2000. Dr. Taylor’s research interests focus on eighteenth-century French pedagogical writings, Global Citizenship Education, Intercultural Learning, Inclusion and Plurilingual Education.

 

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Dr. Efrat Gill

Dr. Efrat Gill is a psychologist and lecturer at the Department of Human Resource at Western Galilee College in Israel. Her interests include several fields: factors of academic excellence among students, and withdrawal behaviours in organisations and positive psychology. Dr. Gill has carried out several research projects that deal with the academic achievements of students, and particularly the factors that promote academic achievement among members of minority groups.

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Dr. Lorena Perez-Penup

Lorena Perez-Penup holds a Doctoral degree in Advanced English Language Studies. Her academic journey has been enriched by prestigious awards, including the Fulbright (USA) and the Carolina Foundation (Spain) scholarships. Currently, she is engaged in a postdoctoral research stay at the University of Linz, supported by a scholarship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Perez’s scholarly pursuits are focused on elucidating academic literacy development and enhancing teaching-learning processes within higher education.

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Dr. Oz Guterman

Dr. Oz Guterman is a senior lecturer at Bar Ilan University and head of the Human Resources Division at the Western Galilee Academic College. His research focuses on futurism in education, the new labor market, as well as non-verbal perception of emotions. He wrote 8 books and published dozens of articles in the world’s leading scientific journals.

 

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Dr. Luvsantseren Purevdolgor

Dr. Luvsantseren Purevdolgor got Ph.D. of Physics from Mongolian National University of Education. She was an Assistant teacher of Department of Physics at the same university. Currently she is the Lecturer of Department of Physics & informatics, School of Biomedicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences (2001 To the present) Her Areas of Interest are; Development Curriculum, Medical Physics, Bioinformatics, Artificial intelligence

 

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Dr. Ariadne de Villa

Ariadne de Villa has a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Spanish language, culture, and gender from the University of Malaga, Spain, graduating with highest honors. Dr. De Villa has taught Spanish in the area of applied linguistics, Spanish for Healthcare and Business Professionals, Culture and Civilization of Spain, and Spanish Literature. Additionally, she also helped redesign the language curriculum at Texas Lutheran University, the Center for Language and Intercultural Communication at Rice University, North American University, and the International Language Center at la Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. Dr. De Villa has presented at local, national and international conferences, has published articles in international journals, in both, the Spanish and English language, and is author of her recently published book, Introdución al estudio de la lengua española. She loves teaching and motivates her students to learn about the richness of the Spanish language and the diverse sociological aspects of these cultures.

 

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Ass. Prof. Senka Slijepčević

Senka Slijepčević, doctor of Pedagogy, is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. Her research interests are professional identity, school counseling, and family pedagogy. She received an Award for the best young researcher of the Faculty of Philosophy – social sciences.

 

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Mrs. Nino Manjaparashvili

Mrs. Nino Manjaparashvili was graduated from Tbilisi State Medical University. Postgraduate Institute of continuous Medical Education and she passed MBA course student of Sheffield University. Her current position is Neurologist Synevo medical laboratory Medical marketing department. Her areas of interests are; Medicine, Biological-Social and life sciences.

 

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Ms. Elisha Minihan

Elisha holds degrees from National University of Ireland Galway (BA [Hons.] in Psychology), and University of Limerick (MA psychology). Elisha is currently working with children and adolescents experiencing mild-moderate mental health difficulties in primary care psychology as a psychology Assistant. Elisha has been working as a research Assistant with University College Dublin from 2019 to present (2024). She has worked on various research projects primarily surrounding occupational stress and the effects of such on mental health and wellbeing. More recently she has focused on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on essential workers and how it has impacted on their wellbeing. Elisha has numerous national and international publications pertaining to Covid-19 and mental health as well as Covid-19 and its effects on essential workers during the pandemic.

 

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Ass. Prof. PENG Yongchang

PENG, Yongchang, Assistant Professor (Teaching), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), China. My research focuses on Chinese history, with a particular emphasis on social history and urban history. I instruct several courses related to Chinese history as part of general education.

 

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Dr. Latifah M. Alhthlol

Dr. Latifah M. Alhthlol received her undergraduate degree at King Faisal University (KFU) in 2010. She then completed her M.S. at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in inorganic chemistry in 2016. She then went on to earn her Ph.D. in medical chemistry at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia in 2023. Currently, she is assistant professor at KSAU-HS in Saudi Arabia.

