HETL Liaisons are volunteers (academics, scholars, and educators) who represent HETL to the global higher education community. As such, HETL Liaisons help promote the mission, vision, and values of HETL. Liaisons represent HETL’s interests in their countries as well as represent the interests of their own countries to HETL. As such, liaisons serve as the voice, eyes, and ears of HETL in their home countries and in their disciplines.
HETL Liaisons represent HETL’s interests at conferences and other academic gatherings that they attend in the course of their normal travels as educators. Liaisons represent their countries or discipline or specialty. Through their input, HETL members will learn more about global education, academic professional organizations, and educational practices in other countries.
AIMS
- Suppot higher education development and sustainable learning all over the world
- Support academic and pedagogical pluralism within the global higher education ecosystem
- Support diversity of all types at all levels within the global higher education ecosystem
- Support social responsibility and ethical practices in all disciplines/modes of learning
- Support all efforts that enhance international cooperation, tolerance, and peace building
- Support capacity building at all levels (human, organizational, and community)
Chief Liaison
LIAISONS BY CONTINENT
AFRICA
ASIA
EUROPE
LATIN AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
OCEANIA
AFRICA
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Najma Agherdien, South Africa
Liaison to Instructional Design
LinkedIn profile
Najma Agherdien is an Instructional designer at the University of Johannesburg. She is located in the Centre for Academic Technologies where she works with the Humanities faculty. Her involvement includes professional development of staff, presentation of workshops and on-going support and consultation. As a member of the Humanities Teaching and Learning committee, she promotes best teaching practices to engage Humanities students in the 21st Century. She holds a Masters in Computer-based Education (Cum Laude) at the University of Johannesburg where she is currently doing a PhD in Higher Education Studies. She has seventeen years’ experience in education and taught at Primary School level, High school level and currently at Higher education level. She also worked as a Freelance trainer in the private sector. Her research interests include teaching and learning in higher education, educational technology, curriculum development and academic development.
Dr. Gamal S. Ahmed, Egypt
Liaison to Egypt
LinkedIn profile
Gamal S. Ahmed is the associate professor of the curriculum and teaching at the University of Cairo in Egypt, and the international researcher of nanotechnology education. He is international member in Nanoscale Informal Science Education, NISE network. He is author in both IGI Global in USA and STM Journal in India. He has international experiences in education, management and technology. He is a member in the African Engineering Education Association (AEEA) in South Africa, and member in China AEEA program in Tsinghua University in Beijing in China. Gamal Ahmed has more than ten published researches in learning, teaching and ICT. He has some relationships in training, peace building and humanity development all over the world.
Alicia Fourie, South Africa
Liaison to South Africa
LinkedIn profile
I am a lecturer in Economics at the North-West University’s Potchefstroom campus, teaching introductory economics to undergraduate students. I received my Bachelor degree in Law and Economics, Honours degree in Economics and Master’s degree in Economics at the North West University. My Masters dissertation was on the topic of green economics titled: Green economics: A case study of South African’s willingness to pay for climate change mitigation. My passion, research interests and focus currently is on economic education where I am in the proses of pursuing my PhD degree in. In 2011 I received an award for the top lecturer in the faculty of economic and business sciences for my role as an educator.
Dr. David Levey, South Africa
Liaison to English Studies
LinkedIn profile
David Levey gained a BA and MA in English, both cum laude, at the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg). I lectured in the Department of English at Potchefstroom University until 1980, and then moved to the University of South Africa (Unisa). My doctorate, in the early MS fiction of Alan Paton, was from North-West University. At Unisa I have undertaken various teaching tasks, ranging from first-level English for Academic Purposes to supervising masters and doctoral students in African and South African literature, as well as a range of administrative duties such as coordinator of third-level English courses, deputy Chair of Department and acting Chair of English Studies.
Dr. Sonti Zelma Mokobane, South Africa
Liaison to Inclusion Education
LinkedIn profile
Sonti Zelma Mokobane is a research lecturer at Southern Business School. Previously she worked at the University of Johannesburg as a Research Assistant and was an educator for 14 years; teaching in secondary school. She holds a Masters degree in Inclusive education and she is currently pursuing her Ph.D. Sonti lectures research methodology to advance diploma and Bachelors students and she is alo supervising Honours students. Apart from teaching she is a member of the Higher Degrees Research Committee of the university. She is a member of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development. She has also published papers in Inclusive education.
Simon Musila Muvengei, Kenya
Liaison to Kenya
LinkedIn profile
Simon Muvengei is Dean of Students at Reformed Bible College in Kenya and is responsible for student issues, sponsorships, admissions, student community involvement, and curriculum implementation. Simon is the head of the department of Practical Theology. Institutional affiliations include Reformed Bible College (Kenya), Faith College of the Bible (Kenya), Son Light Christian College (Kenya), and South African Theological Seminary (South African). Simon works with these organizations which support education sponsorships: Independent Presbyterian Church (Kenya), Presbyterian Reformed Church (Australia) (Bilateral relationship), Presbyterian Church Eastern (Australia).
Dr. Sipho S. Shongwe, Swaziland
Liaison to Swaziland
LinkedIn profile
Sipho Shongwe is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Department of Curriculum and Teaching and Institue of Distance Education at the University of Swaziland. He has a PhD in Curriculum Development. He has 17 years of teaching from juniour to high school, and from teacher training college to university teaching. He has worked as a Curriculum Development Officer (Social Studies) for the Kingdom of Swaziland. Apart from active teaching, he is a consultant in Education-related work, USA State Government alumni member, researcher in social science related field and a member of the Swaziland Educational Research Association, and SUSI-APD 2011 beneficiary.
Aytaged Sisay Zeleke, Ethiopia
Liaison to Ethiopia
LinkedIn profile
Aytaged Sisay Zeleke is an adjunct instructor at Delaware State University since August 2012. Prior to this, he was a senior lecturer and a research fellow at Addis Ababa University where he was also a head of Test and Measurement Services Unit. Before he taught in other government and private higher education institutions in Ethiopia, he was a middle school and language school teacher. He has an M.A and M.Phil. degrees in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Comparative and International Education with a specialization on Educational Policy and Planning from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and University of Oslo, Norway respectively. His research interests include teaching and learning, teacher education, comparative and international education, ESL, language testing, professional development, staff mobility and higher education.
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Nalin Abeysekera, Sri Lanka
Liaison to Sri Lanka
LinkedIn profile
Nalin Abeysekera is a senior lecturer attached to the Department of Management Studies, Open University of Sri Lanka. He earned degrees in Bsc Marketing from University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka and MBA from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is the author of book titled as Transformational Leadership: A journey to better customer relationship, which was published in 2011. He is a certified trainer for online teaching. He has won three gold medals in his MBA for the performance at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has been named as Best Asian Researcher, Finalist, at Philippine Association of Institutions for Research, Philippine in 2011. He was shortlisted as Best Reviewer by International Journal in Contemporary Management Research (CMR) in 2010. He is a member in CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing)-UK and Chartered Marketer as well. He has published articles in many international journals.
Dr. Anand Agrawal, Malaysia
Liaison to Malaysia
LinkedIn profile
Anand Agrawal is Senior Lecturer and Associate Head (curriculum enhancement and accreditation) at Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak; member, associate member – HIT Laboratory; associate editor-Research World, reviewer- Journal of Management Education, Journal of Research Practice and South African Journal of Management and Journal of Business Derivatives. Erstwhile assistant professor at Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (IILM) and ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad, India. Research Interest: Designing, measuring and managing social affordance and experience in service settings. Teaching: Research methods, marketing research and strategic & entrepreneurial marketing, conducted research workshops for faculty members, industry executives and doctoral students, facilitated several MBA students at International University of Paris, France and SP Jain Centre of Management, Dubai, UAE as a visiting faculty. Professional Memberships: Associate Member Healthcare Innovation and Technology Laboratory, California; member, International Review Board, Higher Education Teaching and learning.
Dr. Muna Al-Razgan
HETL Liaison to Saudi Arabia
LinkedIn profile
Muna Al-Razgan is an assistant professor at King Saud University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia. I teach information technology courses to undergraduate students, currently I am teaching Data Warehousing and Data Mining course. I received my master and PhD degrees from George Mason University, VA, USA in Information Technology, specializing in Data Mining. My passion, research interests and focuses are on the following: Data Mining, Web Mining, Arabic Natural Language processing, Islamic Applications as well as multidisciplinary research such as E-Systems, including E-Government, E-learning, and Assistive Technologies.
Dr. Khoundkar Alamgir, Bangladesh
Liaison to Bangladesh
LinkedIn profile
Khoundkar Alamgir is a teacher of Islamic History and Culture, National University Bangladesh. He earned his doctorate in Islamic Art and Archaeology. He is a former officer of the Department of Archaeology, Government of Bangladesh. After twenty three years of research and office administration he made a switch to the National University. He taught in the post graduate level in this University. He is the author of Sultanate Architecture of Bengal: an Analysis of Architectural and Decorative Elements, published by Kaveri Books, New Delhi, India and Khan Jahan (R): Ruler, Builder and Saint, distributed by Parash Publishers, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has many research papers published in internationally reputed journals. He is a former member of the Editorial Board, National University Journal of Arts. He is a life member and Executive Council Member of History Council of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Itihas Parishad), life member and Executive Council Member of Itihash Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh and life member of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
Dr. Sriram Arulchelvan, India
Liaison to Educational Media
LinkedIn profile
Sriram Arulchelvan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Sciences,
Anna University, Chennai, India. Earlier, he was a Journalist in Tamil newspapers. He has been awarded FCT Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship. He has received Best Young Media Teacher award by a Tamil Educational Magazine. He is teaching Journalism, Educational Media, E-Learning & E-Content Creation, Community Media, Development Communication subjects for Master degree courses. He is enthusiastically involving in many research projects. Dr. Arulchelvan is the coordinator for the EDUSAT Teaching and Receiving End Terminal and Gyanvani Educational Radio Station. He has published many research papers in national and international journals. He also presented and attended many national and international conferences. He had been invited as resource person for several workshops. He has organized many workshops and seminars. He is connected with prominent Indian and foreign professional Associations.
