Professor Ngozi Osarenren
Department of Educational Foundations
University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Professor Ngozi Osarenren had her early education in Abia State and all her tertiary education at the University of Calabar, Nigeria; where she obtained a PhD in Guidance and Counselling in 1990. She joined the services of University of Lagos in 1992 in the Department of Educational Foundations where she has served as Acting Head (2006 – 2008) and Head (2015 – 2018). She is the Chairperson University –Wide Counselling Services for Staff and Students. She has served and still serving in several key committees in the University. She has published extensively in the areas of Counselling, Psychology, Education and Gender issues both nationally and internationally. Prof Osarenren was a visiting Professor of Counselling at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
She served as the Honourable Commissioner for Education in Edo State; Member, Presidential Task Team on Education; and Member, National Committee on Implementation of Almajiri Education Programme in Nigeria. Professor Osarenren participated in the Education Course “Strategic Choices for Education Reforms” at the World Bank Institute, Washington.
She is a member of American Counselling Association; British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy; Fellow, Counselling Association of Nigeria and the National Secretary, Association of Professional Counsellors in Nigeria.
Prof Osarenren has a very strong passion for quality education at all levels of Education. She is a regular commentator on education and social issues on both print and electronic media in Nigeria. She is blessed with two beautiful daughters.
Associate Professor Nina Evans
School of Information Technology and Mathematical Science
University of South Australia
Associate Professor Nina Evans hold tertiary qualifications in Chemical Engineering, Education, a BSc(Hons) in Computer Science, a Masters’ in Information Technology, an MBA and a PhD in Organisational Behaviour. Before migrating to Australia in 2007, Nina worked as a Chemical Engineer in Pretoria (South Africa) and then moved into a career in Higher Education as lecturer, researcher, manager of the Work Integrated Learning program, Head of Department: Informatics and IT Leadership, as well as Vice Dean of the Faculty of ICT at Tshwane University of Technology. During this time, she was part of a team of researchers that collaborated on a Women in IT project, sponsored by the government of Finland. She also conducted her own research on the state of female leadership in ICT in various South African organisations.
Nina is currently the Associate Head (Teaching and Learning) in the School of Information Technology and Mathematical Science at the University of South Australia. In this role she is responsible for the quality of teaching and students’ learning experience. She is also the Program Director for the Doctor of IT Management program. She teaches Masters’ and Doctoral courses in the areas of ICT Leadership, Cybersecurity Consulting, Business Transformation through ICT Innovation, Knowledge Management and Business Process Modelling. She also supervises students’ Doctoral and PhD research. Her own research interests include Information and Knowledge Management, Leadership and Organisational Behaviour on the Business-IT interface, Women in IT, and Academic Capitalism.
Nina has published extensively in accredited international academic journals, international peer reviewed academic conference proceedings and presented her research findings at various industry conferences and workshops. Nina is also a director of ThinkingFusion (Australia), which offers training programs and workshops to develop leadership and change readiness among young people and leaders on various levels of the organisation. She currently supervises a PhD student on the topic of career planning and progression of women in IT and together they will present a workshop on leadership and managing change to female leaders from various Australian organisations.
Dr Ezekiel Uba Nwose
School of Community Health
Charles Sturt University, Australia
Dr Ezekiel Uba Nwose is a professional medical scientist with over 25years working experience that cut across Africa, Middle East and Australia. At the professional level, Uba is a Chartered Scientist and Fellow member of Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) London, and a corporate Member of Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (MAIMS). In research, which revolves around laboratory-based translational biomedical science, he currently coordinates an international research initiative involving collaborators from Australia, Nigeria and United States of America. He is a Visiting Professor at Novena University.
Gary Fry
College of Education
Charles Darwin University, Australia
Gary is an Aboriginal man, descended from the Dagoman people (lands where the township of Katherine in the NT is situated). Gary is a former electrical contractor, who later worked as a teacher and executive school principal of schools across the NT, both remote and urban contexts. Gary’s more recent roles have included Director of the former Centre for School Leadership, based at Charles Darwin University (CDU) in Darwin, and currently works part-time in a lecturing role in teacher education. Several schools under Gary’s leadership have won major awards in school development, and this work was used in the development of the national Accountability and Performance Improvement Framework for Australia’s schooling sector. Gary was recently awarded the 2018 Betty Watts Indigenous Researcher Award, during the Australian Association of Researchers in Education (AARE) conference, held at the University of Sydney. Gary recently completed his PhD through the School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney.