 

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Mr. Moshe Facler

Mr. Moshe Facler is currently completing my doctorate on ‘Personalized learning in the digital Age’; He holds senior managerial positions in information systems and as project manager; STEM teacher and business entrepreneur; pedagogical coordinator; He has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering, MSc in Industrial and Management Engineering and M.Ed. in management organization of Educational systems.

 

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MS.Elizabeth Robinson

Elizabeth Robinson, AFHEA, is a second year PhD Researcher, in the School of Business, and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Leicester, UK. Research areas include Human Resources, Management, and Work and Organisations. Her PhD research explores Teacher job satisfaction in Multi-Academy Trust environments.

 

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Dr. Deniece Dortch

The George Washington University located in Washington, DC

Presentation topic

Black Excellence at a Price: African American Doctoral Students Experiencing Tokenism at Predominantly White Institutions in the United States.

Dr. Deniece Dortch is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Administration at The George Washington University located in Washington, DC. Her research and teaching grapples with systemic oppression across multiple axes. She uses critical phenomenological approaches to understanding how African American undergraduate and graduate students experience and respond to race and racism at predominantly white institutions of higher education. Dr. Dortch studies the socialization of undergraduate and graduate students of color. She is especially interested in how psychological violence and fear is experienced, manifested and reproduced in the academy. Her most recent projects explore intra-racial relationships, racial agency and their effects on persistence in higher education. Dr. Dortch earned her Ph.D. Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an Ed.M. in Higher & Postsecondary Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and a M.A.in Intercultural Service, Leadership & Management from the School for International Training in Vermont and a B.A. from Eastern Michigan University.

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Dr. Viktoriia Chorna

Chorna Viktoriia – PhD, Docent, Researcher at Department Historical and Contemporary Studies, Södertörn University (Stockholm, Sweden) Professional interest: modern didactic of primary education; comparative pedagogic; sensory and inclusive primary education; religion education as a effective tool for moral and sustainable pupils’ development.

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Prof Dr.  Andrei Kolyshkin

Professor Andrei Kolyshkin has PhD in differential equations and mathematical physics. He is presently the director of the Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Riga Technical University. His research interests include mathematical modeling in fluid mechanics and eddy current nondestructive testing.

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Prof. Dr. Ali Derakhshesh

Ali Derakhshesh received his Ph.D. in TEFL from Shahid Beheshti University. He is currently a university lecturer and researcher. He has made several presentations at different national and international conferences and compiled a number of books related to TEFL. He has authored several papers in internationally prestigious journals like System, Frontiers in Psychology, Asia TEFL, and CALL-EJ. His main areas of research interest include psycholinguistics, interlanguage pragmatics, and teacher/learner psychology.

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Prof. Dr. Lamkhanter Fouzia

Lamkhanter Fouzia is a Professor at the Faculty of Letters and Humanities. She holds a doctorate degree in sociolinguistics from University Mohammed v Rabat. She has been teaching at the university for more than 16 years. Her main research focus is ´autonomy´ in language teaching .

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Ass. Prof. Dr. Hsiu-Hui Su

Dr. Hsiu-Hui Su (Patricia) is an Associate Professor at Graduate Institute of Applied English and Director of Language Centre, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan.
She holds a Doctoral Degree in English Education, focusing on English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Her research interests lie in Teaching English as a Second / Foreign Language (TESL/ TEFL), English for Specific Purposes (ESP), English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI), and Remedial English Education.

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Prof. Suzanne Eckes

Prof. Suzanne Eckes is the Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy, and Practice at the University of Wisconsin School of Education. Much of her research focuses on how civil rights laws impact education policies in K-12 public schools. She is a co-author or co-editor of several articles and books, including Legal Rights of School Leaders, Teachers and Students (8th ed., Pearson).

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Ms. Sepideh Mehraein

Sepideh Mehraein is currently a Ph.D. candidate in TEFL at University of Tehran. She is the head of the Research and Development Department at BayaneBartar Education Centre. Also, she has been teaching English at different institutes and universities and has presented papers and workshops at national and international conferences. She has published several papers in internationally acclaimed journals like System, Frontiers in Psychology, Asia TEFL, and CALL-EJ. Her main research interests include second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, positive psychology, and teacher education.