Dr. Mirza Barjees Baig
Liaison to Saudi Arabia
LinkedIn profile
Mirza Barjees Baig is working as a Professor of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society at the King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He received his education in both social and natural sciences from USA. He completed his Ph.D. in Extension for Natural Resource Management from the University of Idaho, USA. He earned his MS degree in International Agricultural Extension in 1992 from the Utah State University, USA and was placed on the “Roll of Honour”. During his doctoral program, he was honored with“1995 Outstanding Graduate Student Award”. Dr. Baig has published extensively in international journals. Particularly issues like degradation of natural resources, deteriorating environment and their relationship with society are his areas of interest. Dr. Baig has been associated with the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada as the Special Graduate Faculty from 2000-2005. He was the Foreign Professor, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, from 2005-2009. He is the member of the Assessment Committee of the Intergovernmental Education Organization, United Nations, Belgium. He serves on the editorial Boards of many International scientific journals.
Dr. Julius B. Bertillo, Bahrain
Liaison to Bahrain
LinkedIn profile
Julius B. Bertillo, an industrial engineer, educator, researcher, statistician, and business consultant. He was a former College Dean of Business and Graduate Studies at the AMA International University-Bahrain. He obtained his Doctor of Education major in Educational Management (Ed.D.); Master of Arts in Education major in Administration and Supervision (MAEd); Master in Business Administration (MBA); and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSIE). He has practical experience from a job as Production Manager, Plant Industrial Engineer and Time Study Analyst in a large Chinese-Filipino multinational enterprise. He was an Industrial Partner and Manager of the First Royal Holding Group Company (Al-Fateh University Affairs) in Bahrain. He was a College Dean in AMA Computer College; San Jose Community College; and a distinguished Professor of Aquinas University, Mariners’ Polytechnic Colleges, and Saint Joseph College Recollect.
Dr. Rathinam Chandramohan, India
Liaison to Material Science
LinkedIn profile
Rathinam Chandramohan, is serving as Coordinator of IGNOU study centre 43052 and Associate Professor in Physics, Sree Sevugan Annamalai College, Devakottai in India. More than 31 years of academics, 23 years of research experience in physico-chemical synthesis, characterization and device design vast knowledge on the surfaces, interfaces and phenomena, ceramics, consistent output, adapting research methodology in every spheres, excellent data analysis skill, broad knowledge in materials science, opto-electronic devices fabrication, good command over the material synthesis methods are his strengths. Hands on experience on latest characterization equipments like XRD, SEM, AFM, UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer, Ellipsometry, accelerators, etc. adds to his list. He is a self-starter, team worker, excellent communication skills and meritorious publications in international journals, invited and oral presentations at international and national conferences, organizer of national level events, Ph.D. and M.Phil guidance and is having experience in associating with various research groups inland and abroad.
Satyadhyan Chickerur, India
Liaison to India
LinkedIn profile
Satyadhyan Chickerur received his B.E degree from Karnataka University in 1997, M.Tech from Visveswaraiah Technological University in year 2002 and is currently pursuing Ph.D. from the same university. He has served as lecturer in various engineering colleges in India. Presently he is with the Department of Information science and Engineering, M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India as Associate Professor. He is a member of ISTE, IEEE and ACM. He was the Execom member of IEEE signal processing society, Bangalore chapter (2007-2009). He was a Member of Intel – IISC – VTU multicore Curriculum Development committee. He was one of the judges and problem setter for ACM ICPC programming contest of the Asia Regional’s in the year 2007 and 2008. He has received various grants from industry and other Organizations for research as well. He is on the International Review Board of HETL. He has received the BOLT award from Air India for year 2008-09. His biography has been profiled in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering for year 2007 and Who’s Who in the World 2008.
Kevin W K Chu
Liaison to China, City of Hong Kong
LinkedIn profile
Kevin W K Chu is Lecturer (Business Communication) of Lee Shiu Kee School of Business and Administration at the Open University of Hong Kong. He is a graduate of the City University of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong majoring in Teaching English as a Second Language, English Language Education and Corporate Communication respectively. His work experience and entrepreneurship journey cover tourism, health care, performing arts and corporate training. He has taught Business English, Interpersonal Communication and Integrated Strategic Communication at various universities in Hong Kong for over ten years and has published a number of books and journal articles. His current research interests include student/staff/customer engagement, ICT and World English languages.
Dr. Nobuya Fukugawa, Japan
Liaison to Pedagogy of ESL Knowledge
LinkedIn profile
Nobuya Fukugawa is an Associate Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University. He received his PhD in Economics from Hitotsubashi University. His research interest includes innovation, entrepreneurship, and program evaluation. He publishes papers in academic journals, such as International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Technology Transfer, Small Business Economics, and Technovation. He also presents papers in conferences, such as Academy of Management, International Schumpeter Society, and International Council for Small Business. In 2010, he received the Best Paper in Asia-Pacific Small Business Management Award at the 55th Annual International Council for Small Business World Conference.
Dr. Jaleh Hassaskhah, Iran
Liaison to Second Language Studies
LinkedIn profile
Jaleh Hassaskhah is currently a full time assistant professor at the English Department of the University of Guilan, the board member of Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI), and the head of Allame Tabatabaee Language Centre (ALC). Her areas of interest include curriculum development, individual differences in learning & assessment, and any new horizon which is likely to help the advancements in the field of TEFL/TESL. She has published different articles and books on these topics, and served as the reviewer and lecturer both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Naseer Iqbal, India
Liaison to Physics
LinkedIn profile
Naseer Iqbal did his Ph.D. in Astrophysics in Year 2002 and got later inducted as Assistant Professor in year 2003 in the Department of Physics University of Kashmir Srinagar. He got involved in a number of research collaborations with some leading scientists of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Institute (TIFR) Mumbai and Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata from year 2005. Recently he has been sanctioned with one of the prestigious research project on X-Ray Astronomy by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Department of Space Govt. of India with a grant of twenty lakhs. The aim of the project is to “Study the Correlated Ultraviolet and X-ray Emission from X-ray Binaries”. Dr Naseer is also working with Prof. M N Vahia a senior scientist at TIFR Mumbai and have worked on the identification of some ancient Astronomical Sites on the basis of which they have identified one of the ancient Supernova (SN) that have happened 5,000 years before. The work regarding this past Supernova (SN) is already published in one of the leading Astronomical Journals in Australia.
Dr. Adrienne A. Isakovic, UAE
Liaison to United Arab Emirates and Human Resources
LinkedIn profile
Dr. Adrienne A. Isakovic is an Assistant Professor of Human Resources at Hamdan Bin Mohammed e University in Dubai, UAE. She is an award-winning academic and HRM leader with extensive experience in both academia and in senior HRM roles in the Middle East and the U.S. Currently she is teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Her research focuses on self-initiating expatriates, expatriate employee engagement, and the psychological employment contract in the workplace. She has presented at numerous academic and professional conferences over the years, as well as been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and books.
Dr. Yousuf M Islam, Bangladesh
Liaison to Bangladesh
LinkedIn profile
After completing his engineering PhD from Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Yousuf returned to Bangladesh in 1988 to join the software and education industry. He was Managing Director of his own company from 1989 to 2008. He got interested in ICT education when he discovered that people in Bangladesh have language problems. He wrote and introduced 16 ICT workbooks and introduced the subject of Computing Studies in 14 schools in Bangladesh. He was involved with BRAC University to launch the Computer Science Department, Teaching Learning Center and Residential Semester for soft-skill development of freshers. In 2008 he moved to Daffodil International University and held the first ever national tertiary level teaching learning conference in Bangladesh. To improve and consolidate his teaching skills he completed an additional Master’s degree in Instructional Design Technology from Open University Malaysia (OUM) in 2010. He is now a motivational workshop facilitator – he says he works on “empowering” rather than teaching.
Fouad El Karnichi, Morocco
Liaison to Morocco
LinkedIn profile
Fouad El Karnichi is a Ph.D. candidate in Science of education (Field of research: Translator Education & Training -Online and F2F; e-teaching & e-leanring in higher education) at Université de Sherbrooke (Canada), working on the use of e-teaching/e-learning pedagogy in Arab speaking universities. Holder of an MA in Translation and Interpreting from Heriot Wattt university (UK) in 1997, and a BA in Linguistics from Sidi Mohammed Bin Abdellah University -Morocco- in 1993. Worked in HE as lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Hassan II University as well at the Institute for Leadership and Communication studies in Mohamamdia and Rabat respectively, have been involved in research on translation pedagogy and e-learning in translator education and participated in communications in morocco on the topic of Translator education in HE in the Arab world. Member of Arab Translator Network, as well as the International Society for Technology in Education, the Technology Integration in Education, and the Moroccan Association for Translation sudies which promotes various reseArch areas. I take care of Translator education in the Arabic Context (HE). I worked in many countries in the langauge Industry: UK, Qatar, Canada and Morocco.
Paul Kawachi, China
Liaison to China
LinkedIn profile
Paul Kawachi is a lifelong learner and spends every day studying especially while teaching. He is happiest in collaborative conversation with himself and others. He is currently at the Open University of China, which is the largest in the world, deploying every sort of media and reaching an extremely wide diversity of students. He is a Professor of Instructional Design, and has undertaken research and taught at Cambridge University as well as several leading universities in Japan. He continues to win various awards for his research into teaching and learning. He is Editor of the Asian Journal of Distance Education, which is a double-peer reviewed indexed international journal, and on the Editorial Board of many others. He is widely published in books and international journals.
Dr. Al Miller, UAE
Liaison to UAE
LinkedIn profile
Alfred Miller (PhD-BA, e-Commerce), Business Faculty at Fujairah Women’s College, Higher Colleges of Technology. Alfred is fulfilling three research awards from the Wharton Business school including a residency (Ian MacMillan Global Faculty Development Program) at the University of Pennsylvania in 2011. Teaching strategy centers toward student ownership of innovative entrepreneurial projects, and developing entrepreneurial skills transferrable to the real world. Review assignments include an NSF grant in cyber behavior, and NETs 2012 (Bangkok) where Alfred presented. Research has resulted in peer-reviewed publications—most recent being the Computer Technology and Application, and includes presentations in Europe, Asia, Middle East, and USA on e-learning technology; and cyber security—specifically cybercrime, and the behavioral aspects of network security technology adoption, for the UAE and MENA Region. Latest interest is gender and sustainability. Dr. Miller is Managing Director of Charlie Drillco Ltd. (Thai). Prior industry experience includes NGWA recognition for leadership as VP-Operations and leveraged-buyout partner—St. Charles Drilling, lifetime member of the Teamsters (logistics), and assignment to liquid plants on Kwajalein Island, for the Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Project. Military service during the Cold War included an East German Border mission.
