2026 COLEDU PRO

1. Burcu Ates, Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA.
   Helen Berg, Associate Dean, College of Education, Sam Houston State University, USA.
   Title: Adapting and Moving Forward: Teaching and Supporting Students in Changing Times.
2. Nicole Farris, Professor, East Texas A&M University, USA.
   Title: Strategies for Inclusive and Resilient Pedagogy.
3. Anat Zeira, Professor Emerita, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
   Title: A Gender Perspective of Educational Outcomes among Care Leavers Form Educational and Therapeutic Youth Villages.
4. Alejandra Rios Urzua, Director, Observatory for Inclusion, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.
   Carla Andrea Taramasco Toro, Director, Institute of Technology for Innovation in Health and Wellbeing, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.
   Diego Eduardo Robles Cruz, Research Professor, Institute of Technology for Innovation in Health and Wellbeing, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.
   David Alberto Araya Galveza, Research Professor, Institute of Technology for Innovation in Health and Wellbeing, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.
   Title: AI Supported Interview Training for Young People with Disabilities. The ELVIR Virtual Trainer.

1. Irina Ustinova, Professor, Southeast Missouri State University, USA.
   Title: English Influence on Contemporary Russian Youth Slang.
2. Marija Liudvika Drazdauskiene, Professor Emerita, WSB University, University Centre in Warsaw, Poland.
   Title: The Concept Sidelined in Language Policy and in Practice.
3. Hsiao-Yung Wang, Distinguished Professor, Providence University, Taiwan.
   Title: Reflecting upon the Formalized Rhetoric in Contemporary Anti-Trans Discourses from Mikhail Bakhtin’s Critique of Formalism.
4. Nizar Alseoudi, Associate Professor, Al Hussein Technical University, Jordan.
   Title: Developing Adult Oral Proficiency in Arabic Language According to ACTFL Standards. 

1. Patricia del Carmen Covarrubias-Papahiu, Professor and Researcher, FES Iztacala, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.
   Title: Research on Curriculum Actors in Mexico: Trends and Contributions to Education.
2. Pamela Schmidt, Professor, Dibble Professorship in Finance/Accounting, Washburn University, USA.
   Title: Educational Case: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Investigate Governmental Program Fraud during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
3. Thanos Patelis, Lead Psychometrician, University of Kansas, USA.
   Title: Comparison of Competency-Based Education in Higher Education between the US and Europe and Other Global Contexts.

1. Krasimir Kabakciev, Deputy Director, Arts, Humanities and Education Division, Athens Institute.
   Title: On the Specificity of Chinese Aspect against Some other Languages and the Theoretical Foundations of Its Study.
2. Shinian Wu, Professor, Grand Valley State University, USA.
   Title: Dissecting Aspectual Meaning Across Languages: Perfectivity and Telicity in Mandarin vs. English.
3. Cansu Gur, Assistant Professor, Atatürk University, Türkiye.
   Title: Mapping Research on Late Sign Language Acquisition: A Bibliometric Analysis.

1. Irina Ustinova, Professor, Southeast Missouri State University, USA.
   Title: AI For Good and Bad in Teaching and Research.
2. Marija Liudvika Drazdauskiene, Professor Emerita, WSB University, University Centre in Warsaw, Poland.
   Title: A Few Questions when Thinking about Academic Values Today.
3. Artur Myna, Professor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.
   Title: Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Threats, and Opportunities for the Future of the Modern University.
4. Thanos Patelis, Lead Psychometrician, University of Kansas, USA.
   Title: Is The Mission of Institutions of Higher Education Affecting the Closure of Colleges and Universities in the US? 

Interventions: 

1. Krasimir Kabakciev, Deputy Director, Arts, Humanities and Education Division, Athens Institute.
2. Ziona Strelitz, Director, ZZA Responsive User Environments, UK.
3. Ioannis Karadimitropoulos, Independent Researcher, Germany.
4. Simona Elena Tomozii, Associate Professor, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China.
5. Jane Anastassopoulou, Retired Professor, National, Technical University of Athens, Greece.
6. Malama Tsimenis, Associate Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada.

