Christine Hale
Christine A Hale has a Ph.D. (Sydney University) in trans-cultural education in the glocalized space with particular emphasis on educational outcomes of the whole self, specifically in the developing world. With a background in anthropology and education, her main focus is on flexible educational models incorporating local cultural knowledge embedded within national Westernized curricula. Connection, […]
Janine Larsen
Janine joined UWCSEA in 2014 and currently serves as Head of Primary Music at East Campus. She earned her Bachelor of Music from Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, and a Master of Music from Boston University. She was a violinist at the conservatory, but cultural diversity in education has always been her driving force, which […]
Tehreem Asghar
Tehreem’s diverse experiences as a “third-culture kid” from Pakistan, South Africa, and Saudi Arabia have allowed her to deeply reflect on the challenges and successes in education. Pursuing an undergraduate career at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar further enriched her understanding by providing her with courses, projects, clubs and research pertaining to […]
Aldo de Pape
Aldo de Pape is the founder of TeachPitch. Passionate about helping people create the job that’s right for them, he founded the award-winning education company TeachPitch, which supports a community of over 70,000 (educational) professionals who are seeking more in their career. To encourage and inspire these people he also started the ‘Messy & Masterful’ […]
Deena Newaz
Deena manages the Emerging Leaders and Learners’ Voice programs at the World Innovation Summit for Education. She also supported the curation of WISE@ events in New York and Paris. Prior to working at WISE she was a participant on the WISE Learners’ Voice program. She has previously worked at the Ministry of Education in Qatar, […]
Tamara Steen
Tamara Steen (29) is an optimistic, creative spirit who likes to connect individuals and groups. Trained as a cultural anthropologist, she approaches social issues from different perspectives and maps them out in a nuanced way. She did so in Guatemala when she researched livelihood strategies of resettled refugees and in her hometown Utrecht where she […]
Pukhraj Ranjan
Pukhraj Ranjan is an Indian education & innovation advocate based out of Helsinki, Finland. She is the Head of Community & Media at HundrED, a not-for-profit working to seek and share inspiring innovations in global education. With 9 years of experience in the education and development sector, Pukhraj essentially believes in holistic education, lifelong learning […]
Vesta Gheibi
Vesta curates original thought leadership for the WISE online platforms and press. This has also included live coverage during the global education forums organized by WISE in Doha, New York, Accra, and Paris. In addition to her strategic role, Vesta produces the WISE Words podcast and is co-authoring a science fiction book about the future […]
Emma Butler
Emma graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design and Central Saint Martins with a BFA, and she is currently researching further studies in education at the University of Bath. Emma is very much part of the international mindset with extensive experience living in Japan, Mexico, Turkey, Zimbabwe, the UK and now the Persian Gulf. […]
Barbara Kurshan
Dr. Barbara Kurshan provides executive-level leadership for a series of entrepreneurially-focused programs and efforts, and helps develop new degree and non-degree programs at the Penn Graduate School of Education. Dr. Kurshan’s career as both an academic and an award-winning entrepreneur is centered on her vision of “what can be,” using technology while supporting the growth […]