Dr. Ahmed (Mohammed) Numan Salih, Jordan
Liaison to Jordan
LinkedIn profile
Ahmed (Mohammed) Numan Salih is Lecturer in Computer Science (IT) with experience in academic administration and continuing education. Ahmed has a Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University in computer science and programming.
Dr. Aung Kyaw Oo, Myanmar
Liaison to Myanmar
LinkedIn profile
Aung Kyaw Oo obtained a Bachelor’s degree (cum laude) in Physics, a post-graduate diploma (magna cum laude), and a Master’s degree (summa cum laude) in Computer and Information Science from Yangon University. Later, he joined the University of Computer Studies, Yangon (UCSY). He received the first government full scholarship of the Republic of Korea in 2006 to study for a Ph.D. in Technology Management and Policy at Seoul National University. His teaching experiences covers the fields of computational linguistics, software engineering, decision science, and management information systems. His main research interests include software quality analysis, natural language processing, decision support systems and technology procurement using public-private partnership model. He is a certified professional of the NCSA (National Computer Science Academy) and a Certified English Professional. He has published two books written many academic papers. He serves on six international academic organizations and ten academic journals and newsletters. He has been nominated “The Best Reviewer 2009” of CMR Journal. He is currently a lecturer at the Department of Computer Technology at the Defence Services Academy (DSA), Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar. He can be reached at [email protected] or at his academic networking site http://snu.academia.edu/AungKyawOo.
Dr. Krishnamurthy Prabhakar, India
Liaison to India
LinkedIn profile
Krishnamurthy Prabhakar (b.1955) is at present Professor at Velammal Engineering College and visiting professor at Anna University and IIIT (D&M). He graduated from Madras University in Science with first class and specialized in operations management in Master of Business Administration with distinction. His doctoral thesis is on social forecasting from Aligarh Muslim University. He teaches Research Methodology, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Business Models and Business Ethics. He published papers in journals of repute and author of five books. He describes himself as a crowd teacher~ autodidact ~ knowledge nomad ~ author ~ a person passionate about studying poverty, access, and frugal innovations.
Dr. Ramanujam Parthasarathy, India
Liaison to India
LinkedIn profile
Dr. Ramanujam Parthasarathy is Director of the Loyola ELT Centre and Reader in the Department of English, both at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada. A specialist in English Language Teaching (ELT), he took his PhD in ELT from the University of Madras. A teacher of English and teacher educator for about three decades, his fields of expertise include curriculum development, materials design, ELT research (especially classroom research), teacher education, and journalism. He has made plenary presentations at several national and international conferences and conducted over eighty ELT workshops; published 23 books, several research papers, and over 500 feature articles as a freelance writer and a columnist; and has promoted action research as a viable means of ongoing professional development in higher education. He has received two teacher awards (Father Mathias Award for Innovative College Teachers, and TCS-EducationWorld Teacher Award), and is on the International REview Board of the International HETL Review.
Dr. Muthukumar Ramaswamy, Oman
Liaison to Oman
LinkedIn profile
Muthukumar Ramaswamy obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India in Mechanical Engineering. He has twenty eight years of combined extensive experience in different fields of engineering. From June 2009 he has been working as a Technical Expert at His Excellency- Head of Royal Estate’s office in the Royal Court of Affairs Palace, Muscat, Oman. Prior to that, he worked as a Hospital Chief Engineer in the Ministry of Health for twelve years. In India, he worked as a Senior Manager (Engineering) in one of the reputed Government of India’s Consultancy Organizations in New Delhi for over twelve years. As a Design Engineer he has designed some of the largest utilities plants in South East Asia. He has written more than half a dozen books and has published more than 50 research papers in international journals and conferences. He is the industry representative member in the academic boards of many engineering colleges in Oman. He is the reviewer of many international journals such as Journal of Power and Energy. He is the member of CIBSE, ASHRAE, IMechE and holding C.Eng (U.K) status. He is the vice president of Engineering classification council of Oman Society of Engineers, Oman.
Dr. Syed Saleem Husain. Saudi Arabia
Liaison to Saudi Arabia and Applied Medical Sciences
LinkedIn profile
Syed Saleem Husain is Assistant Professor, Medical Chemistry Division, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University. My area of research is heavy metal toxicity and environmental pollution.
Dr. Dwarika Prasad Uniyal, India
Liaison to India
LinkedIn profile
Dwarika Prasad Uniyal is an Associate Professor (Marketing) with Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur, Uttrakhand, India. Prior to joining IIM Kashipur, he was the Founding Dean (Academic) of Jindal Global Business School, O P Jindal Global University. In an academic career spread over a decade and half, he served as faculty member in premier Business Schools like SPJIMR, Mumbai; SPJSM, Dubai-Singapore and MICA, Ahmedabad. He has published widely in International Journals and is member of editorial and review boards of academic journals. Over the years he has been invited to deliver keynotes lectures and conduct workshops across US, UK, Middle East, Japan, China, South East Asia and India.
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Tina Bass, UK
Liaison to Business Ethics Teaching
LinkedIn profile
Tina Bass is a Senior Lecturer within the department of Strategy and Applied Management, Coventry University Business School. Over the last fifteen years she has successfully developed and delivered teaching materials at every level within Higher Education and is currently leading on undergraduate modules in ‘Career Development’ and ‘Managing Business Responsibly’. Her research interests lie in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and particularly the teaching of business ethics. She is currently the Academic Conduct Officer for her department with responsibility for addressing issues of academic dishonesty and plagiarism.
Michael Bjorn, Denmark
HETL Liaison to Denmark
LinkedIn profile
Michael Bjorn holds a master’s degree in education management and his field of research is innovative pedagogy and teaching for emergent knowledge. He is chief advisor at the Department of Research and Innovation at University College Lillebaelt in Denmark. He is the project leader of “Knowledge and Information Partnerships” in which teachers as well as students learn about innovation theory and practice, and they take part in innovation projects together with private and public companies as part of their education. “Kids n’ Tweens” is a three year development project, which focuses on defining the needs and desires of tweens between 4 and 12 years, since they are the consumers of tomorrow. Based on that knowledge, the project develops new and innovative products for that age group. He is the head of the body laboratory that develops new products and services in order to improve the physical condition and enhance learning for this target group.
Christopher Butcher, UK
Liaison to UK
LinkedIn profile
Christopher Butcher leads the L&T Team in the Staff and Departmental Development Unit at the University of Leeds, UK. He has provided workshops and advice on L&T in more than twenty higher education institutions in the UK and worldwide and served as the external examiner/reviewer for fifteen UK universities. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2005, one outcome of which is the International Staff website http://www.internationalstaff.ac.uk/ to which 34 UK universities subscribe. He is the author of Designing Learning: from module outline to effective teaching, Routledge, 2006.
Dr. Paul Crowther, UK
Liaison to United Kingdom
Liaison to Computing
LinkedIn profile
Paul Crowther is the Head of Postgraduate (taught programmes) in the Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University, a role I have been in since 2008. Before coming to the United Kingdom in 2001 I was a lecturer in the Department of Computing at the University of Tasmania, Australia. My teaching areas are object oriented systems analysis and design, knowledge management, database design and object relational database implementation and administration. My research in the past has involved knowledge acquisition from images and development of intelligent systems, particularly those involving images. Since 2002 I have become active in research into knowledge management and knowledge transfer. I also research and publish in the area of postgraduate pedagogy, particularly related to dissertations.
Colm Davey, Ireland
Liaison to Online Learning
LinkedIn profile
Colm Davey is a lecturer in Computing in the department of Computing and Creative Practices, at the Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland. Currently undertaking a Doctorate in Higher Education with the University of Sheffield, Colm has also been involved in the expansion of the Institute’s Online and Distance Learning Program, including obtaining funding to expand the number of courses being offered online and working as a Development Engineer for the EU-funded KITE (Knowledge and Innovation Transfer in Engineering) project while broadening its remit to include non-Engineering disciplines. He also regularly liaises with local industries to increase the facilitation of providing start-ups with computing students from IT Sligo.
Lesley Diack, UK
Liaison to E-learning
LinkedIn profile
Lesley Diack is the senior lecturer in e-learning at the School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland.. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has a number of postgraduate qualifications in elearning and education. She has been lecturing within HE for over twenty-five years and has been developing elearning for 15 years. She has published widely on elearning and educational issues as well as being the project manager on a number of projects including some for the Scottish Government, NHS Education for Scotland and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Andrew Doig, UK
Liaison to Learning Technologies
LinkedIn profile
Andrew Doig is an Associate Professor working in the Learning Technologies team of Southampton Solent University. Andrew’s role at the University is as an Instructional Developer, involving him in the support of academic faculty in the development and delivery of online courses for distance and blended learning. His interest lies in the effective use of learning technologies in creative engaging and enabling learning experiences. Andrew’s background is in the teaching of English as a foreign language, educational development, staff training and educational content writing. He is also a published author of fiction.
Dr. Lesley-Jane Eales-Reynolds, UK
Liaison to Association of National Teaching Fellows
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Prior to her joining Kingston as Pro Vice Chancellor (Education), Professor Lesley-Jane Eales-Reynolds, was the Director of Learning, Teaching and Pedagogic Research at the University of Westminster. She received her BSc in Microbiology from the University of Wales and her Ph.D in Immunology from the University of Bath. After post-doctoral work at the Max Plank institute and St Mary’s Hospital, London, she joined the University of Surrey. In 2005, she created a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Portsmouth. As Director of the ExPERT Centre, she led innovations in teaching in the Health-related sciences. A recipient of a National Teaching Fellowship in 2001, she became one of the first Senior Fellows of the Higher Education Academy in 2007. She is a founding member and Chair of the Association of National Teaching Fellows and a past Board member of the Higher Education Academy. A professor of Immunology and Healthscience education since 2003, she has been part of top rated RAE submissions since 2001. Currently her interests lie in critical thinking and authentic assessment. She is currently leading an international project funded by the NTF scheme looking at the use of Web 2.0 tools to develop critical thinking skills through the development of authentic assessment artifacts.
