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Ghada M. Awada, a holder of 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-academy.com
• 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.
Affiliation: Lebanese American University
Email Address: ghadawada@gmail.com
Loubna Nehmeh, a holder of a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics
• Was granted 3 awards from the British Council
• Has research interests in the areas of curriculum design, education, linguistics, language teaching and learning through social networking sites, and different language skills and sub-skills
• Head of the English Department at the Center for Educational Research and Development (CRDP)
• Instructor at the Lebanese University and at Beirut Arab University (BAU)
• Instructor at the Continuing Education Center (CEC) - AUB
• Fulbrighter who participated in many local, national and international conferences
• Former teacher, coordinator, and British Council ambassador
• Certified trainer for the English language and for ICT
• Producer, coordinator and quality controller of digital resources
• Participant in several community service projects
Email Address: loubnanehme@ymail.com
• Holder of a Ph.D. in Language Science-Linguistics from the UR-N, France
• Associatedd Researcher at the French laboratory DyLiS • Full Professor in Lebanon
• A graduate in Russian Language, Literature and Civilization (master's degree obtained at the Sorbonne-Paris IV)
• A degree in public administration law (University of Rouen-Normandy)
In France, he has pedagogical and administrative experience in teaching and research at the University of Rouen-Normandy (UR-N):
• HCERES correspondent for the coordination of evaluation visits of the UR-N
• Head Middle East office in the International Relations Department
• Administrative Director of the Institute of Preparation for General Administration
• Cabinet Director of the presidency of the university
In Eastern Europe and the USA, he has taught at the French Embassy in Belarus's Cooperation and Cultural Action Department. Made numerous visits to the United States, including doctoral seminars at MIT (Department of Linguistics and Philosophy), as well as the U-Mass (College of Liberal Arts), Boston.
While in Lebanon, he is currently the Vice-Dean in charge of Master's and Doctorate studies at the Faculty of LSH, IUL, having previously served as dean of the same faculty and director of the Language Center. He has also taught at the Lebanese University of Lebanon and the University of Saint-Joseph.
• Fluent in Arabic, French, English and Russian, with basic knowledge of Belarusian and Kurmanji
• The University of Rouen-Normandy’s Doctoral School of History, Memory, Heritage, and Language named him a 1st finalist for the Flaubert Foundation Prize for Doctoral Research.
• Dozen scholarly articles published in international journals and "Opinion based" articles are to his credit
Abir K. Abdallah, a holder of 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.
• Holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry.
• Head of the Science Department at the Center for Educational Research and Development (CRDP), Dekwaneh.
• Holdsmultiple diplomas in education.
• Researcher in the Platform for Research and Analysis in Environmental Sciences (PRASE) at the Doctorate School of Science and Technology (EDST), Lebanese University.
• Reviewer for the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL) and E-Learning and Digital Media journals.
• Passionate about teaching and writing, contributing to driving change in education.
• Scopus: Profile
• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6746-5222
• Google Scholar: Profile
• 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