Scientific Editorial Board

Chief Editor: Dr. Ghada M. Awada

✉️ Email Address: ghadawada@gmail.com

• Holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and Education and a Ph.D. in Public International Law and Diplomacy
• Is a strong advocate of innovation and tolerance in Education
• Founder of Gloria Academy: www.gloria-leb.org
• A Fulbright Scholar at North Carolina State University (NCSU-2016). The first female recipient of the AUB -REP Excellence Service Award (2018-2019), recipient of the LAU CEP Excellence Award (2014), and recipient of Lebanon’s RSSC army Awards (2017, 2018, 2020)
• Dr. Ghada Awada acted as Prime Minister Education Advisor and a faculty member at the Lebanese American University.
• She is specialized in Human Rights Education (HRE), ICT and artificial intelligence integration into classrooms, Cooperative Learning, Intercultural Communication, Global Citizenship Education (GCED), curriculum reform and teacher education emerging issues.
• Has published extensively in indexed journals and authored several book chapters with renowned publishers
• Affiliation: Lebanese American University

Managing Editor: Dr. Loubna Nehmeh

✉️ Email Address: loubnanehme@ymail.com

• Ph.D. Holder in Applied Linguistics (English Language and Literature), Beirut Arab University (BAU)
• Head of the English Department, Center for Educational Research and Development (CRDP), Lebanon
• Head of the English Language Committee for the Lebanese National Curriculum Development Project
• Project Manager and Focal Point for national and international educational projects
• Associate Professor at the Lebanese University and Beirut Arab University (BAU)
• Instructor at the Continuing Education Center (CEC), American University of Beirut (AUB)
• National Teacher Trainer on behalf of the Center for Educational Research and Development (CRDP) and for leading national and international organizations, including UNICEF, UNESCO, World Learning, QITABI, and other educational institutions and NGOs
• Fulbright Scholar and presenter at numerous national and international academic conferences
• Former British Council Ambassador and Teacher Trainer, recipient of three British Council Awards
• ICT Trainer, Educational Content Producer, Project Coordinator, and Quality Controller of digital educational resources, e-learning materials, and educational technology initiatives

Alan Pulverness

✉️ Email Address: apulverness@teltglobal.com

• Academic Director at TELT
• Consultant, researcher and editor on projects across MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South Asia, China and Europe
• Specialist in trainer training, teacher professional development, curriculum reform, syllabus design, and materials development
• Senior Consultant for NILE (Norwich Institute for Language Education)
• Consultant for the British Council on curriculum renewal, syllabus design, materials development and reader development projects in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Russia and the UK
• Co-author of several coursebooks, including the award-winning Macmillan Short Course Programme and The TKT Course
• Editor of IATEFL Conference Selections (2000–2004)
• Co-chair of the British Council Oxford Conference on the Teaching of Literature (2002–2006)

Dr. Kara McBride

✉️ Email Address: Kara.mcbride@worldlearning.org

• Senior Technical Education Specialist at World Learning in Washington, DC, leading projects in the Middle East, North Africa, and Latin America.
• Lead designer of online teacher training courses taken by over 35,000 educators worldwide.
• Former Associate Professor at Saint Louis University, specializing in computer-assisted language learning (CALL).
• Author of numerous publications on language teaching, teacher professional development, and educational technology.

Dr. Mayssah El Nayal

✉️ Email Address: mayssah.mayssah@gmail.com

• Professor of Clinical Psychology.
• Chairperson of the General Education and Student Wellbeing Department at Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UAE.
• Former Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at Beirut Arab University (BAU), Lebanon.
• Former Head of the Department of Mental Health at the University of Qatar.
• Extensive research and publication record in clinical psychology, mental health, and educational psychology.

Dr. Laila C. Ahmad Fouad Helmi

✉️ Email Address: laila.helmi@gmail.com

• Associate Professor of English Language and Literature.
• Former Head of the Department of English Language and Literature at Beirut Arab University (BAU).
• Specialist in Critical Discourse Analysis, Stylistics, and Applied Linguistics.
• Author of numerous research papers published in peer-reviewed international journals.
• Recent interests focus on digital humanities and corpus linguistics.

Dr. Fouad Yehya

✉️ Email Address: yehya_fouad@yahoo.com

• Holds a Ph.D. in education.
• Professor, researcher, and consultant with expertise in education and curriculum design.
• Instructor at Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) in Lebanon, and Westford University (Sharjah- UAE) mentoring master's and PhD students.
• Consultant and trainer with Lebanon's Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD).
• Contributions to international projects include designing digital learning resources for Alef Education and helping to implement the International Arabic Baccalaureate (IAB) program in Saudi Arabia.
• Research interests center on integrating technology into education, fostering reflective practices, and advancing leadership models.
• Author of numerous peer-reviewed articles and spokesperson at international conferences.
• Educator who promotes impactful research and transformative teaching practices.

Dr. Oussama Ghneim

✉️ Email Address: oghneim@yahoo.com

• Holds a Ph.D. in Education, Lebanese University - Faculty of Pedagogy.
• Founder and former president of the Welfare Association for Research and Development (WARD).
• Lecturer at the Lebanese University and various private Lebanese universities.
• Conducted numerous studies and research in Sustainable Development, Entrepreneurship Education, Work-Based Learning, Labor Market Information
• Currently a consultant at the Office of the Director-General of Vocational and Technical Education.
• Held several positions in the public and private sectors, including head of the TVET department, general coordinator for technology education, and head of the Educational TV and Radio unit at the Center for Educational Research and Development (CRDP) - Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Lebanon.

Dr. Abir K. Abdallah

✉️ Email Address: abirabdallah@gmail.com

• Holds a Ph.D. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language with the highest distinction from Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain in 2015
• Has a teaching diploma in secondary education from the Lebanese University, Faculty of Pedagogy
• Has more than 15 years of experience as a teacher and coordinator of English in public intermediate and secondary schools
• Has participated in designing the English curriculum at a private institution
• Dr. Abdallah currently works as an associate professor in the English department at the Faculty of Pedagogy in the Lebanese University. She has taught courses related to teaching English language skills and subskills, English language assessment and evaluation, blended learning, teaching English using technological tools and devices, Business English, and English for specific purpose.
• Her current research interests include blended learning, online assessment, and teaching and assessing 21st century skills.

Dr. Amal Tawbe

✉️ Email Address: amal.tawbeh@ul.edu.lb

• Holds a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Lebanese University
• Primary Fields: Contemporary American Literature and Postcolonial Literatures of the Middle East.
• Secondary Fields: Literary Theory, Gender, and Migration Studies.
• Holds an M.A. in Comparative Literature from Lebanese American University (LAU).
• Currently a professor at the Lebanese University