Matt Glowatz, Ireland
Liaison in Social Media in Education
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Matt Glowatz is a college lecturer in the MIS Subject Area at University College Dublin (UCD). At UCD, he lectures both undergraduate and postgraduate courses covering topics like Information Systems Management, Project Management, Electronic Business, eMarketing & Social Networking related modules. Matt is the Master of Science (MSc) in iBusiness (Innovation through ICT) programme director, academic coordinator for International students and is also member of the UCD School of Business Teaching & Learning committee and the European Academic Council for Electronic Marketplaces (ACEM). Matt received twice the Excellence in Teaching Awards in the Higher Diploma of Business Studies (IT) program and won the Educational Contribution Award at the Irish Internet Association’s Net Visionary Awards 2006 recognizing his significant contribution to the Irish Internet Industry through education. He is also a regular media contributor in eBusiness related matters.
Muvaffak Gozaydin, Turkey
Liaison to Turkey
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Muvaffak Gozaydin is the owner and founder of Global Online Universities Consortium, an online education non-profit organization since 1998. He is former president of an online education foundation and is formmer presdient of BEKO Electonic Company, a $2 billion per year company in Instanbu, Turkey. He worked as an design engineer for the Hewlett-Packard company in Palo Alto, California. Muvaffak has several post graduate degrees in engineering from Stanford University and also worked at CalTech as a researcher.
Dr. Anita Hall, UK
Liaison to Biochemistry
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Anita Hall is a Senior Teaching Fellow, Researcher and Careers Advisor in the Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, UK. Her brief education and research biography: North Somerset comprehensive school, first degree in Zoology (Oxford, UK), PhD in Neurobiology (UCL, UK), two post-docs in cellular neuroscience and stem cell biology (KCL, UK and Karolinska Institute, Sweden), appointed as a Neuroscience Lecturer at Imperial College London, UK and has have recently become one of its first Senior Teaching Fellows.
Marie Heraughty, Ireland
Liaison to Ireland
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Marie Heraughty is a Management Consultant in International Higher Education, specialising in managing international partnerships, intercultural training and international student experiences. She works as an Associate Tutor with Edge Hill University, UK. Formerly Head of International Affairs at Dublin City University (DCU), she developed and managed their internationalization strategy and their international partnerships for research, education and exchange with China, India, South East Asia, Latin America and Europe. She currently teaches for the UK’s first Masters Programme for the Management of International Higher Education designed and delivered through Edge Hill University, Liverpool. Prior to DCU, she initiated and led the operations and marketing activities of the Language Centre in the University of Limerick and managed European Union (EU) language and education related programmes in Ireland’s National Agency for EU Programmes, Léargas for 7 years. She is on the panel of experts for Erasmus Mundus and as a consultant on Quality Assurance for Transnational Collaborations for Higher Education institutions. She holds a BA in Languages from University College Dublin and a MA in French from the National University of Galway, Ireland.
Dr. Dorin Herlo, Romania
Liaison to Romania
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Dorin Herlo is a gradaute of West University of Timisoara, “Babes Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca, and PhD graduate in Science of Education. He has 37 years of experience in education as a teacher and 18 years as “Aurel Vlaicu” University from Arad as Director of Teacher Training Department, where he manages all the educational and administrative aspects of the department including pedagogy, methodology, computer assisted instruction and intercultural education. He has 5 years of experience as evaluator of study programs and institutional quality of universities for “The Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education”. He has 3 years of experience as national trainer of Ministry of Education in teachers training. He has 20 years of experience in curriculum development and 12 years of experience in writing educational projects and evaluation of them. He is a team leader in 8 international and 16 national projects. He has authored 13 books, 10 Guides, 48 articles in national or international journals, 26 articles in volumes of international scientific manifestations. He is a member of EUCEN, Arad Rotary Club, Ideea Foundation. Awards: Paul Harris Fellow.
Dr. Magnus Hoppe, Sweden
Liaison to Sweden
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Magnus Hoppe is Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies at Mälardalen University at Mälardalen Universityand. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration. His research concerns innovation and entrepreneurship plus personal and organizational learning connected with experiencing novelties. He holds a special research interest in Innovation Streams, Trend spotting, Scenario development and Foresight. At the moment he’s head of research in a project addressing the implementation of entrepreneurial capabilities in health education. He is also involved in an European FP7-consortium researching Smart cities, in building an international master in marketing with a Dutch university, and in establishing student, teacher and research exchanges with Indian universities.
Dr. María Luisa Gómez Jiménez, Spain
Liaison for Public Policy for Higher Education
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María Luisa Gómez Jiménez is an Associate Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Málaga, and an Associate at the Latin America Program at the Carr Center for Human Rights at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has significant experience in dealing with international projects in Europe and international relations in higher education in general. She is the author of different publications on Administrative Law and public policy in areas such as Housing Law, or Education or welfare state among others. She is Director of innovative Training projects at UMA, with an international projection and promotes the use of english in teaching and learning in her daily activities. As a matter of fact, nowadays leads in the Spanish context the kick off of an European Master in Social Work within a consortium of Universitie. She has been working in the framework of European Research Projects, and also with north-american universities, where she prepares a research project in comparative aspects on public policy, with the idea of project those initiatives in her day by day teaching experiences.
Dr. Marissa Lombardi, Italy
Liaison to Italy
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Marissa Lombardi is the Dean of Students at Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute in Florence Italy. She has taught in the Global Studies Departments at Bentley University and Northeastern University, and has also taught in the School of Education at Northeastern University. Her scholarly interests include intercultural sensitivity and competence in various organizational contexts. Previously, she developed and directed a language and culture program at an Arab bank in Rome, Italy and has also served as Senior Intercultural Associate at the Interchange Institute, where she specialized in cross-cultural training.
Aysegul Nergis, Turkey
Liaison to Turkey
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Aysegul Nergis is an EAP instructor in Istanbul. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in English Language Teaching. She published several scientific articles in addition to some of her science-fiction and horror stories. She has also been involved in a series of scientific research projects involving foreign language teaching and early literacy. Her recent research interests focus on oral fluency in a second language, the bridge between neurolinguistics and foreign language teaching methods, English as lingua franca, qualitative analysis of academic spoken discourse.
Dr. Maria Magdalena Popescu, Romania
Liaison to Romania
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Maria Magdalena Popescu is an associate professor within the Foreign Languages Department at the Carol I National Defence University in Bucharest, Romania. With an ESL major and a Master of Arts in British Cultural Studies, she obtained her Ph.D. in Humanities with a trans-disciplinary approach – psychoanalytical criticism of the British Novel. In 17 years of experience she has gained extensive experience in teaching foreign languages ranging from K12 to Higher Education. She currently focuses on English for Specific Purposes in the field of security, crisis management, geopolitics, strategy and tactics, as well as financial, communication and military terminology for adult education. One of the initiators of the military english blended learning courses in the Romanian military, she has lately turned to research in the technology-enhanced-learning realm, as part of various projects both at national and international level. She has authored more than 40 articles in national and international journals. She has attended conferences both as a moderator and a reviewer, acted in scientific committees on topics covering both foreign languages, culture and civilization, but also eLearning and Serious Games. She has authored 7 books, and co-edited 1 to be published in IGI Global in 2013, she participated in two European funded projects and three national ones on eLearning, mobile learning and serious games. As a linguist she has also developed standardized tests for NATO linguistic evaluation and assessed speaking competency for the deployable military, based on NATO standardized agreement profile.
Valerie McGrath, Ireland
Liaison for Lifelong Learning
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Valerie McGrath holds a master’s degree in adult education from the University of Limerick and a master’s degree in marketing from the University of Leicester. She has over twelve years’ experience teaching in higher education institutions such as the University of Limerick, Limerick Institute of Technology, National College of Ireland and Griffith College Limerick. She has taught a variety of marketing related modules such as marketing principles, market research and strategic marketing to undergraduate students. Her field of research is adult and community education and since 2011 she has worked as a literacy tutor with the Limerick County VEC.
Dr. Mihaela Stet, Romania
Liaison to Romania
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Mihaela Stet is lecturer at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at West University “Vasile Goldis” of Arad, Romania. With double specialization in Transportation Engineering and Management, she obtained PhD in Transport from the University Politehnica of Bucharest UPB and she is, also, doctor in Accounting. Her principal fields of interest are logistics, transportation, accounting and electrical engineering. She is member of professional bodies Romanian Association of Engineers AGIR and Body of Expert and Licensed Accountants of Romania CECCAR, member of Technological and Business Incubator ITA GOLDTECH ARAD and trainer at different lifelong training programs. She holds three academic awards for research activity from West University “Vasile Goldis”.
Dr. Caroline Strevens, UK
Liaison to Law
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Caroline Strevens is Head of School of Law at the University of Portsmouth. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and until 2001 was in practice as a solicitor in the Portsmouth area. The experience of practice and her local contacts have enabled her to maintain her knowledge of developments within the legal profession and has resulted in one of her principal research interests becoming the future of the legal profession. She has developed innovative units for the LL.B degree pathways, whereby the undergraduates train and work as Generalist Advisers with the local Citizens Advice Bureau and with Trading Standards. Her interests in the future of the legal profession have enabled her to develop an innovative first-year unit entitled Law and Society which looks at the developments arising from the legal services act 2007, She is now engaged in comparing the legal services markets in the number of jurisdictions.
Enrique R. Suarez, Spain
Liaison to Spain
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Enrique Suarez is a Harvard University graduate (Ed.M. & International Development, 1990), international management lecturer, Executive Global Partner (EGP) for the Academy of Business Strategy (UK), member of the Harvard Club of France, the Harvard Club of Spain, and of the World Economics Association (UK). Former management and business writer for Top Business & Management Today Magazine, El Dokki, Giza, Egypt, and for Logistics & Management Magazine, Oslo, Norway. In addition, small business/start-up management and business consultant, professor of international business/trade, the competitive advantage of nations, leadership, strategy, project management and business communication, strategic alliances, quality management (the Deming Method), world power dynamics, and European integration in France, Latvia, Latin America, the Middle East and the USA. In addition, international public speaker, Malcolm Baldrige performance assessment and consultant, undergraduate, graduate (MBA) and executive education course designer-lecturer using the Delta Model, the most advanced business strategy of the world for profit and non-profit corporations.
