Irene Tan, Principal Master Teacher (Chemistry) at the Academy of Singapore Teachers, holds a B.Sc. from NUS and M.A. from NIE. With over 20 years of secondary school teaching experience and close to 15 years of developing adult learners, her interests include science and STEM education and the use of technology. 

Vivian Hong has spent years teaching humanity lessons at secondary schools in China and England whose students are from diverse cultural background. She got her MA Education from University College London and now works for the International Baccalaureate Organization(IBO) as an IB Examiner and IB Workshop Leader. On her track record, her experience including teaching History, Geography, and Chinese Mandarin, working as the Head of Humanity Department at schools, supervising marking quality of humanity subjects in IB exams, and holding training workshops facing to peer teachers with the aim of improving pedagogy skills. Her other roles including a member of peer-reviewing at the British Educational Research Association(BERA) and an Award Leader of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. She is keen on sharing her philosophy on secondary school humanities education, which is: to weave a tapestry of different knowledge domains by crossing the subject boundaries. 

Irina Samoshkina, an educator with over 20 years of teaching experience in higher education, currently working as a Senior Teacher at RANEPA, Moscow. Researcher and author of courses for teacher development. My areas of interest include researching effective methodologies for enhancing English language acquisition for students at tertiary level.

Ulash Thakore-Dunlap, EdD is assistant professor at California State University, East Bay teaching in the MS Counseling program. Ulash maintains a small private practice in San Francisco. Ulash was born in London, UK. Her areas of interest include Asian-American mental health, school based mental health, and graduate counseling education. 

Education and Credentials: Final year PhD candidate in Lexicography at Stellenbosch university. She has a Masters degree in Linguistics and Translation studies obtained from university of Limpopo.

Current position:  She is  a Lecturer in the Department of English studies and Comparative Literature at University of Fort Hare. She teaches first year students and Third year students Advanced Language and General literature where her focus is on Linguistics. She also supervise Honours students in Linguistics. She has also work as a Language specialist at Department of Education to develop language-appropriate assessments aligned to the newly developed reading benchmarks and  developing South African languages.

Areas of Interest: Lexicography, Linguistics, and Translation studies

Amon is a PhD researcher in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, specialising in Technology Enhanced Learning. She is a qualified Mathematics Teacher (PGCE) and holds Master’s degrees in both Business Information Technology and Research. Leveraging her background as a database analyst and technology project manager, she integrates cutting-edge technology and research methods into academic programs to elevate quality standards and ensure the success and confidence of learners.