Coral Campbell
College of Education
Charles Darwin University
coral.campbell@cdu.edu.au
Coral Campbell is a lecturer at Charles Darwin University where she specialises in the design and delivery of discipline-specific academic literacies in the Academic Language and Learning Success Program (ALLSP). Over her many years of teaching in Secondary and Higher Education she has passionately developed active learning practices that cognitively engage students. Action Research has informed many of her pedagogical approaches. Her Masters in Linguistics was grounded in discourse analysis and Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory that remain research interests.
She taught for many years in secondary and tertiary education in South Africa, in communities significantly disadvantaged by Apartheid. That experience provided impetus to her research in developing teaching practices that best support diverse student needs within universities today. Her most recent Conference Presentation was at the 2017 HEC KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa – Higher Education Today: Crises, Contestations, Contemplations and Futures. Her paper was ‘Creating and delivering tailor-made intensive academic skills programs to accommodate diverse student needs and guarantee equity and social justice at the University and our region’.
Kalpana Chana
College of Education
Charles Darwin University
kalpana.chana@cdu.edu.au
Kalpana Chana was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the apartheid era. Having lived and schooled in the Indian group area of Lenasia (suburbs were grouped according to the four races that people of South Africa were classed into during the apartheid era), on the outskirts of Soweto, she was part of the struggle for a just education system for all at the time. This was a long battle that was not won during her schooling years; however, she survived the ‘oppressed pedagogy’ of education that was offered, and progressed to attend the University of Witwatersrand in the 1980’s. After obtaining her undergraduate qualification there (BSc zoology, psychology), she migrated with her family to New Zealand in 1995, where she lived for twenty years, gaining further qualifications in primary teaching and later, a masters in adult literacy and numeracy education. She arrived in Darwin during 2016, to work at CDU, as a lecturer in the Tertiary Enabling Programme. As an educator of adults, her interest and passion has always been in the area of finding strategies for supporting low-achieving students.
Bopelo Boitshwarelo
Education Strategy Unit
Charles Darwin University
bopelo.boitshwarelo@cdu.edu.au
Dr Bopelo Boitshwarelo works as a Senior Higher Education and Training Developer, which is an academic development role, within the portfolio of the Pro Vice Chancellor (Education Strategy) at Charles Darwin University. His research currently focusses on curriculum and learning design particularly for online learning environments, and he also has a keen interest in issues around professional development for academics. He has previously worked at the University of Botswana for over 12 years as an extension scholar in the Department of Distance Education, focussing on developing open and distance learning (ODL) programs. He has conducted research on the potential of learning technologies to improve access to, and quality of, ODL in Africa including exploring existing transnational partnerships available in the continent.
Edwards Alademerin
Prof. Edwards Alademerin after his secondary education attended Ogun state College of Education, Ijebu Ode, in Nigeria and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka up to 2001 for his Teacher’s certificates – Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Vocational Agricultural Education. He also attended a Postgraduate short course on Poverty and Inequality at Maastricht University, The Netherlands in 2009. Over the last 23 years of his career, he has been involved in the retraining exercises during workshops for Senior Extension officers, Community Development officers and Agriculture Teachers at the Junior and Senior Secondary levels in Lagos and Ogun states in Nigeria. From 2010 to 2011, he was at Aberystwyth University in Aberystwyth, Wales-UK as a Visiting Academic Scholar where he researched into Farm Business Survey in Wales and England. He was part of the team that taught Eco-tourism, Environmental economics and students industrial experience at the University. He has held several positions of responsibility within his University in the last few years as Head of Department of Agricultural Education, Deputy Director of Centre for Entrepreneurship and Vocational Studies and recently as the Director, Centre for Human Rights and Gender Education until May, 2015. He was the erstwhile Chairman; Task force on Part time Examinations up till June, 2018. As the Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Gender Education (CHURGE) of our University, we focus on providing trainees and our clients with a practical understanding of all issues relating to Human Rights, Environment, Health and safety, Poverty issues, Democracy and good governance, Women Empowerment and skills acquisition etc. The training and public enlightenment programmes we organise within the University and neighboring farming communities are well woven around human rights, gender equity and sustainable livelihoods. He is a Statutory Member of the Senate, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun. Prof. Alademerin is a Member of Global Knowledge Exchange Network (GKEN, UK) and Member of Ethiopian Doctoral and Masters Academy. In addition, he is a Visiting Research Professor to Jimma University, Jimma and Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia. Prof Alademerin is widely travelled and has presented several academic papers at both local and international conferences in Europe and several parts of Africa. He is a member of several professional bodies in his discipline. His research interests are in pedagogical issues, gender and sustainable livelihoods in Agriculture.