Lisbet Pals Svendsen, Denmark
Liaison for International Business Communication
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I have an MA in modern languages (English) from CBS in 1979. I obtained tenure at CBS in 1984 and have been teaching aspects of business communication since then. For the past 15 years, I have specialized in professional oral communication and corporate communication at undergraduate, graduate and executive level, balancing the ESP aspect and the business aspect. I am involved in research work involving cross-program initiatives and new university teaching practices for the 21st century with particular focus on social media enhanced learning practices, didactics and student as well as student/teacher knowledge and document sharing. I have given numerous conference presentations and have published articles in this area in my own right and in collaboration with colleagues. I have also co-written a number of articles and textbooks on professional oral communication.
Dr. Benno Volk, Switzerland
Liaison to Switzerland
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Benno Volk is the Head of Faculty Development in the Departement for “Educational Development and Technology” at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). He is an expert for e-learning in higher education and worked before as lecturer, trainer and consultant for the implementation of digital learning at the Universities of Zurich (Switzerland), Heidelberg and Potsdam (Germany). His research interests are mobile learning, e-portfolios (for the development of teaching and learning portfolios) and Open Educational Resources (OER). He passed his PhD in educational science with a case study about the advancement of technological and didactical innovations in Higher Education through competence-oriented further training programs for teachers at universities. Benno is a member of the HETL Review Board and of several other organizations like: the German National Society of Higher Education (dghd.de), the Swiss Faculty Development Network (SFDN.ch) and the Association for Media in Science (gmw-online.de).
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Thomas Baker, Chile
Liaison to Chile
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Thomas Baker is the Past-President of TESOL Chile (2010-2011). He is the Head of the English Department at Colegio Internacional SEK in Santiago, Chile. He is the Co-Founder and Co-Organiser of EdCamp Santiago: free, participant-driven, democratic, conversation-based professional development for teachers, by teachers. EdCamp Santiago encourages teachers to share best practices. Thomas enjoys writing about a wide variety of topics. Thus far, he has written the following genres: romance, historical fiction, autobiographical, sports history/biography, and English Language Teaching. He has published a total of nineteen (19) books overall.
Michel Kugler, Mexico
Liaison to Mexico
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I am laureate of “AGRÉGATION” concourse in Mechanical Engineering, I am University Professor in Mechanical Engineering and I realize training for professors. I am affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in France. The Ministry allowed me to involucrate in personal projects, as to work for private industries and bring support to CHILE Ministry of Education (MINEDUC-MECESUP) building the new competency-based university program in Industrial Maintenance. I am international expert for all subjects linked to Mechanical Engineering both in education and industrial applications.
Professor Rey Segundo Guerrero-Proenza, Cuba
Liaison to Cuba
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Rey Segundo Guerrero-Proenza is professor of Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Logic in Computer Engineering Career at the University of Granma, Bayamo, Cuba, and he has been invited professor at UAJMS, Tarija, Bolivia. He had other educational and research higher education related responsibilities. He hold a BSc. In Mathematics from the Moscow State University “Lomonosov” and MSc. in Computer Sciences from Havana University, where he is currently writing his PhD. Thesis in Educational Sciences. He has writing several articles related to his research interests: Artificial Intelligence and its application in Education, design and development of ontologies, virtual learning environment, learning preferences and Activity Theory.
Dr. Leandro Alves da Silva, Brazil
Liaison to Brazil
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With 14 years of experience in academia with passages in teaching: infant to higher education, Leandro Alves da Silva brings knowledge regarding the activities: teaching, research and academic management. He graduated in Mathematics, concluded a Masters in Computer Engineering (Emphasis in Computer Networks) and obtained the degree of doctorate in education (Language and Education). He wrote the book: “Tecnologias da informação e comunicação – uma releitura de papéis para o professor universitário.” It also has 14 years experience in corporate environments: operational and leadership positions. He developed activities and projects in: Information Technology, Telecommunications, Human Resources and Coaching. Currently providing services: Consulting, Coaching, Training and Lectures. Currently, he investigates the research line Academic Coaching: presents as a methodology that has as goals: the knowledge, the analysis and the operationalization of changes like the ones described formerly. Its methodological steps contemplate: the student, the professor and the academic management.
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Dr. Ralitsa Akins, USA
Liaison to Simulation and Healthcare
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Ralitsa Akins is currently Associate Dean for Academic Affairs with SUNY Upstate Medical University, Clinical Campus at Binghamton. She holds a PhD in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University, certification in business management (Mays Business School) and Human Resource Development (American Society for Training and Development), as well as an MD degree and specialty in Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery (Medical University Prof. Dr. Parashkev Stoyanov, Varna, Bulgaria). She co-chairs the Faculty Development Resource Sub-Committee of the Association of Standardized Patient Educators, and is Strategic Planner for the Technical Standards Committee of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. As the President of a city Chapter of the Association for Women in Science, she worked with members of the local community on issues of diversity and inclusion in science. Dr. Akins has research and publications in health sciences, healthcare simulation, program assessment, patient safety and public health.
Dr. Nicolas Benedict, USA
Liaison to USA
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Liaison to Online Laboratory Courses
Nicolas Benedict is an accomplished biologist, whose academic areas of expertise include environmental science, conservation genetics and molecular biology. Much of his original research focused on the development and use of novel molecular tools to address taxonomic and population level uncertainties which were fundamental to developing sound wildlife conservation and management strategies. HE is the founder of eScience Labs, LLC, a provider of hands on science kits for online and non-traditional students. eScience Labs is a young and rapidly growing company that has now provided its quality products to over 100,000 students. A native of Colorado, he has been involved in a variety of ventures throughout the state. Though many of these were in the private sector, much of his time has been devoted to numerous non-profit organizations in a variety of capacities
Dr. Melody Bowdon, USA
Liaison to USA
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Melody Bowdon is Director of the Karen M. Smith Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Central Florida. She has served as Senior Research Fellow for Florida Campus Compact since 2005 and has published widely on the subjects of service-learning and teaching with technology. Melody is a member of the editorial board of Reflections on Community-Based Writing, a journal that focuses on service-learning in composition studies, and co-edited a special issue of that journal on professional writing and service-learning in 2003. She also serves as a founding member of the editorial board for the journal Community Literacy and is co-editing a Fall 2011 issue of that journal focusing on digital technologies and community literacy partnerships with Russell Carpenter. Melody received her Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English from the University of Arizona and her BA in English literature and secondary education from Oklahoma City University. Since 1992, Melody has taught over 60 service-learning courses at three universities and has been awarded several teaching and community service awards, including the 2005 Gulf South Summit Award for Outstanding Faculty Contributions to Service-Learning in Higher Education.
Dr. Laura L. B. Border, USA
Liaison to USA
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Laura Border is a member at SUEP Advisory Committee, CU-Boulder; Editor, Studies in Graduate & Professional Student Development at New Forums Press; CU-Boulder Campus Project Leader at Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning; Chair, Collaborative Preparing Future Faculty Network at University of Colorado at Boulder; Director at Graduate Teacher Program, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Dr. Debra Busacco, USA
Liaison to Speech Pathology and Audiology
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Debra Busacco, Ph.D. has extensive experience in academia for thirty years as an administrator, faculty member and researcher. Dr. Busacco has taught in numerous colleges and universities including Northwestern University, University of Maryland, City University of New York and Howard University. Dr. Busacco has received two “Outstanding Teaching Awards, one from Howard University and one from Hunter College City University of New York. Dr. Busacco received her Ph.D. in audiology from Columbia University. She also received a MPhil and MS in audiology from Columbia University. She earned her undergraduate degree in special education from Marywood College. In addition Dr. Busacco completed a graduate certification in gerontology from the Brookdale Institute on Aging of Hunter College. At present, Dr. Busacco is pursuing a graduate certificate in higher education administration from Northeastern University. Dr. Busacco has an international reputation in audiology and has conducted more than 60 presentations in audiology, aging and also in higher education. Dr. Busacco has 20 peer reviewed publications including a book entitled: “Audio logic Interpretation Across the Lifespan published in 2010. Dr. Busacco is on the faculty for the clinical doctoral program in audiology at Montclair State University. She is an online adjunct in healthcare management for Trident University.
Dr. Andrew Carpenter, USA
Liaison to USA
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Andrew Carpenter is Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer at Ellis University. He earned degrees in philosophy from Amherst College (BA, summa cum laude), the University of Oxford (B.Phil), and the University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D.). Andrew has significant expertise in organizational development, academic governance, academic policy creation, continuous quality improvement, strategic planning, faculty development, curriculum development, and the assessment of institutions of higher learning, academic programs, and student learning. He is a member of the peer review corps of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association, the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council, and the Quality Matters Project. Andrew has an extensive publishing record in philosophy and in the scholarship of teaching and learning, including recent publications on learning assessment, developing social capital within academic communities, and administrative and academic structures in for-profit and not-for-profit institutions of higher learning.
Dr. Sherri Carson, USA
Liaison to Educational Psychology
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Sherri is the Distance Learning Administrator at University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. She has worked as both a faculty member and administrator at multiple levels of overlap relating to teaching/training, research, educational technology/distance learning. Sherri has 12+ years of teaching experience in psychology, including introductory psy, lifespan development, child development, behavior analysis, abnormal, & more. Outstanding student ratings in teaching, and extensive work across teaching modalities including traditional, hybrid, online, & via virtual worlds.
Dr. Emma Cornell, USA
Liaison to Online Learning
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Emma Cornell has taught all levels of composition, literature, film, and critical thinking for over 20 years. She has been teaching online since 2003, with the University of Phoenix, Eastern Oregon University, and Ed2Go, developing a number of online classes in composition, literature, and film for lifelong learners, undergraduates, and graduate students. Dr. Em, as she is known to her students, is a full-time faculty member of Jones International University, the world’s first fully-online university. She is currently conducting research on student retention and success online. From 2001-2006, Dr. Em served as college advisor for Treasure Valley Community College (TVCC) distance education office, providing admissions counseling, mentoring, and student services. From 2006-2011, she ran the TVCC Education program at a minimum security facility, a challenging and rewarding job that strengthened her understanding of how to help adult learners succeed despite past failures. She is presently the Education Foundation chair in the American Association of University Women, and served as a state chair from 2004-2006, and branch president from 2002-2005.