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Mrs. Paulina Pietrzyk-Kowalec

An English philologist, an enterpreneur, a university teacher of business, marketing and pedagogical subjects at WSB Merito,Warsaw, a reseracher, a translator, a member of the European association EULETA and a world scientific association WASET, a speaker and winner of awards at international conferences. She is currently finishing writing her PhD dissertation, combining Management with AI at Apsley Business School, London.

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Dr. Maria Gregoria

Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates

Presentation topic

Emerging Trends in Education in the dynamic post-pandemic Global society

Dr. Maria Gregoria Concepcion is an Assistant Professor at the Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates. She holds a PhD in Education in English Language Teaching (ELT). Dr. Concepcion comes with more than 25 years of international experience in higher education teaching diverse culture. She has worked in countries like Singapore, Indonesia, Korea, and Oman. Her research interests include Pedagogy and Technology, Learning Analytics, Hybrid Learning, Curriculum Design, and Assessments. She has published a number of publications in international journals on language studies, learning approaches, teaching with technology, and assessment techniques. Dr. Concepcion has presented her papers in various international academic conferences in Rome, Budapest, France, and the UAE. She is also a Scientific Board and Reviewers’ Committee member of various professional organizations. She has served as chair and technical committee member for many international conferences. Dr. Concepcion is a Certified Expert in Digital Teaching and Learning by Blackboard Academy.

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Dr. Carol M Johnson, PhD

Dr. May Mei Ling Wong, Associate Professor, Department of Management, Lingnan University. She has been teaching in Hong Kong’s tertiary institutions for more than 30 years, and has been teaching Service-Learning courses since 2006. She is currently researching in the development and implementation of online/virtual Service-Learning courses in the higher education sector.

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Dr. May Mei Ling Wong

Dr. May Mei Ling Wong, Associate Professor, Department of Management, Lingnan University. She has been teaching in Hong Kong’s tertiary institutions for more than 30 years, and has been teaching Service-Learning courses since 2006. She is currently researching in the development and implementation of online/virtual Service-Learning courses in the higher education sector.

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Dr. Diana Boaventura

Dina Boaventura has a PhD in Marine Sciences – Marine Ecology; and a Post-Graduation in Education – Science Didactics. She works at Escola Superior de Educação João de Deus, Lisbon, where she coordinates de Science Education area. Her research interests include – Ocean literacy, Citizen Science, Technology and Innovation in Science Education and Marine Ecology and climate change.

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Dr. Ho Wai Chi Vichy

Dr. Ho is the senior lecturer of School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong. He is the awardee of the University’s Outstanding Teaching Award and the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, the Faculty of Arts. He published nine books since 2000. He is the principal investigator of two funded projects (“Flip, not flop”, 2018-19; “LAMP: LearnSmart Adaptive Moodle+ Platform”, 2021-2022).

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Mr. Joydeep Sil

Mr. Joydeep Sil, Registrar of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India is pursuing his PhD from the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi. Mr. Sil possesses postgraduate degree in Economics and MBA(HR). He has received prestigious Fulbright (2017) and Erasmus (2014) fellowships. He is keenly interested in professional development in higher education administration.

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Mr. Avraam Sachpatzidis

Mr. Avraam Sachpatzidis is an active ICT Professor in Greece. He has experience in Adult Education more than 17 years. He holds a Master of Education Degree in “Gender Studies and Information Technology” from University of the Aegean and at the moment he is a graduate Master of Science Student in “e-Business and Digital Marketing” at the University of Western Macedonia. His PhD thesis in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is on progress with title ” Audio visual creation and cultural communication with the use of New Technologies in Education”

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Dr. Vicky Papachristou

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Prof. Dr. Pearl Lin

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Prof. Dr. Thomas YH Chan

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Dr. Deniece Dortch

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Dr. Iryna Dubko

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Dr. Kebashnee Moodley 

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Dr. Sindy Chapa

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Prof. Dr. Ruben Vanderlinde

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Dr. Wenhui Wang

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MSC. Bjørn Salskov

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Prof. Dr. Maria de Fátima Goulão

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Ms. Halima Ali Sulaiman Almaktumi

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Ms. Ezgi Ağcihan

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Assoc. prof. Ilona Tandzegolskienė

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Assoc. prof. Nijolė Čiučiulkienė

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Ms. Fatiha Sadouki

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Mr. Molefi Motsoenyane