Conference Speakers

The 7th World Conference on Education and Teaching

Past Speakers

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).

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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).

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.

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.

Keynote Speaker

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.

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.

Dr. May Mei Ling Wong

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.

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).

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.

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”