Dr. Deanne Cranford-Wesley, USA
Liaison to Technology Studies
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Deanne Cranford-Wesley is the Program Director, Master of Science Information Security (MSIA) and Associate Professor in the College of Technology at Davenport University located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In June, 2012 she served as Guest Lecture at the University of New Zealand. In 2009, she severed as a panelist and led the discussion on teaching in a distance learning format at a Technology Conference, held at Wayne County Community College. She served as a Moderator for the International Security Symposium Association in Dearborn, Michigan in 2009. Dr. Wesley has presented at many technology and security conferences on security issues effecting online safety, ethics online, and integrating technology into the curriculum. She has published on best practices for teaching Cisco Networking in a high school environment also. Deanne is a member of the Master of Science Information Security Committee; this committee focus is on student success in the MSIA program. Insuring students adhere to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) guidelines when completing their Capstone thesis. She is also a MSIA faculty advisor for students attempting to complete their capstone thesis. Dr. Wesley was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award in July, 2012.
Dr. Laura Cruz, USA
Liaison to USA
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Laura Cruz is an Associate Professor of History (PhD, UC Berkeley, 2001) and the Director of the Coulter Faculty Commons (which won a national award in 2010 from Campus Technologies magazine) at Western Carolina University. In addition to publications in her discipline (European History), Dr. Cruz is the author of articles on faculty development, educational technology, history pedagogy, graduate student development, peer review, and (especially) the Boyer Model of Scholarship. She currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of MountainRise, the international journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and as Associate Editor of To Improve the Academy (volumes 31-34). Dr. Cruz is the principle organizer of an annual nation-wide retreat on the Boyer Model of Scholarship, and she regularly participates in professional organizations including POD (Professional and Organizational Development Network), SRFIDC (Southern Regional Faculty and Instructional Development), and ISSOTL (International Scholarship of Teaching and Learning). She is frequently invited to present, provide workshops/invited sessions, or consult on the topics of SOTL, the Boyer Model of Scholarship, and faculty center organizational models.
Dr. Nina L. Dulabaum, USA
Liaison to USA
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Nina L. Dulabaum, “Dr. Duly” is currently Dissertation Chair for The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. As the Faculty Chair for an online General Education program, she supervised and mentored over 300 faculty and advised students. In addition to researching program effectiveness and student retention and success, she has extensive experience teaching and designing traditional, hybrid, blended and online curricula (e.g., using Moodle, Blackboard, D2L, eCollege) at various institutions in the U.S. and in Europe. Prior to relocating back to Chicago, she established and led a new educational department for the Leipzig City Goverment. Dr. Duly has presented at numerous conferences on Conflict Transformation, Intercultural Communication, The Art of Mediation, Motherhood & Scholarship, Infusing your Classroom with Fun and Technology, and Mentoring Faculty for Excellence in the Online Environment. Her publications include A Pedagogy for Cross-Cultural Transformation (1996), her bestselling handbook, Mediation: The ABCs, The Art of Dealing with Conflicts Effectively (translation – newly revised and expanded 5th edition published in 2009), Cross-Cultural Learning for the new online encyclopedia by Sage Publications (2009), and “A Pedagogy for Global Understanding – intercultural dialogue: from theory to practice” published in Policy Futures in Education (2011). She has been active with SLOAN-C, AESA, and has served as a community spokesperson for the American Heart Association.
Dr. Mercedes Fisher, USA
Liaison to USA
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Mercedes Fisher is an Associate Dean of Business and Information Technology for Wisconsin’s largest technical college, MATC. Prior to her current position, she was an Associate Professor at Pepperdine University in the field of eLearning and educational technology. She has spent the majority of her career as a professor teaching master’s and doctoral courses while holding appointments as Professor at Colorado State University, Marquette University, and Pepperdine University. As a Visiting Scholar she taught at the University of Sydney in 2002 and as a Fulbright Scholar she taught at National College of Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin City University and the Limerick Institute of Technology, 2005-2006. She is the author of two internationally used graduate textbooks on learning, technology, and design. She has worked with grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice programs, US Department of Justice, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, The US Department of Education, NSF, Technology Literacy Challenge, Wisconsin Dept of Public Instruction, Digital Action and Knowledge Economy Skills Passport in Ireland. She obtained a Ph.D. degree from the University of Denver-Colorado.
Aimée Garten, USA
Liaison to Online Learning
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Aimée Garten is Lead Instructional Specialist for Ashford University and is actively involved in academic affairs in the online/distance learning platform. Additionally, she keeps busy as an adjunct English and Communications professor and writer. She has worked in the educational, arts, and museum industries and holds and MFA in Creative Writing – Nonfiction. Ms. Garten is also the Vice President of a 501-c(3) nonprofit scholarship association.
Dr. Barbara Hall, USA
Liaison to Instructional Design
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Barbara Hall serves as the HETL Liaison for Instructional Design as well as a member of the HETL International Review Board. Dr. Hall is affiliated with multiple universities in addition to her work managing a global team of instructional designers through the Instructional Consulting Group. Dr. Hall is a certified peer reviewer with Quality Matters, an active peer reviewer for four journals, and a frequent presenter and author. Her passion is designing for intersubjectivity through active peer participation in course-based, online discourse. Dr. Hall’s next major project is an edited volume on designing for discussions.
Earl Harewood, Trinadad
Liaison to Trinadad
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Earl Harewood currently lectures for Heriot-Watt University and Australian Institute of Business Centers in Trinidad. From 2006-2010, Harewood was an Adjunct Faculty Member at Indiana Wesleyan University. During this time, he also served as a Vocational Assessment Counselor at the University of Minnesota and an Organizational Development and Clinical Psychology Intern for the Quality Improvement Team at the Gateway Foundation. Harewood earned an MS. Ed in Higher Education Administration from Baruch College/CUNY, an MBA in Organizational Change and Development from Regent University, an MS in Organizational Counseling from The Johns Hopkins University and is expected to earn his PhD, focusing on Human Resource Development and minor in Career Assessment and Development in 2012 from the University of Minnesota. His research interest is leadership behavior, anthropology of leadership, culture and social identity and is involved in studies linking these constructs in Trinidad.
Dr. Graciela Helguero-Balcells, USA
Liaison of Spanish Language and Literature Studies
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Graciela Helguero-Balcells is currently Dissertation Chair for Walden University in the College of Education online and an adjunct faculty of Florida Atlantic University. She has extensive experience in Spanish Language and Literature (20th Century), Second Language Acquisition, International and Multicultural Education. Dr. Helguero-Balcells has presented at numerous conferences and published both nationally and internationally on an array of topics such as: Literature Framework of Reference: Teacher Training in the area of Literature in a Second Language; European Union’s Educational Reforms Impact on U.S. Educational System: second language acquisition and cultural awareness; Second Language Acquisition Revisited for the 21st Century; Developing cultural linguistic competence as a way of questioning stereotypes and enhancing second language learning; and Literature and the Arts as a Cultural Bridge: Past and Present. She is an NCATE lead reviewer and has served as a reader for the College Board AP Spanish Literature examinations.
Dr. Linh Hoang, USA
Liaison for Religous Studies
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Linh Hoang is an assistant professor of Religious Studies at Siena College. He earned a doctorate in historical theology from Fordham University. His dissertation was published as Rebuilding Religious Experience in 2007. His articles have been published in The American Catholic Studies Reader, New Theology Review, Asian Christian Review, American Catholic Studies and Multicultural Review. His current writing research and projects are on religions and migration which includes reflecting the generational difference towards religions and migration. He experiments with new teaching methods, especially technology and use of social media in the classroom.
Dr. Jeremy Houska, USA
Liaison to Psychology
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Jeremy Houska is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Concordia University – Chicago. He earned his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2010. He investigates a variety of topics in the scholarship of teaching and learning including research-based learning in the classroom, participant pools and student participation in empirical research, and perceptions of professors who use social media. He currently serves as a Consulting Editor for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology journal Teaching of Psychology, and Editor of the Teaching of Psychology Idea Exchange (ToPIX). Dr. Houska was honored with the Wilbert J. McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology in 2009, and has received a number of institutional awards for his teaching efforts.
Dr. Kim J. Hyatt, USA
Liaison for Information and Communication Technology Education
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Kim J. Hyatt is an Associate Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She teaches Professional Writing for the School of Information Systems & Management and Strategic Presentation Skills for the School of Public Policy & Management. In addition to her role as a faculty member, Dr. Hyatt is also the Director of cLab (Heinz Communications Lab), an instructional technology consultant, and Associate Editor for the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education (IJICTE).
Dr. Carol Jessup, USA
Liaison to Accounting
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Carol Jessup, Ph.D., CPA and CFE, is an Associate Professor of Accountancy with the University of Illinois Springfield. Apart from her academic experience, Carol was an internal auditor, an original staff member of the State of Illinois’ GAAP project team, managed a municipal finance department, and provided expert witness testimony in utility regulatory proceedings. Her primary teaching areas include financial accounting, auditing, and governmental and nonprofit accounting. Her research interests extend the aforementioned areas to include scholarship of teaching, and fraud topics, as well as online teaching topics. Carol received her Ph.D. in Business Administration from St. Louis University.
Dr. Cheryl Joyner, USA
Liaison to Management
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Cheryl Joyner, DM, MBA, and BBA, is an adjunct assistant professor for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, teaching online graduate courses in leadership and an adjunct associate faculty member for University of Phoenix, teaching online undergrad courses for both the College of Business and College of Humanities. In addition, she is currently a business consultant/adviser. Dr. Joyner has also worked in the hospitality industry as a business owner, and in the nonprofit sector, working in church administration. She obtained a Doctorate degree in Management in Organizational Leadership from the University of Phoenix. Her research area was developing relationships in the asynchronous online classroom from the perspective of online doctoral students. Subsequent to her dissertation, she was invited to adapt her scholarly work into a book, which was published in 2011.
