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Assoc. Prof. Rachel VanWieren
National University, USA
Rachel VanWieren, PhD is an
Associate Professor in the College of Letters and Sciences at
National University. She directs the BA Spanish program and is
course lead for General Education Spanish and ASL courses. She
teaches classes in Spanish language and Latin American and US
Latino literature, culture, and history. Her research is in the
field of Latin American literary and cultural studies. She
recently co-authored a book chapter “Reimagining the Left in
Neruda: Inclusivity and Encounters with Secondary Characters”
that was published in ReFocus: The Films of Pablo Larraín
(Edinburgh University Press, 2020). Dr. VanWieren’s latest
articles are “Reconsidering the Patagonian Worker Movements of
the 1920s: Francisco Coloane’s and Luis Sepúlveda’s Rebellious
Chilotes” in A Contracorriente and “Sketching Social Mobility in
the Gold Rushes of California and Patagonia: Bret Harte and
Manuel Rojas” in Hispanófila. She has extensive experience in
creating, designing, and maintaining online language, culture,
and literature courses, and has presented on best practices and
new developments in these areas. |
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Assoc. Prof. Mah Boon Yih
UiTM Penang Branch, Malaysia
Assoc. Prof. Dr Mah Boon
Yih, who is also a Microsoft Certified Educator, Microsoft
Innovative Educator Master Trainer (2021-2022), Microsoft
Innovative Educator Expert (2021-2022) and Graduate
Technologist, is an Associate Professor at the Academy of
Language Studies, UiTM Penang Branch, Malaysia. He holds three
degrees: PhD (E-learning), MA (Applied Linguistics), and BAEd
(Hons) in ELS. As the outcome of his doctoral thesis, Dr Mah has
become the founder of Web-based Cognitive Writing Instruction
(WeCWI): an award-winning hybrid e-framework for instructional
design and language development. Dr Mah is included in Who’s Who
in Science and Engineering 2011-2012 & 2016-2017, Who’s Who in
Asia 2012, 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century
(7th and 9th Editions), Top 100 Educators 2012, Dictionary of
International Biography (36th-38th Editions), Who’s Who in the
World 2013-2015, Top 100 Professionals 2015, Leading Educators
of the World 2015, and 50 Fabulous Edutech Leaders 2019. In
addition, he is also the winner of the World Education Congress
Global Awards 2016: Education Leadership Award (for Excellence
in Education, Leadership & Teaching), Rector’s Special Award
2017, Award for Excellence in eLearning 2019, The Top Best
E-learning Award 2020, and Anugerah Pengajaran (Kelompok Sains
Sosial dan Kemanusiaan) in UiTM AAU2020. |
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Assoc. Prof. Ghadah Al Murshidi
UAE University, UAE
Ghadah Al Murshidi, is
currently an associate professor in Curriculum and Instruction,
and previously was in Applied Linguistics. She taught some
graduate and undergraduate courses such as Thesis: Seminar
1(Master degree course), Emirates studies, Professional ethics
in Education, Children play, Student teaching in elementary
School/English, Introduction to Language and Communication,
Critical and Creative Thinking, Classroom Environment and
Assessment in Elementary Education, Language Development and
emergent Literacy in Early Childhood, Capstone experience of
teaching English language, Current trends and issues in teaching
English language . Her recent awards were the best Arab Youth
researchers, Comparative and International Education Society
annual conference, “Young Emirati Researchers Prize” and Emirati
Women award. She is chair of Chair of “Innovation” committee,
“Communication and Public Relations” committee, and member of
Council for the accreditation of Educator Preparation committee,
Mobile Learning Project, marketing and publicity committee. She
is reviewer of Journal of Education and Training Studies,
British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science,
English Linguistics Research, American International Journal of
Contemporary Research, Studies in English Language Teaching
Journal, international journal of Education, Culture, and
society, Journal of curriculum and teaching, Journal of advances
in linguistics,International journal of instruction, technology
and social sciences. |
