Past Speakers
Dr. Ruby Toh
Principal Researcher and Senior Lecturer at Institute for Adult Learning, an autonomous institute of Singapore University of Social Sciences.
Dr Ruby Toh is Principal Researcher and Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Adult Learning, an autonomous institute of the Singapore University of Social Sciences. She leads research studies in the area of career and employment. Her current research interests are in adult learning, employability, employment facilitation, labor mobility, workplace mistreatment, and well-being. She has a Ph.D. in Economics from the National University of Singapore.
Topic: “Mobility of Workers in Singapore: Implications for Career Practice and Policy”
Dr. Malahat Akbar Valiyeva is an Associate Professor at the Department of English Lexicology and Stylistics, at Azerbaijan University of Languages. He did my PhD in Germanic languages and Post doctorate in General Linguistics. He was a visiting scholar at Essex University (Great Britain) and was awarded with SUSI scholarship by the US Department of State. He also won 2 Erasmus+ scholarships and had a short-term experience of teaching at Konin Unuversity of Applied Sciences in Poland and the University of Cadiz in Spain.
Dr. Nino Guliashvili is an Associate Professor at Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia), School of Arts and Sciences, English Philology. Funded by TEMPUS program in 2011, she was a visiting doctoral researcher at the University of Glasgow. In 2018 was conferred the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Philology by Ilia State University. Her scientific interests include Sociolinguistics, discourse studies, identities, and ideologies; Cognitive linguistics, and conceptual metaphors.
Dr. Peri Yuksel earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Currently, she is a tenured Associate Professor of Psychology at New Jersey City University. Concerned with bilingual language development, parenting across cultures, and effective teaching and learning environments that facilitate student success, Dr. Yuksel contributed to the field of psycholinguistics, scholarship of teaching and learning, and international education. She actively uses high-impact factors for effective teaching and consistently encourages students to engage in critical and creative research for peer review. Notably, Dr. Peri Yuksel was honored with the Isenberg Award for her work in documenting an endangered language, which helped in the publication and distribution of two children’s books in the endangered Laz language.
Prof. Tamara Guliashvili Gogrichiani is a PhD in English Linguistics from Madrid Complutense University. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at Business and Technology University in Tbilisi, Georgia, and an Invited Lecturer at Castilla La Mancha University in Spain. She is also a Madrid Complutense University Cognitive Linguistics Investigation Group Member, CEO of Cambridge accredited online Exam Prep Centre: Cambridge English Centre, and Cambridge Speaking Examiner. Tamara is also a Language Development Supervisor, Personal and Professional Skills Coordinator, and Spanish Language teacher at European School IB DP/CP in Tbilisi.
Dr. Achour fadila is teaching at the Department of Sociology and Demography for 20 years, writing many article about sociology and development, supervising students on demography and sociology, manage a project (PRFU) on sustainable development in Algerien desert.
Dr. Rodrigo Schaefer teaches Portuguese and English at Instituto Federal Catarinense in Brazil; his Doctorate is in English: Linguistic and Literary Studies. His research focuses are Interculturality, Internationalization and Telecollaboration. Currently, Dr. Rodrigo Schaefer is performing research at Humboldt Universistät zu Berlin (Germany) as postdoctoral researcher by the CAPES/Humboldt Fellowship / Program.
Prof. Elena Bollingerholds a Ph.D. in English and American Studies from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Lisbon. She is an Invited Assistant Professor of English Studies at the University of Madeira, Portugal. She is also a researcher at the University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies, and a member of the interdisciplinary project entitled ‘Shared Memories: Literature and Cultures in English and Portuguese’. Close to both the Centre for Slavic Languages and Cultures and the Centre for Comparative Studies, she has been working on intercultural research involving memory, history, and (trans)national identity within the scope of literary representations. She is also a member of the Memory Studies Association. Her recent publications include several articles in International Academic Journals and a book entitled Cultures and Literatures in Dialogue: The Narrative Construction of Russian Cultural Memory. Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature (2022, Routledge).
Prof. Yuriko Isada is a professor at the School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, and Director of the Centre for Generativity Research. Holds a PhD in Informatics from Kansai University. My research interests lie in multi-objective optimization and multi-objective decision-making. 14 years’ experience as a system engineer in the company inform my research.
Mr. Moslem Boushehrian is a Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Surrey, UK, with research interests in policing and victimology of hate crime. I am on the Trustee board and advisory panels for Stop Hate UK, Hampshire Constabulary Hate Crime Silver Group, Surrey Constabulary Race Advisory Group, and Crown Prosecution Service Southeast Hate Crime scrutiny panel.
Mr. Wu Xinrui is an undergraduate student majoring in Journalism at the School of Communication, Xiamen University Malaysia Campus, studying film themes under the guidance of Associate Professor Wang Changsong. The documentary he organized and filmed was nominated for the Stellar Award for Best Documentary.
