EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Rochonda L. Nenonene is the First Year Experience Coordinator and Founding and Co-Program Director of the Urban Teacher Academy at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio USA. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Dayton and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education. She teaches the introduction to the profession courses for undergraduate and graduate teacher education candidates: PersonalAspects of Teaching & The Profession of Teaching. Additional courses taught include the Urban Teacher Academy Junior and Senior Seminars and courses on diversity and equity as it relates to educational leadership. Areas of research interests include urban teacher preparation, culturally
responsive teaching, equity, social-emotional learning, and dispositions of teacher candidates. Rochonda conducts professional development for school districts on culturally responsive teaching, student engagement, classroom management, social-emotional learning, and issues of equity.

Svitlana Kuzmina is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages at Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Ukraine. Svitlana received her profesional quaification “Specialist in English Language Education” from the university where she is currently working. She teaches undergraduate and graduate students intending to become English teachers. She teaches Practical Course of Oral and Written English, Methodologies of Teaching English, Interdisciplinary Approach to Teacher Preparation. Traditions of Academic Collaboration: International Experience. Her mission is to prepare future teachers to be global educators. She served as Fulbright Scholar in 2009-2010 at Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO). She coordinates a partnership between SEMO and her home university. She is a founder and Executive Director of the Community of Educators Uniting for Justice and Equity (CEUJE) in Ukraine.

Novea McIntosh is an Associate Professor of Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. She was born and raised in Jamaica. She earned her bachelor’s degree from University of the West Indies Mona Campus and her master’s degree from Indiana Wesleyan University and Doctor of Education degree from Walden University. She teaches courses in Teacher Education focusing on educating diverse populations in inclusive settings and assessment literacy. Her mission is to prepare culturally responsive assessment literate teachers and to disseminate research on diversity, equity, and social justice. Novea is the President of the North American Community: Uniting for Equity.

Tamara Glazunova is an Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages, at Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine. She graduated from Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University and earned her Doctor of Education degree from Kyiv National Linguistic University. Sheis a teacher trainer, she teaches Methodology of teaching foreign languages. She participated in the New Generation School Teacher Project of the British Council and the Ministry of Education of Ukraine focusing on raising the quality of foreign language teacher education.

I was raised in Coaltar District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. I completed my basic education at Kemet Foundation School and proceeded to complete a three-year course in the second cycle institution at the Coaltar Presbyterian Senior High. I hold a diploma certificate from the Winneba College of Education. I have served as a tutor in Grace Aid International School, De Precious International School, Anowa Community School for the last nine years. My interest and passion is managing young students at the basic level of education and to ensure young people in our communities achieve a better education. I aspire to initiate and support an educational project in my community that supports this vision.

Professor, Department of  Education and Philosophy and External Academic Adviser to Vice Chancellor, Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Haryana, India and also working as Editor-in- Chief to IJMER and Sucharitha: A Journal of Philosophy and Religion . Post Doctoral Fellow from Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, India, and He obtained his Bachelor Degree with a Gold Medal and Master of Philosophy in Philosophy and Doctorate in Philosophy from Andhra University, India. He was awarded National Fellowships like Gandhian Research Fellowship, Junior Research Fellowship and General Research Fellowship during his academic and research career. He is an erudite scholar, a teacher par excellence, a rare combination of excellent qualities blended into a pleasing personality. He has extensive research experience in Philosophy of Education and Applied Ethics. He has published a large number of research publications, more or less 145 in International and National journals. He is the Founder President of Sucharitha Educational and Research Institute (SERI) and Chairman of Sucharitha Educational Society, Visakhapatnam, India. He is working as a Managing Director of Sucharitha Publications, India. And also he is a President of The Indian Community Uniting for Equity(ICUE) is affiliated to GCUE, USA. He has handled research and consultancy projects. He has participated and presented over 150 research papers in international and national conferences, seminars, and workshops. He is the exclusive author of six books on Philosophy of Education and Christian Ethics with international publishers and Editor of Seven Books. His areas of research interest include Philosophy of Religion, Applied Philosophy, Global Education and Philosophy and Technology issues. He is a member in many national and international philosophy and social organizations like Ethics Committee Member,USA and Research Committee Member, India.

Tamila Dovhaliuk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine. She graduated from Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University. In 2005, she earned her Ph D in education. She is a pre-service teacher trainer and teaches methodology of teaching foreign languages focusing on: psychological factors of foreign language teaching and learning, teaching English to SEN learners, the principles of CLT, language testing and assessment. She participated in the New Generation School Teacher Project of the British Council and the Ministry of Education of Ukraine focusing on raising the quality of foreign language teacher education.

Alida Vizcaíno studied a BA in Education with emphasis in the teaching of English and Spanish at the University of Atlántico in Barranquilla, Colombia. She completed an MA in comparative literature and an EdD at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. Alida is a full time professor of English as a foreign language and educational research at the University of Atlántico. She has publications in Colombia, England, and the United States.

Attended the University of Oregon (in Eugene, Oregon USA) for both undergraduate and graduate education, receiving Doctor of Education degree in Special Education and Educational Measurement. He is Visiting Professor of Education at Worcester State University, Worcester, Massachusetts. USA. During the past 50 years, he has worked in public school, university, and human service settings. These experiences have involved teaching children in clinical settings, university teaching, public school supervision, self-employed educational consulting and coordinating state office programs. Clay is professionally interested in: individualizing education for the diversity of students, educational measurement and international literacy.

Sunita Mayor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Literacy at the University of West Chester Pennsylvania where she has been a faculty member since 2000. Sunita completed her Ed. D at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, and her M. Ed at Xavier University, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her research interests lie in the broad area of preparing teachers to serve the literacy needs of children in underserved, culturally nondominant communities.

Pam Young is the Associate Dean for Accreditation and Diversity in the School of Education and Health Sciences (SEHS) at the University of Dayton (UD) in Dayton, Ohio. She earned a PhD from the University of Dayton, an MEd from Mansfield State University in Pennsylvania, and a BSEd from Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio. She previously served more than 30 as a public school building administrator, central office administrator and teacher, and university graduate-level instructor. She has also been an associate superintendent for the Ohio Department of Education. She is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Educational Administration. Her current research interests include investigation of theory and practice regarding leadership, how SEHS prepares our administrative candidates to competently work in diverse settings and using data to support equity.