Amanda Janssen
College of Education
Charles Darwin University
amanda.janssen@cdu.edu.au
Amanda comes from South Africa and has studied in both South Africa and Australia. This, along with her work experience, has made her acutely aware of the chasm in education across the globe. Amanda is passionate about equity in education and believes that through developing academic literacy, people can reach their academic potential.
Currently, Amanda Janssen is Theme Leader of the Academic Language and Learning Success Program (ALLSP) in the College of Education at Charles Darwin University. She leads a team who work across the university with students and staff to improve and develop academic literacy. Amanda is also a key member of the working group to develop university wide resources to promote academic integrity. Her research interests are in: multimodal social semiotics and, the effective integration of academic literacy in university curriculum design. She is currently part of the executive team for the Association for Academic Language and Learning (AALL).
Stephen Dele Bolaji
College of Education
Charles Darwin University
stephen.bolaji@cdu.edu.au
Stephen Bolaji comes from the Indigenous Yoruba speaking part of old Ancient Oyo Empire Nigeria known as Oyo Town (Pacesetter State) in Sub-Sahara West Africa. Prior to joining CDU in 2014, Stephen spent a decade at the Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Noforija-Epe, Lagos-Nigeria teaching pre-service teachers how to teach. In 2013, he took a position as a lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka-Nigeria (The University of First Choice) teaching educational foundation units to preservice teachers and postgraduate students in the department of Educational Foundations and Counselling Psychology.
Stephen’s journey to Australia began when he won highly competitive International Endeavor Scholarship to complete a second doctoral research study titled: Intent to Action: Overcoming Barriers to Universal Basic Education Policy Implementation in Nigeria at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia.
Upon completion of his study, he was offered a position as a lecturer graduate entry program in the College of Education at Charles Darwin University, Casuarina Campus, Northern Territory where is currently, teaching undergraduate and graduate programs.
Stephen’s research interest is in Policy, Philosophy, Comparative, Sociology, History, Community Studies and Global Education. He is a qualitative researcher and well- grounded in using a range of qualitative instruments in collecting data for research projects. He derives satisfaction in guiding students through their teaching and research undertakings. Stephen enjoys golfing, teaching and conducting research.
Victor Oguoma
Menzies School of Health Research
Charles Darwin University
victor.oguoma@menzies.edu.au
Victor Oguoma is a Senior Research Officer and Biostatistician at the Child Health Division of the Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University. He has public health epidemiology research experience in both infectious and chronic diseases affecting low-middle-income countries (LMICs) and linguistically and culturally diverse populations (CALDs). Victor has published widely in reputable national and international scientific journals and secured over $500,000.00 in competitive research grants and scholarships. He is currently an investigator in two randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in diabetes funded by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly), and are ongoing in Nigeria, West Africa. He is also heavily involved in the design, analysis and scientific dissemination of novel epidemiological and RCT studies in the Indigenous populations of Australia. His ultimate interest centres on novel public health preventive and control measures; statistical models in epidemiology; and quality design and analysis of clinical trials/intervention studies.
Sulay Jalloh
College of Education
Charles Darwin University
sulay.jalloh@cdu.edu.au
Sulay Jalloh is a multidisciplinary researcher currently lecturing in the Tertiary Enabling Program and in the Common Units at Charles Darwin University (CDU). Before joining CDU, he was a lecturer in the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages at the University of South Australia (UniSA). Sulay has a strong research focus and interest in enabling pathways, adult learning pedagogy, academic and cultural literacy and media representation of minority groups. He is currently developing a community driven intervention program to enable African families and youth, particularly from low SES backgrounds, the opportunity to explore options for nurturing higher education aspirations.
Sulay has good analytical and research skills gained from his doctoral research project. These include expertise in news dissemination, analysis of issues and interviewing. He also obtained and analysed data from a variety of sources including the Australian Bureau of Statistics. He compared the Australian data with similar data from the United State, Canada and New Zealand and presented the findings in his thesis.
