Past Speakers

Dr. Kevin Matlock

Kevin A. Matlock has been a PhD research fellow in medical psychology at the University of Southern Denmark since 2019. Currently, he is using mixed methods to investigate quality of life in adults with type 2 diabetes. Prior to 2019, Kevin worked as a data analyst and taught a wide range of psychology courses at universities in the North America, Asia, and Europe.

Dr. Erkan Akgöz

He graduated from Erciyes University, School of Tourism and Hotel Management in Nevşehir 1996. He started his academic life at Selcuk University in 1997. He completed master’s and doctorate education at Selcuk University Social Sciences Institute. He had officiated as Asst. Assoc. Dr. at Beysehir Ali Akkanat Tourism Faculty between 2010 and 2017. Akgöz, who was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 2019, worked as a faculty member at Manas University in Kyrgyzstan-Turkey between 2017 and 2020. He has many books and articles on topics of tourism, gastronomy and reputation management. He participated in many national and international congresses and conferences. He works at Selcuk University, Faculty of Tourism, Department of Tourism Management.

Prof. Dr. Julia Esther Falla-Wood

Julia Falla-Wood is an associate professor at the School of Education at Burman University, Canada. She studied in Peru, France, Belgium, and Canada. She speaks English, French, and Spanish. Her research interests include second language acquisition, bilingualism, and contrastive analysis of errors.

Dr. Layla Farouq Abdeen

Layla Farouq Abdeen is an Associate Professor of English Literature at the World Islamic Sciences and Education University in Jordan. She was the Chairperson of the Department of English Language and Literature from July 2015 until October 2021, the Director of Accreditation and Quality Assurance for the 2019/2020 academic year, and the Assistant Dean for Students’ Affairs for the 2018/2019 academic year. She published several articles ranging from literary criticism, mythology, feminism, and postmodernism. She taught numerous literary courses at public and private universities in Jordan and participated as an oral presenter of her articles at international conferences held at the University of London in England in 2018, the Sorbonne University in France in 2019, and a forthcoming one at Sapienza University in Rome in May 2022.

Dr. Irmohizam Ibrahim

Currently he is pursuing his fourth Master’s degree at National Defence University of Malaysia. He is a person who thirsts for knowledge. He believes in the concept of lifelong learning therefore he will continue to learn either formally or non-formally for the rest of his life.

Ms. Firangiz Gulizada

She is an alumna of the international relations department, graduated from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2014. Throughout her studies, she interned as a junior research fellow at the Department of Public and Political Issues of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In the ensuing two years, she became a visiting research student at the Department of the Middle Eastern Countries at Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey, where she also worked as a research assistant at the Caspian Strategy Institute, which was a think tank focused on energy and economic affairs in the Black Sea and Caucasus region. While in Turkey, she also did a volunteer job at one of the largest philanthropic non-governmental organizations of Turkey – the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), in which she worked with Syrian refugees. In the following years, she attended an exchange program on Russian history and culture at the Institute of Languages under the name of Pushkin in Moscow, Russia. Trying to attain multidimensionality and put her educational background into practice converged for her in taking her part in abundant local and international projects in various countries. She also worked as an educator in Green School Romania in Cluj-Napoca, Romania for a year through European Voluntary Service. In the past few years, she has been doing research on sustainability, economics, and gender issues and published several articles in miscellaneous journals. Currently, she is pursuing my master’s degree in Women, Society, and Development program at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Doha, Qatar.

Mrs. Amira Rihab Saidi

Amira Rihab Saidi, a Ph.D. candidate at the Doctoral School of Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Szeged, Hungary. Obtained her MA degree in Literature and Civilization, Saida University, Algeria. Now, her study interests are film adaptations and American films.

Ms. Saher Ashiq Ali

She has Completed MSc in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford with Merit in 2021 and Currently is working with Focus Humanitarian Assistance Europe as an Intern in the European Settlement Programme unit which aims to support the refugees and asylum seekers, having Nizari Ismaili Muslim identity, with their asylum and integration process in the UK and Europe.

Mr. Shahrul Azuwar Abdul Aziz

Currently, he is pursuing a Master of Science in Business Administration at the National Defence University of Malaysia. He also aims to continue his studies in Ph.D. after completing his Master’s degree.