Waters, Ryan

Undergraduate at Manhattan College completing degrees in Sociology and Urban Studies. During his undergraduate career, he has primarily focused on neoliberalism, urban development/inequalities, and globalization. His current research looks at how global cities and neoliberal capital...

Zhou, Xiaodi

Dissertation stage of his doctoral studies in Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia, in Athens, GA. He was born in China, and came to the USA to begin elementary school. He is trilingual in English, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish, and has traveled all over...

Joorabchi, Toktam Namayandeh

Received her bachelor in social science, in Branch of social research, from Ferdowsi University in Mashhad, Iran. The title of my Bachelor's thesis was ‘the content analysis of Rakhashan Bani Etemad's movies’. She obtained her Master in communication technology for development...

Ghodrati, Zahra

Received her bachelor in English Language in IAU Tehran Branch, got extensive experience in HRM after obtaining academic certificates and more than 15-years' experience as HR Manger/Director in big International companies. She obtained her Master in Corporate Communication from...

Kiany, Gholam Reza

Associate Professor at Tarbiat Modares University TEFL Department, Tehran. Having received his PhD in Language and Linguistics from Essex University of UK. In 1998, he has been teaching Advanced Research Methodology, Language Testing, Psycholinguistics and the related areas at...

Akbari, Ramin

Holding a PhD in English Language Teaching. He is an Associate Professor at Tarbiat Modares University TEFL Department, Tehran; and Head of the Teacher Quality Control Department of Safir Language Institute, Tehran. He was the Top student of national MA TESOL examination, 1991....

Samar, Reza Ghafar

Associate professor of (Socio)linguistics and Applied Linguistics. He holds a Ph.D. from University of Ottawa, Canada in Applied-Sociolinguistics and specializes in Sociolinguistics (Variation Theory, Bilingualism, and intercultural communication) and its application to Second/Foreign...

Peyman, Neda

PhD Candidate in Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. She has got the top 300th rank in the nation-wide University Entrance Exam, 2000; and also ranked 10th in nation-wide MA Entrance Exam, 2005. She is a member of Academic Circles such as Asia Teachers of English as Foreign...

Kemp, Peter

University of Copenhagen, Honorary President of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies on ‘From the science of language to the understanding of religion’.

Ng, C Michael

Lecturer in Economics, School of Arts and Social Sciences, the Open University of Hong Kong, Visiting Research Associate, Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore.