Speaker Details
Keynote Speakers
Emeritus Professor Stephen Kemmis
Charles Sturt University and Federation University, Australia
- Email : stephen@stephenkemmis.com
Stephen Kemmis is Professor Emeritus of Charles Sturt University and of Federation University, Australia. He studies the nature and change of practices, principally in education, through the lens of the theory of practice architectures. He writes on education, critical participatory action research, higher education development, approaches to research, and Indigenous education. He is co-founder of the Pedagogy, Education and Praxis international research network including researchers from Australia, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Colombia, and the Caribbean. He has held university appointments in Australia, the USA, and the UK, and has been a visiting scholar at various universities internationally.
Emeritus Professor Gary Anderson
New York University, United States
- Email : gary.anderson@nyu.edu
Gary Anderson is a Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. His research interests are interdisciplinary and range widely. He is particularly interested in doing research within the tensions between theory and practice in applied fields like education. As a result of this interest, he has co-authored two books on Action Research (Anderson, Herr, and Nihlen, 1994; Herr and Anderson, 2015), and has written extensively on issues of knowledge production in applied fields of study. He has published most extensively in the field of Educational Leadership. His work attempts to refocus the field through the use of critical and poststructural theories, particularly Marx, Habermas, Bourdieu, and Foucault. He has also done research on organizational micropolitics, and more recently on school privatization and the impact of global neoliberalism on education. He has an interest in Education in Latin America and has received two Fulbright awards to do research in Argentina and Mexico.
Professor Kathryn Herr
Montclair State University, United States
- Email : herrk@montclair.edu
Kathryn Herr is a Professor in Educational Foundations at Montclair State University, United States. She is interested in qualitative and action research methods. Most recently she completed a study on the first public middle school to move to single-sex academies/classes on a school-wide basis. Beyond this, I am interested in issues of youth, youth violence and the fit/lack of fit between diverse youth and institutions of education. She co-authored an action research book with Professor Gary Anderson titled the ‘Action Research Dissertation: A Guide for Students and Faculty’ published by Sage. This practical book demonstrates how action research dissertations are different from more traditional dissertations and prepares students and their committees for the unique dilemmas they may face, such as validity, positionality, design, write-up, ethics, and dissertation defense.
Emeritus Professor David Coghlan
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
- Email : dcoghlan@tcd.ie
David Coghlan is a Professor Emeritus and Fellow Emeritus at the Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He is author of over 250 articles and book chapters. Recent books include: Collaborative Inquiry in Organization Development and Change (with A.B. Shani, Edward Elgar, 2021), Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization (5th ed. Sage 2019); Conducting Action Research for Business and Management Students (with A.B. Shani, Sage 2018), Inside Organizations (Sage, 2016) and he is co-editor of The Sage Encyclopedia of Action Research (2014) and the 4 volume set, Action Research in Business and Management (A.B. Shani, Sage, 2016). He serves on the editorial advisory boards of several journals.
Emeritus Professor Dato Dr Othman Lebar
Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia
- Email : othman@fpm.upsi.edu.my
Emeritus Professor Dato’ Dr. Othman Lebar retired from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris in 2011, having had a successful teaching and research career. Since then, he has been working as a contract professor at the same institution and is currently teaching research methodology on the graduate programme. He has been involved in many research projects focusing on various topics related to educational testing and measurement, programme evaluation, teacher education and gender differences in academic achievements. During his 25 years of service at the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, he was entrusted with various administrative positions including Dean of Faculty and Director of several centres of excellence. He also has been appointed as a member of the University Senate and member of the University Board of Directors.
Workshop Speakers
Dr Yoon Sook Jhee
SEGi University
- Email : yoonsookjhee@segi.edu.my
Dr Yoon Sook Jhee is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Languages and Psychology, SEGi University, Malaysia. She is also currently the Programme Leader for the PhD (Education) programme. She obtained her PhD in Applied Linguistics at the University of Melbourne, Australia and Master of Education (TESL) at Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia. She has taught undergraduates and postgraduates programmes in Malaysia and Australia. Yoon enjoys working with underprivileged communities to improve access to quality education. She has previously contributed to education projects in rural areas and refugee settlements in Malaysia.
Dr Pang Jee Ching
SEGi University
- Email : pangjeeching@segi.edu.my
Dr Pang Jee Ching is Lecturer and Programme Leader for the Bachelor of Education (Hons) degree at SEGi University Kota Damansara, Malaysia. She completed her PhD at Universiti Malaya and obtained a Master’s degree in Special Needs from the University of Nottingham, Malaysia in 2012. She has 22 years of experience working closely with individuals and families who are living with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including Autism, ADHD and Global Developmental Delay. In order to cater to these students’ individual learning needs, she integrates a person-centred approach, underpinned by an awareness of human rights, helping students with disabilities to speak up and find purpose in life.
Assoc Prof Dr Fariza Puteh Behak
Islamic Science University of Malaysia
- Email : fariza@usim.edu.my
Dr Fariza Puteh Behak is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Major Language Studies and the Deputy Dean at the Centre for Graduate Studies in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. She holds a PhD from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, where she conducted a participatory action research project. She taught action research and data analysis for postgraduate students and published a textbook and several journal articles in these areas. Additionally, she actively participates in educational research projects on multiliteracies pedagogy, socio-cultural learning, project-based learning, and participatory action research.
Dr Satirah Ahmad
Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Sultan Abdul Halim
- Email : satirahahmad@ipgm.edu.my
Dr Satirah Ahmad is a Senior Lecturer at the Institut Pendidikan Guru, Kampus Sultan Abdul Halim, Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. She holds a PhD in Education (TESL) from UUM, a Master’s of Arts degree (Linguistics & English Language Studies) from USM, and a Bachelor’s of Education (TESL) degree from UKM. Her current research interests include ESL reading instruction, reflective practice, researcher-teacher collaboration, and teachers’ professional development. She has vast experience training teachers to conduct action research for professional change. She is currently completing her post-doctoral research in IIUM under a RIGS post-doctoral grant.
Assoc Prof Dr Nadarajan Thambu
Sultan Idris Education University
- Email : nada@fsk.upsi.edu.my
Dr Nadarajan Thambu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Moral, Civics and Character-building Studies, Faculty of Human Sciences, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. He holds a PhD in Moral Education from the University Malaya. He has led many dramas, theatre and moral studies research projects in Malaysia, and has published scholarly articles at national and international conferences. He has also won several Gold and Silver medals in educational innovation competitions at national and international levels. Dr Nadarajan serves as an advisory panel member for developing the Moral Education Curriculum and textbooks administered by the Curriculum Development Divisions, Ministry of Education Malaysia.