Theresa Neimann (Ed.)
Theresa Neimann, Ph.D. in Adult Education from Oregon State University; MA in Theology from Trinity Saint David’s University, Wales UK; BS in Political Science and History from Eastern Oregon University; Certificate in Local Governance from Oregon Local Leadership Institute, was Associate Editor for International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology (IJAVET). She has many published chapters for Encyclopedia Strategic Leadership and Management, Adult Education and Vocational Training in the Digital Age, Theory and Practice of Adult and Higher Education (IJAVET). She has worked as a Freelance Writer; Editor at Zhejiang University Press, China; consultant and instructor at Tongling No. 1 High School: International School Dept., Anhui, China; She has taught early childhood education classes at Shanghai Normal University, China, and college writing at Xuchang Technical University, Xuchang, China. She has taught education courses at Oregon State University, Oregon. She has published several books. She was ESL Coordinator/GED, at Tillamook Bay Community College; she was a Private School Executive Administrator and Instructor; she was a public school K-12 Educator; Associate Editor at Apostolic Press; She has been a conference speaker.
Jonathan Felix (Ed.)
Jonathan J. Felix
is a transdisciplinary academic at the intersection of Sociology, Design, Media, and Cultural Studies. His research interests include Higher Education, Alternative Media, and Digital Cultures. Jonathan is a Visiting Fellow with the International and Comparative Education Research Group with the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (ICE-UBD), and also holds an Associate Fellowship with the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA). He is also a member of Design Objective (DO), the International Communication Association (ICA), and the Media, Communications & Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA). With over 17 years' collective experience in the creative industries and higher education, he has worked independently and collaboratively in a range of roles related to teaching, leadership, and research. Favouring textual research methods and publishing in traditional and alternative modes of scholarship, his work is influenced by post-structuralist and continental philosophical schools of thought.
Elena Shliakhovchuk (Ed.)
Elena Shliakhovchuk defines herself as an edtech enthusiast, pracademic by education, interculturalist by passion, and author by results. She received her Master’s degree in Ukraine, TEFL certification in the UK, Interculturalist’s certification in Italy, and Ph.D. in Spain. She visited 30+ countries trying to understand other cultures’ perspectives. For the past 10 years, she has worked independently and collaboratively in a range of roles related to teaching and research in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Spain, and France and virtually worldwide. Currently, Dr. Shliakhovchuk is a Visiting Professor at several universities, a speaker at international conferences, a peer-reviewer in several prestigious journals, and an editor of books on the topic of edtech and DGBL. She contributed as an author to interactive tools diversophy®, CulturalDetective®, and CultureConnector® that teach intercultural competence. Her obsession with creating new ways of teaching that is absurdly useful and effective led her to publish several books on how to teach using video games. She is on a mission to help teachers and students to find outside-the-box approaches to education that would help to fulfill their potential in a rapidly changing world. Dr. Shliakhovhuk is a great sea lover, she has a coastal skipper certificate of competence, and when she is not teaching or writing, she can be found on the boats in the sea sailing.
Lynne Hindman (Ed.)
Lynne L. Hindman
is a First-Generation, First-American student who beat the statistical odds and earned four degrees within the field of education (B.S., M.Ed., Ed. Specialist, & Ph.D.). She holds credentials as a secondary teacher and PK-12 school principal. As a certified Master Reviewer with Quality Matters, she assists faculty around the globe apply researched best practices for online/blended course design. Her research has helped to identify 11 Highly Effective Hybrid/Blended Teaching Practices and also helped to substantiate the OSU Degree Partnership Program (DPP) as a highly effective pathway program. Her research revealed that not only does the DPP help students gain confidence in their ability to thrive in college, but those who participate in it are also more than twice as likely to complete their bachelorette degree. She currently serves a Learning Experience Designer for OSU's College of Education and teaches a variety of professional development courses for their Instructional Design and Advanced Learning Experience Design (LXD) certificate programs.