This is not a guided tour, and participation in this visit is not included in any conference registration fee. It requires pre-booking. It includes visits to Aristotle’s Lyceum, the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro), the National Garden, the statues of Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides, and Syntagma Square, where the tour concludes in front of the Hellenic Parliament. Click here for more details.

1. Rosalba Pinto, Adjunct Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), Mexico.
   Title: Is Architecture a Hybrid Discipline?
2. Ziona Strelitz, Director, ZZA Responsive User Environments, UK.
   Title: Student Experience of a Transforming University Campus: Time-Series User Research at London School of Economics, 2011-2023.
3. Mariasole Dassie, Independent Researcher, Italy.
   Lidia Spaventa, Independent Researcher, Italy.
   Title: Design for Social Protagonism. A Reflection from Quarticciolo, Rome.
4. Abdallah Daoud, PhD Student, University of Seville, Spain.
   Title: The Agent Intellect in Crisis: Architectural Education between Philosophical Tradition and Computational Displacement.

1. Elisa Seerig, Professor, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS), Brazil.
   Catia de Azevedo Fronza, Professor, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos), Brazil.
   Title: Literature in the EFL Classroom: Fostering Literary and Critical Literacy in Brazilian and Italian Public Schools.
2. Inigo Yanguas, Professor & Director of Spanish, University of San Diego, USA.
   Title: Culture-Related and Language-Related Episodes in Teletandem: Task-Based vs. Non-Task-Based Conversations.
3. Vasiliki Spiliotopoulos, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada.
   Jérémie Séror, Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada.
   Title: Innovations in Language, Literacy, and Technology in Canadian Bilingual Higher Education: A Case-Study of Transformative Language Learning in a Diverse and Changing World.
4. Jinhua Cheng, Teacher, Language Centre, University of Helsinki, Finland.
   Title: How Teaching Assistants Support Student Learning in Online and Hybrid Chinese Language Courses.

1. Joanne McDowell, Associate Professor, University of Hertfordshire, UK.
   Donald Reid, Lecturer, University of Tasmania, Australia.
   Vaughan Cruickshank, Lecturer, University of Tasmania, Australia.
   Title: Contradictions and Counter-Narratives: A Critical Discourse Analysis Exploring Representations of Male Primary School Teachers in UK and Australian Newspapers.
2. Charoula Gkioka, Senior Academic Advisor, The American College of Greece, Greece.
   Title: Beyond the Appointment: How Advising Shapes Student Success.
3. Patrice Elder, Tennessee State University, USA.
   Title: Behind the Ivory Curtain: Uncovering Toxicity in Academic Institutions.
4. Malama Tsimenis, Associate Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada.
   Title: Global Stories, Local Encounters: Reflective Inquiry at the Intersection of Language and Community.

1. Rosalba Pinto, Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico.
   Title: Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Learning to Cross the Looking-Glass Reflections Inspired by Alice’s Journey.
2. Nicole Farris, Professor, East Texas A&M University, USA.
   Title: Student Ready or Readying the Student? Unpacking Policy and Rhetoric Surrounding Higher Education.
3. Jackie Di Vito, Full Professor, HEC Montréal, Canada.
   Title: Universities at a Turning Point: The Future of Higher Education in an Intelligent Era.
4. Clara Germana Gonçalves, Invited Assistant Professor and Integrated Researcher at CIAUD – Research Center for Architecture, Urbanism, and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
   Title: The Universal, the Singular, and the Serendipitous: Searching for the Self and Longing for the Unexpected.

Interventions:

1. Rogerio Paulo Vieira de Almeida, Professor, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.
2. James Irwin, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA.
3. Raluca Stan, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA.
4. Shinian Wu, Professor, Grand Valley State University, USA.
5. Irina Ustinova, Professor, Southeast Missouri State University, USA.