Mpho Dube
College of Nursing and Midwifery
Charles Darwin University
mpho.ncube@cdu.edu.au
Mpho was born, raised and educated in rural Zimbabwe. Mpho trained as a nurse and midwife and practiced in semi-rural communities in Zimbabwe. Growing up in the poor village draws her to the vulnerable women as she understands the struggles associated with poor health and education. She migrated to Australia in 2006 where she has worked as a Registered Nurse and Midwife. She has a master Degree in International Health and her interest is in global health with a focus on improving health outcomes in low resource settings. Her passion is empowering women. Her research interests are in improving maternity care and identifying ways of giving a voice to vulnerable women and she believes this can be achieved through favourable health and education outcomes. Mpho is currently a Lecturer in Midwifery in the College of Nursing and Midwifery at CDU.
Dr Bisi Imonitie
Ph.D. (Murdoch), M.ED (UWA), B.SC. (ED), WHS
Murdoch University
Dr Bisi Imonitie is a scholar and researcher in organizational learning and professional identity. She has over a decade expertise in professional identity, organisational development and adult learning in West Africa and Australia contexts. Bisi holds a double bachelor degree in Science Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeria; Masters of Education, University of Western Australia and Doctor of Philosophy from Murdoch University, Western Australia. Her research interests fall in the areas of action learning and research, professional identity, neuroscience of learning, cultural diversity, education and social inequalities. She demonstrates strong understanding of teacher’s perceptions and impact sustainability in teaching and learning environment. Bisi’s skills is in applying emerging concepts in organisational studies to construct and reconstruct identities to resonate personal values in education and organisational settings. She enjoys writing, reading, researching, consulting and public speaking.
Bisi’s unique way of helping her clients draws on a strong research background to discover and employ the fullness of their professional identity in a way that enhances their fulfilment at work and contributes to the success of the team or organizations they work with.
Bisi’s work focuses on helping people improve their learning within organisational settings using action learning based strategies and her expertise lies in her ability to help leaders discover their personal and professional genius, discern the influence of the contextual environment on both individual and organisational performance and facilitate an alignment between their raw (unapplied) talents and skillsets. She coaches people to consciously realise the impact of their current performance and their unrealised potential, and quickly align their individual aspirations to the reality of the organisational context. Bisi inspires positive change, continuously identify growth opportunities and helping people break down self imposed and limiting barriers on their change journeys and thereby harnessing existing cultural intelligence to better connect with themselves and their organisations.
Erick Outa
VET – Business
Charles Darwin University
erick.outa@cdu.edu.au
Erick Outa teaches Accounting at the College of Business and Law, Charles Darwin University. He previously taught at United States International University and Strathmore University in Kenya. He holds a Doctor of Business Leadership degree from the University of South Africa and an MBA from the University of Cape Town. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (FCPA) and an Associate CPA Australia among others. His career spans both industry and academia and he engages students at the nexus of work and learning. His interests include student centred learning, International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS), corporate governance and global education. He has published a book, book chapters and number of journal articles in ranked journals. His works on education leadership has been presented at the British Council Education leaders conferences in the US, UK and Hong Kong. His research on corporate governance in both for profits and NFPs continue to receive attention in both developed and emerging markets. He is a reviewer for many international journals and serves in the AFAANZ’s Accounting education and qualitative research group. He was born in Siaya county around, Lake Victoria , Kenya.
Dr Richard Oloruntoba
Newcastle Business School
University of Newcastle
Richard Oloruntoba Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer in Logistics, Operations and Supply Chain Management at the Newcastle Business School, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Newcastle, Australia. Richard’s primary expertise is in supply chain management, humanitarian operations, and humanitarian logistics. A stream of his research program focuses on the interface of logistics for humanitarian aid delivery and humanitarian supply chains for responding to and managing crises and disasters. Richard has undertaken several international and national research projects resulting in over 55-refereed articles in leading logistics and supply chain management journals and his work has attracted over $75,000 in competitive grants. He is an international fellow of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative at Brown University USA. Richard comments on ABC radio in Newcastle and has had his research covered by the Sydney Morning Herald. Richard has won several international research awards including best paper and best reviewer awards. He is the current Australasia Editor of the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management and a member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. He has supervised 6 PhDs to completion in his discipline. Before his current life as a scholar based in Australia, Richard worked in a range of operations, logistics, freight forwarding and transport management roles for 13 years in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. He is currently an active volunteer first responder with the New South Wales State Emergency Services and a keen student of sociology and anthropology.