Conference Speakers

The 6th World Conference on Education and Teaching

Past Speakers

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.

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).

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.

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.

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”