Archives: Speakers

MSC. Ricardo Fitas

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MSC. Ricardo Fitas is a Mechanical Engineer and PhD candidate at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Their scientific interests include data engineering, bias in education, and artificial intelligence. They have research experience at the University of Porto, RWTH Aachen University, and the Technical University of Munich.

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Consuelo Soto Allende

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Ms. Consuelo Soto Allende (MEd, BA) is a Music teacher and educational researcher. BA in Musical Performance and Teaching by University of Talca and MA in Educational Research by University of Chile. Her main areas of interest are related to the study of executive functions and metacognition in teachers and the construction of high-quality multiple-choice

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Mrs. Julia Cipriano

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Mrs. Julia Cipriano recently graduated (BA) from the Pforzheimer Honors College at Pace University for Psychology and is currently a Master of Arts (MA) student there. She is interested in trauma and the mental and physical effects of traumatic experiences.

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Nathan Burns

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Mr. Nathan Burns has been a PhD student at the University of Strathclyde since 2020 when he was awarded the Bennett Scholarship to fund his research. He studies the statistical relationships between students’ contextual backgrounds and their outcomes at higher education, with a focus on regression, survival, and prediction methods

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Buket Kara

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Ms. Buket Kara holds a bachelor’s degree in English Language Teaching from Middle East Technical University and in International Relations from Anadolu University, both located in Turkey. She is presently working towards her master’s degree in ELT at Başkent University. With seven years of teaching experience, currently she works as an instructor and coordinator at

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Mr. Farhad Majeed Hama

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Mr. Farhad Majeed Hama is PhD studentAdam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Polandat and he is an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Sulaimani, College of Basic Education, English Department, where he has made scholarly contributions since 2012. Holding a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from Newcastle University, his thesis investigated English vocabulary learning

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Currey Michael Zalman

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Mr. Currey Michael Zalman, a B.S. in Biochemistry graduate from the University of Nebraska, currently pursues an M.D. at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. As a medical student and Clinical Educator at EMET, Zalman focuses on medical school education. Noteworthy accolades include the Nebraska INBRE Undergraduate Travel Award and the MSSRP Scholarship Grant.

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Daniel Forgrave

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Mr. Daniel Forgrave (MEd, BA) is a Writing Specialist and the Writing Centre Director at the University of Calgary in Qatar. His interests include student engagement and motivation, feedback, and academic literacy. He was awarded a Teaching Award from the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Calgary, Canada in 2020

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Weiyan Ma

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Ms. Weiyan Ma, a recent double-degree graduate with Master’s degrees in Education and International Business from the University of Melbourne, is passionate about education. She excels in tailoring teaching methods to diverse learning styles and fostering critical thinking. Her interests include effective communication in education and community engagement for social impact.

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Egle Säre

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Dr. Egle Säre (PhD) is a Lecturer of Educational Sciences at the Institute of Education of the University of Tartu. Her research areas are related to the pedagogics and teachers’ professional development. She is interested in examining how to develop students´ verbal reasoning skills by implementing questioning techniques during philosophical group discussions according to the

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