Jessica Kamerer, USA
Liaison to Nursing
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Jessica Kamerer, MSN, RNC-NIC is a Facilitator of Simulation Learning for Lancaster General College of Nursing and Health Sciences. As the facilitator, she works with educators to develop simulation based educational programs and integrate them into curriculum. She is a nurse with specialty certification in neonatal intensive care medicine and has been working in healthcare and nursing education since 2008. She has been published as well as has presented at conferences nationally and internationally on simulation, technology integration, and innovative teaching strategies for health care educators. Her professional memberships include Higher Education Teaching and Learning, International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning, and Sigma Theta Tau International.
Dr. Gregory Kivenzor, USA
Liaison to Global Marketing and Cross-Cultural Research
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Gregory Kivenzor is an entrepreneur, businessman and educator with broad educational background and diverse global experience. He is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Rivier University (Nashua, NH). Greg is also Founder and Chief Global Strategist at BiFoS, LLC. Greg holds a Ph.D. in Quantitative Studies and MBA in Global Marketing and Management. Diversity of professional experience and background helps him to communicate business issues to engineers and scientists as well as explain new technological developments to non-technical people. As a business professor, Greg develops courses, teaches graduate students and enjoys dealing with these future business leaders. He conducts scholarly research focusing on cultural transformation in transitional economies and interdisciplinary innovation. He has over 40 published papers and international presentations and 15 patented innovations.
Dr. Poonam Kumar, USA
Liaison to Educational Technology
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Poonam Kumar is a Professor of Educational Technology and Development at Saginaw Valley University. She also leads the design and development of faculty training for online and hybrid course development at her university. She has an interdisciplinary background in business and education. Her research focuses on technology-mediated learning and she has published numerous articles in educational technology and business journals. Her recent work has examined the use of virtual worlds for online teaching and learning. She serves as a reviewer for many scholarly journals including MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching and regularly presents at national and international conferences.
Dr. John Antoine Labadie
Liaison to Digital Arts and New Media
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John Antoine Labadie earned a bachelor’s degree in painting from the University of Dayton (1973), a Master’s, in perceptual psychology, from Wright State University (1980) and an interdisciplinary Doctorate from the College of Design, Architecture Art & Planning at the University of Cincinnati (1993). Among other honors, Labadie was a 2005-2006 Fulbright Senior Scholar in digital art for the “Center for Creativity and Innovation Studies” at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan; International artist-in-residence at the Beijing Film Academy in Beijing, China; 2007 Visiting Artist/Scholar at the National Institute of Design in Amedabad India.
Dr. Hiên-Minh Lê Thi, Canada
Liaison to Canada
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Hiên-Minh Lê Thi holds a Doctorate in Education, Hiên Minh Lê Thi is a long time experienced core French teacher at all levels, from public high school to college and university in Quebec and in Ontario (Canada). From that background, many of her research works – from 2005 – have demonstrated that there are possibilities of developing learners’ autonomy along with their learning process. Her experience and knowledge in teacher training, ranging from the role of a teacher student coach to that of a pedagogical counselor during the Quebec implementation of the Curricular Reform at the high school level, has convinced her about the teachers’ role in helping learners with their own process of autonomization. Thus, she is currently working on her thesis about Teachers’ Autonomization. Strongly believing in learners’ educability and widely interested in many human study fields such as psychology, anthropology, she is looking into a way to help understand teachers’ personal and professional development within known constraints in classroom social integration.
Dr. Ellen Manning, USA
Liaison to English Studies
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Ellen Manning has been either teaching or in educational administration for over 30 years. She earned a Masters Degree in English from Brooklyn College and a Doctorate in English from the University of Miami and the University of South Africa. She has taught at the University of Miami, Broward Community College, Palm Beach Community College and Nova Southeastern University, Graduate Teacher Education Program (GTEP). She has been teaching Composition at Kaplan University since 2004. She enjoys all the arts, as well as writing and has published her first novel Karma, Dancing With Destiny with Create Space. She is working on a sequel and several short stories. She loves to show her students that anyone can learn to write more effectively with time and practice.
Dr. Diann Martin, USA
Liaison to Health Professions
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Diann Martin, PhD, RN is a nurse with an extensive background in both clinical practice and nursing/health science education. She has served as Dean of several Schools of Nursing and Health Science where she was responsible for educating nurses and healthcare students in different levels of practice including associate degrees, bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees in distance education programs. She is currently the Director of the Online RN to BSN Program at Ameritech College in Utah. Dr. Martin has also served as a dissertation chair for PhD candidates in Health Science She also worked as a consultant to assist health sciences and nursing programs with enhancing their curriculum and applying for program accreditation. Her clinical practice background has primarily been in home health and hospice administration. She worked nationally as a health care consultant in discharge planning and case management.
Dr. Nancy Moreau, USA
Liaison to 3D Instruction
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Nancy Moreau is a Full Professor of Education at Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA. Prior to joining the faculty at NCC, she was a secondary school physics teacher for 30 years. In addition she is a National Board Certified Teacher in Physics. She received her doctorate from Capella University.with a concentration in technology and online education. As an author and publisher, she has written numerous articles and review books on physics , chemistry and mathematics. As a College Board consultant for over 3 years, Dr. Moreau has helped school districts across the country implement science education improvements and assisted in professional development. She is currently involved in research on using stereoscopic 3D in the classroom. Professionally, she is an active member of AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers), NSTA( National Science Teachers Association) and ASCD.
Dr. Vincent Nix, USA
Liaison to Non-traditional Student Programs
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Vincent Nix has developed organizations in academia and private industry for 23 years. He worked at the U of Mississippi, Washington State U, and Idaho State U. He earned a bachelor’s in sociology and psychology, a master’s in education, TEFL and Project Management certifications, and a PhD in administration. “Vince” was an HR manager for a Japanese manufacturer and a graduate researcher for a Thailand higher education reform project. He worked in China while doing doctoral research: led a start-up language school; OD consultant to a Sino-Swiss joint venture; and assistant professor of international business for a U.S. college (at three major Chinese universities). For the past eight years Vince has focused on developing adult-learners and non-traditional students for college and career successes.
Dr. Taimi Olsen, USA
Liaison to USA
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Taimi Olsen is the Associate Director of the Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is a former full professor of English, having earned her doctorate in American and Twentieth Century Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill and, after over twenty years of teaching and faculty administration, made the switch to faculty development. She is the author of Transcending Space: Architectural Places in works by Henry David Thoreau, E. E. Cummings and John Barth, Bucknell UP, 2000, and a chapter on spatial linguistics in Words Into Pictures: E. E. Cummings’ Art Across Borders, 2007. She is currently writing on research topics such as the co-creation of value in higher education, program evaluation in faculty development, and issues facing international teachers, and is conducting training in the use of flexible classrooms. She is a member and regular presenter at POD, the Professional and Organizational Development Network conference, and is a board member of HETL, the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association.
Deborah O’Malley, Canada
Liaison to Intercultural Communication
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Deborah O’Malley teaches Communication to under-graduate university students in the greater Vancouver, Canada area. Her classes are filled with students from all over the world; many are from South East Asia, India, China, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. Deborah strives to help international students adapt to their North American learning experience, bringing insight to the behavioral differences between social contexts and the value of this diversity. She holds a Master’s Degree in Professional Communication, with a specialization in Intercultural and International Communication and in 2009, conducted a cultural field at the Shandong Normal University in Jinan, China. Deborah has over 20 years of experience working as a marketing and communications executive for both the public and private sector. She is recognized for her work in the development of post-secondary education, and facilitates workshops for her colleagues at OACC (Ontario Association of Career Colleges), CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education), and SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research).
Dr. Wayne Oppel, USA
Liaison to Management
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Wayne Oppel holds a Doctorate of Strategic Leadership from Regent University, two Masters of Arts degrees, Management and Marketing, from Webster University and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Excelsior College. I have 30 years of military, professional and academic experience, nonprofit leadership and research, Aging program leadership and management, personal and financial counseling, advocacy, coalition building, teaching/instructing, multi-site facilities management, project development and management, workforce development, substance abuse program management and development, program marketing, career counseling, multicultural program development, leadership development, leadership coaching, grant research and writing, and program management. My devotion to life long learning and the promotion and care of others is evident through out my career.
David Patton, USA
Liaison to Supply Chain Management
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David Patton is a Ph.D. student at Northcentral University, in Business (Project Management) and holds a Master of Business Administration, International Business (MBA) from Liberty University, as well as Certificates in Supply Chain Management (Collaboration, Optimization & Leadership) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He also earned a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma (US Army) and an Electrical Occupations Certificate from Bay Arenac Skill Center. David’s undergraduate work is Sociology/Criminal Justice, BS from Central Michigan University. He is currently pursuing his PMP, SPHR, CPSM & CPM certifications. David’s has 28 years of active military service with the United States Marine Corps and US Army. His most recent position was as the Branch Chief at USTRANSCOM where he completed his most recent Lean Six Sigma project, which, resulted in a cost savings of $5 million in transportation and resource costs.
Dr. Christine E. Poteau, USA
Liaison to Linguistics
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Christine E. Poteau, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Alvernia University. Her experience includes teaching and developing courses in Spanish, English as a second language (ESL), and undergraduate and graduate courses in pedagogical linguistics. As an applied linguist and second language acquisition (SLA) professional, her interests include the influences of a learner’s first language (L1) on second language (L2) development and the practical application of SLA theories to pedagogy. Professor Poteau has made numerous contributions to the field by presenting at several conferences and publishing on topics ranging from creative teaching methodologies to refining curricula to enhance learning.
Dr. Katherine Sauer, USA
Liaison to Economics Education
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Katherine Sauer is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Metropolitan State University of Denver and is Co-Director of the Center for Economic Education there. She earned her doctorate in economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder and has been teaching undergraduate economics for over a decade. She has expertise in curriculum design and learning assessment. Her research interests include economic and financial literacy, and topics that lie at the intersection of international trade and health economics; Dr. Sauer has authored several journal articles in these areas. Additionally, she frequently teaches K-12 teacher workshops for the Colorado Council for Economic Education. Previously, Dr. Sauer taught at the University of Southern Indiana and consulted for the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Industry Trade Policy division. She is also a certified yoga teacher specializing in office yoga and yoga for college students.