Mr. Werede Tareke Gebregergis is a lecturer at Asmara College of Education in Eritrea. Currently, he is pursuing his doctoral studies at the Institute of Psychology, University of Debrecen, Hungary. His research focuses on positive psychology, wellbeing, cultural and emotional intelligence, multicultural personality, intercultural adaptation of student sojourners, and educational sciences.
Dr. Nsungbemo Ezung is a native of Wokha Town, India. He did his Ph.D in Philosophy from North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. He has written extensively on Peace and Conflicts in India’s North-East and South Asia, and is also the author of the book “Indo-Naga Political Conflict: Rewriting the Post-Colonial Idea of Nation (Whetstone Publications, 2021)”.
Dr. Mariam Albadi works as an assistant professor at the University of Nizwa, Oman. She teaches literary criticism and Arabic literature. Dr. Mariam holds a Ph.D. (Sultan Qaboos University) in narrative, a master’s degree (University of Leeds) in linguistics, and a second master’s degree in literary criticism (University of Nizwa). Her areas of interest are narrative theory; especially point of view, ideology and characterization.
Dr. Tatiani I. Gkatsa works permanently at the Pedagogical Department of Primary Education, University of Ioannina, with the subject “School Psychology”. Her Ph.D.and Masters are at the Medical School of the University of Ioannina. Her research interests are Mental Health, Bullying, Victimization, Behavioral Difficulties, Mental Resilience, Educational, and School Psychology.
Prof. Tamas Bereczkei is a professor in the Institute of Psychology, at the University of Pécs, Hungary. His recent interest focuses on Machiavellian intelligence, but he has also studied evolution of altruism, mate choice, life history strategies. He published more than 300 papers and 9 books, including Machiavellianism. The Psychology of Manipulation. He is the leader of the doctoral school in the Institute of Psychology, and established the Evolutionary Psychology Research Group of Pécs.
Dr. Eric Rogers is a professor of Psychology at Bethune Cookman University (Daytona Beach, Florida). His backgrounds spans 40 years of a comprehensive track record and experience as a Professor and Educator in higher education. In addition, he is a published Author of 9 books, a Mental Health Education Consultant, Psychotherapist, and former U.S. Federal Officer with the Department of Justice. Dr. Rogers has done research and served in higher education administration involving assessment/testing and evaluation.
Ms. Anne Sophie Puers is a doctoral research fellow in comparative politics at the Cologne Center for Comparative Politics, University of Cologne, Germany, with Prof. Dr. André Kaiser. She studied psychology (M.Sc.) at Trier University, Germany, and political science (M.A.) at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich and Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University Bonn, Germany. She also holds a certificate in European studies from Trier University and spent a research stay at the University of Turin, Italy, with Prof. Dr. Marco Tamietto. Her research interests include political attitudes, autocratisation, populism, and political participation.
Ms. Saima Najib Chaudry is an English lecturer currently residing in Lahore. Over the years, she has taught the following courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students: The Twentieth-century English novel, Nineteenth-century English novel, Modern and Absurd Drama, Literary Theory, Literary Criticism, Methods of Literary Research and Non-fiction Prose. Her research interests include: trauma in contemporary fiction, gender and race, and the depiction of madness and shame in 20th century novel. She has an MPhil in English Literature and am currently teaching English at Government Associate College for Women, Data Nagar, Lahore. In March 2022, She virtually participated in and presented two papers at NeMLA (The Northeast Modern Language Association). These papers were entitled, “Forgiving Oneself: An Exploration of the Dynamics of Survivor’s Guilt in Gunter Grass’s Crabwalk” and “Redefining Insanity: The Transformative Role of Madness in Bram Stoker’s Dracula.”
Ms. Setayesh Karami is Master Student in Philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin. She entered at University in the age of 16 and graduated in Bachelor of Philosophy with 1.3. Setayesh is a member of Circle.U. She also awarded DAAD fellowship for HUGS and is a member of international department of Humboldt University.
Ms. Paulina Schindler is a research associate at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, teaching students in the field of business informatics and researching as part of the “Liberty”-research branch. After receiving her M. Sc. in Business Informatics, she is currently researching on the topics social media and quantum computing.
Dr. Sresha Yadav nee Ghosh
Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities at IIIT-Raipur, India.
Dr. Sresha Yadav nee Ghosh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities at IIIT-Raipur, India. Presently, she is heading the department of humanities at IIIT-NR as Professor-in-charge since Oct 2021. She was a recipient of MHRD scholarship assistance during her Ph.D. tenure at IIT Roorkee and has published several Scopus indexed and MLA indexed research articles in edited books and reputed journals. She is a member of ELTAI, Cognitive Science Society, and British Council India. She is presently working in the field of language and cognition, interdisciplinary studies in language and literature and ELT.
Topic: “Moving Towards Cognitive Approach to Literary Studies”
Dr. Maurita Murphy Marx, the American clarinetist, is internationally recognized as a master teacher and performer. Her degrees are from Eastman School of Music and Michigan State University. Moreover, her students have won first prizes exclusively in international clarinet competitions. She has three CDs with Rafael Dos Santos and Michele Ramo on Spotify, Pandora, etc. Dr. Marx’s teaching career includes Professor of Clarinet at the University of Iowa, USA, for 32 years, and is the recipient of the Collegiate Teaching Award at the University of Iowa. She continues to perform and is a frequent lecturer on the Brazilian Choro.
Dr. Mihaela Aghenitei is a PhD Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences at the University of the “Lower Danube” and participates in a grant funded from the funds of the research project carried out by the University “Lower Danube” from Galati. She is an associate researcher at the Institute of Legal Research – Romanian Academy and a member of ELI and ESIL. She has published 81 articles indexed in national and international databases and 5 specialized books in criminal law.
Dr. Gibaldi is a Professor (at Harvard & St. John’s University). He is a Fulbright Scholar, and received the Outstanding Teaching Award at Harvard; graduate education was completed at Columbia University. He has over 60 published papers and 75 professional presentations. Interest areas include Fear in the Workplace; Issues Related to Working Remotely.
Dr. Patrícia Sofia Pinhanços Batista,is integrated Researcher at Human Neurobehavioral Laboratory, collaborator researcher at Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina and Invited Assistant Professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Responsible for projects with intersection of the PsychologyNeurosciences-Biotechnology areas. Research topics: Neurosciences; Neuroeducation; Quality of Life; Biomedicine; Biomaterials, Regeneration and Regenerative Medicine; Nanotechnology; Health Sciences; Health Promotion and Ageing.
Ms. Noopur Tiwari,is a Designer by qualification, with an expertise in visual communication, Noopur Tiwari is a film and video communication designer who has worked with niche television channels and has over 18 years of work experience. She recently completed a Masters in Psychology from Indira Gandhi Open University and is interested in the amalgamation, application of Design Thinking, Psychology and Communication Design along with Applied Ethnographic Research to create impactful inclusive digital educational content. Noopur’s fiction film ‘The Bench’ was nominated as the best short fiction film at the XX Dziga Vertov Film Festival at St. Petersburg Russia and her production design project 3 ½ was nominated at the Dhaka Film Festival in 2002. A Public Service Advertisement she had collaborated on for Gandhi Jayanti won a Promax in 2004 when she worked as a part of the National Geographic Channel India Team. She is currently working as an Associate Professor for the Jagran school of Journalism and Communication.
Ms. Kalunga Cindy Nakazwe is currently a PhD Candidate in Psychology at Lingnan University. She holds a MSc in Psychological Research Methods from University of Sheffield and a BA in Psychology from University of Zambia. She is a Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Awardee and a former Commonwealth scholar. She is interested in youth mental health.
Mr. Mike Neilio is an organizational development consultant and doctoral candidate at William James College focused on applied leadership psychology and neuroscience. He holds a BS in Finance and an MA in Organizational Psychology. His past career in commercial real estate and interests in mental health inform his research.
Mr. Shigeo Sahto graduated from Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University. His areas of Interest are philosophy & psychology . His awards are the 21th Eisaku Sato Memorial. Prize, Award of Brilliance, “UN Neutrality to Counterbalance Asymmetric Power”.
Mrs. Céline Rodrigues is graduated from Universidade Católica Portuguesa in French-English, Post-graduation in Compared Literature in the same institution, master in Spanish languages at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and currently writing the master thesis about Human Security of Inuit and Sámi Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Finland at Universidade Portucalense, Master in International Relations and Diplomacy (Supervision Prof. Stephan Kirchner from University of Lapland, Finland).
Her area of interests is maritime security, Atlantic, human rights/Indigenous peoples, Green Theory, Ecosystem Approach and the Arctic region. Her Professional experience is junior researcher, experience as official of Portuguese Army and in different companies as International Relations.
Ms. Rebecca Hunt is currently completing the MSc in Clinical Health Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast. She is also a Rehabilitation Assistant at Acquired Brain Injury Ireland and is particularly interested in researching and implementing psychological interventions to help people achieve their best possible health-related quality of life.
Ms Hanri Kriel did her Masters of Arts, Honours, and Bachelor of Arts in Communication degrees at the North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa, before joining the University of Pretoria. She also works as a freelance video editor and subtitler. Her areas of interests are travelling, photography, animals and help other disabled persons.
Miss. Ana Filipa Moreno is part of an international joint Ph.D. in Applied Psychology, developing her work within the Human Neurobehavioral Laboratory. Also, she is an invited lecturer at FEP-UCP and a licensed clinical practitioner. Throughout her studies she secured a merit-based grant. One of her main interests is the mental-health-brain-axis.
Mr.Ryan T. W. McCreedy is a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Harvard and Senior Organizational Effectiveness Consultant at Slalom Consulting. He holds a B.S. from George Mason University, a M.L.A. from Harvard University’s Extension School, and is pursuing a Psy.D. in Leadership Psychology at William James College, emphasizing on neuroscience.