Dr. David Shani, USA
Liaison to Marketing
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David Shani received his Ph.D. in marketing from Columbia University, an MBA in Information System from Tel Aviv University, and a B.Sc. in Industrial engineering from the Technion in Haifa. Dr Shani’s research focuses on various international dimensions of marketing. He published and presented in numerous international conferences in the areas of Global marketing, Global Branding, International/global Sports Marketing and product innovation. He served as the Editor of the International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship and was the co-founder of the AMA Sports and Special Event Marketing Special Interest Group (SIG). Currently, Dr. David Shani is a professor and the global experience coordinator at the MBA in Global Management at Kean University. Previously, he developed and then served as the director of the Global MBA program. He also held the positions of the Associate Dean of the College of Business and Public Administration, and the Chair of the Management and Marketing Department at Kean University.
Dr. Suzanne Siegle, USA
Liaison to Faith-based Institutions
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Suzanne Siegle serves as the Dean of the Haab School of Business and Management at Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She teaches business, leadership and legal courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs. She also serves as the pre-law advisor for students wishing to pursue a legal education upon graduation and also works to arrange and coordinate student internships. A licensed Michigan attorney, she earned her bachelor’s degree from The University of Michigan Ann Arbor in 2000, her law degree from Ave Maria School of Law (Ann Arbor) in 2003, and is
currently finishing her doctorate in higher education leadership and management at Regent University (Virginia).
Dr. Genella M. Taylor Stubrud
Liaison to USA
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Genella Stubrud currently serves as the Interim Assistant Dean over the School of Urban Education at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Prior to serving in this position, she served as an Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education Department at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. In that position, she taught courses in Multicultural Education, History and Philosophy of Education, and Research Methods. She also served as the Founding Director of the WiTEACH Leadership Program, a program created to increase the representation of STEM-focused teachers in urban schools and teachers from historically underrepresented populations. Prior to serving at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls, Dr. Stubrud served as the Founding Director of the Normandale Academy of Math and Science at Normandale Community College. This program is one designed to increase the representation of persons from historically underrepresented populations in STEM disciplines and STEM-focused teachers in urban schools and teachers from historically underrepresented populations. Dr. Stubrud has a wide and vast wealth of experience in both teaching and student services in higher education at public, private, and proprietary institutions with both traditional and adult learners at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Stubrud has a PhD from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. A master’s degree from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and a BA in Afro American Studies from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Dr. Brian Teasdale, USA
Liaison to Biology Education
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Brian Teasdale received his Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of New Hampshire, an M.S. in Botany from the University of South Florida, and a B.S. in Biology (Genetics) from the University of Kansas. Dr. Teasdale’s research focuses on various areas of marine phycology including bioinformatics, biogeography, and aquaculture. He currently serves as a representative member of the New Jersey SeaGrant Consortium for the advancement of marine science in higher education. Currently, Dr. Brian Teasdale is an assistant professor in both the School of Natural Sciences and School of Environmental Science at Kean University. He currently holds the position of Vice-Chair of the faculty senate at Kean University.
Dr. Carla Walter
Liaison to Dance
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Carla Walter is an Associate Professor of Marketing at California Lutheran University (CLU) in Thousand Oaks, California, USA, Carla Walter, PhD teaches a variety of marketing courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, including specialization courses in social marketing, marketing research, and consumer behavior. Prior to her appointment at CLU, she served as MBA Program Director and Associate Professor of Marketing in a collaborative program with the State of Missouri’s university system. Several books and articles are available supporting her current sponsored research stream into dance and consumption, including Black Social Dance in Television Advertising: An Analytical History. In addition to her publications, Dr. Walter presents her work at international conferences and symposia on marketing, and the humanities, and gives lectures on the topic of dance communications in advertising. In terms of her education, Dr. Walter holds a BA in Economics from the University of California (UC), Riverside, an MBA in Marketing and Management from California State University, San Bernardino, and a PhD in Dance History and Theory, from UC Riverside. Her education was broadened further having studied as a postdoctoral student at the Sam Walton College of Business, at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
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Mohamed Alansari, New Zealand
Liaison to Educational Technology
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Mohamed Alansari is a university scholar, and a graduate research and teaching assistant at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Education, a Bachelor of Arts (with first class honours) degree in Education, and a Master of Arts degree in Education. His research interests include cognitive development, the social psychology of the classroom, psychometric properties of data instruments, academic motivation, and academic self-beliefs. Mohamed has presented at national conferences, given several departmental seminars in the areas above, and has co-authored a number of publications in the field of Educational Psychology.
Dr. Ranamukalage Chandrasoma, Australia
Liaison to Applied Linguistics
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Ranamukalage Chandrasoma completed his PhD in Applied Linguistics/EAP at the University of Technology, Sydney. MA in English at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, MA in TESOL – Research Methodology (UTS), and Post Graduate Certificate in TESOL (UTS), He has taught advanced English language and literature courses in universities and colleges at graduate/postgraduate levels in various parts of the world: Australia, Chile, the Marshall Islands, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, the United States of America, and South Korea. His scholarly papers on academic writing, plagiarism, African literature, applied linguistics, and global English have appeared in reputed journals. He is the author of Academic Writing and Interdisciplinarity. He has presented papers mainly on English language studies and interdisciplinarity at a large number of international conferences, mostly in the USA and Europe. He is currently Professor of English at Woosong University, Korea, and mostly engaged in research on English language studies.
Dr. Stephen Colbran, Australia
Liaison to Australia
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Dr. Stephen Colbran is Professor, School of Law and Commerce at CQUniversity; Director of Learning and Teaching Quality; creator of the Australian Law Postgraduate Network (ALPN). His areas of expertise include law, Online legal education, Legal ethics, Civil procedure, Information technology law, Performance evaluation, quality assurance and management, online teaching methodologies, software development and applying social science research methodologies to legal issues.
Graham Forsyth, Australia
Liaison to Design Studio Teaching
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Graham Forsyth has worked as Associate Dean (Academic), responsible for learning and teaching strategies and policies for almost 10 years. Prior to that he has been Head of the School of Art History and Theory on two occasions, and Presiding Member of the Faculty. Graham was awarded in 2009 a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. He also received the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2011. He has undertaken a number of integrated research projects into teaching and learning that address the nature of the ‘student experience’ and the ways curricula, assessment and teaching practices impact on this experience. He was part of the organising committee of ConnectED2007 International Conference on Design Education in 2007 and chaired the organising committee for ConnectED2010, and organised the National Forum on Studio Teaching from 2007-2011. Graham was also the joint leader of the ALTC-funded Studio Teaching Project, which researched studio teaching in art, design and architecture.
Dr. Mike McAuley, New Zealand
Liaison to New Zealand
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Mike has nearly 30 years experience as both a design practitioner and an educator. His teaching career began as a peripatetic art teacher in primary, special school and high school education in his native Scotland. In 1990 he gave up teaching practice to focus on developing his career as an illustrator in Australia. In 1995 he took up the position of subject director, Illustration at Massey University’s College of Creative Arts. Mike’s research and teaching are inextricably linked, embracing the nexus principle which places great value on research-led teaching. His research on creativity focuses on assisting students to develop meta-cognitive awareness of their design processes. He has won a number of awards which acknowledge his excellence in teaching.
Dr. Julia Miller, Australia
Liaison to Academic Skills Advising
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Julia Miller is a lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Adelaide, where she teaches academic literacy skills. She has an Honours degree in languages from Murray Edwards College at the University of Cambridge, and an MA and PhD in applied linguistics from Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia. Her research interests are in pedagogical lexicography, phraseology, English language teaching (especially the English article system), the use of humour in teaching and learning, and academic skills advising. A highlight of her career so far has been the award of an Australian federal Office of Learning and Teaching grant to make an online video resource to teach the English article system to international students. The video features Ms Parrot the grammar detective, who wins a quiz show and saves English grammar. It is hoped this will be the first of many videos in a series. Julia is also a keen member of the Grammar Gang blog, and apart from her blog entries has published many academic journal articles, as well as a novel about asylum seekers. She is a committee member of Australex and the Association for Academic Language and Learning.
Nuddy Pillay, New Zealand
Liaison to Blended Learning
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Nuddy Pillay lectures and researches in a range of topics in the Communication and eLearning areas and continues to ensure his students are advantaged by his knowledge of organisational communication and his skills in using fit for purpose technology solutions. Nuddy Pillay’s first professional post in New Zealand was as Director of a private tutoring company. After two years Nuddy moved to Macleans College to lead the integration of technologies into classroom teaching. After winning the Computerworld Excellence Award in 2003, Nuddy moved to Manukau Institute of Technology to apply his knowledge and skills to prepare students to occupy their places in media rich organisations. Nuddy Pillay continues to progress his passion for effective communication using digital media in the workplace and in education as well as his enthusiasm for getting a job well done.
Dr. Ahmad Samarji, Australia
Liaison to Forensic Science
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Ahmad Samarji is an academic at Victoria University, Melbourne Australia. Ahmad has a great interest in the complex and pluri-disciplinary nature of forensic science. He has been researching the area of forensic science education since 2003. His interst focuses on mapping the ontological and epistemological complexities of forensic science in order to create a deeper understanding into the nature of forensic science knowledge, practice, and identity. Such understanding will enable effecient and productive lifelong discourses about forensic science education: curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment.
Dr. Peter Taylor, Australia
Liaison for Transformative Education
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Peter Charles Taylor has been a teacher educator and researcher at Curtin University since 1985, with a history of secondary school teaching in Australia and the UK. His research interests are transformative learning in teacher education, arts-based educational research, and education for environmental and cultural sustainability. He is Director of the Transformative Education Research Group (TERG), with branches in Nepal, Mozambique, Indonesia and The Philippines. Peter has published widely in international books and journals, including: Contemporary Qualitative Research: Exemplars for Science and Mathematics Educators (Taylor & Wallace, 2007) and Transforming Undergraduate Science Teaching (Taylor, Gilmer & Tobin, 2002). He has presented keynote/plenary addresses at international conferences in Taiwan, Mozambique, Nepal, Iran and Russia; and serves as a consultant for the Qatar National Research Fund and South Africa’s National Research Foundation. Peter is actively engaged in educational research capacity building in universities in Africa, Asia and The Pacific.