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Faculty

The Parami faculty members are of great resilience, flexibility, and goodwill in order to make a significant contribution. The Parami faculty members show diverse academic interests with a bent toward interdisciplinary learning and cross-divisional collaboration.

Dr. Phil Enns

Dr. Phil Enns

Dean of Academic Affairs

Dr. Phil Enns received his Ph.D. in Philosophical Theology in 2006. His specialty is in Epistemology, Religion and Democracy, and Philosophy of Language. Before joining Parami University, he taught in Nigeria, Indonesia, and most recently in Kazakhstan.

Dr. Romina de Jong

Dr. Romina de Jong

Chair of the Division of General Education

Dr. Romina de Jong holds a B.A. in Social Work, a M.A. in Philosophy of Education, and a Ph.D. in Educational Studies (Leiden University, NL). As a Ph.D. researcher she was an exchange scholar at the Stanford University School of Education in 2009. From 2012-2022 she worked in SE Asia in the field of education with a focus on curriculum design and M&E of education programs. She currently pursues a M.Sc. in Climate psychology and behavior at the University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam (NL).

Dr. Win Maw

Dr. Win Maw

Chair of the Division of Mathematics and Science

Dr. Win Maw Hlaing Oo obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Washington State University and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Utah and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Dr. David Golding

Dr. David Golding

Chair of the Division of Social Science and Humanities

Dr. David Golding obtained his Ph.D. in Education and Social Justice from Lancaster University. He is also an honorary postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. David’s research looks at coloniality, development, international education, governmentality, and neoliberalism.

Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun

Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun

Faculty of Mathematics and Science

Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun completed his undergraduate education at Bard College at Simon’s Rock (USA) and Oxford University (UK), and received his Ph.D. in Chemistry at Yale University (USA). The transformative liberal arts and sciences education that he received abroad challenged him to find deeper meaning behind his actions. This notion has informed much of his ensuing work.

Lori Enns

Lori Enns

Faculty of General Education

Lori has an M.A. in Applied Linguistics and has taught writing and other communication skills to university students in Canada, China, Nigeria, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan. She has taught across a range of disciplinary foci, from scientific writing for graduate students in Engineering, to the architecture of argument for undergraduate students, and English conversation for blind students. Within the last decade, Lori’s niche has become WID - Writing in the Disciplines.

Mia Sasaki

Mia Sasaki

Faculty of General Education

Mia Sasaki currently works as the Program Lead Instructor at AEM-Parami and as a Writing Composition instructor at Parami University. After studying International Education Development at University of Pennsylvania, Mia's had the honor of working with students from across Asia, teaching in Myanmar, Thailand, and Bangladesh.

Dr. James Batcho

Dr. James Batcho

Faculty of General Education

Dr. James Batcho studied continental philosophy at EGS (Ph.D.) and media and cultural studies at SFSU (M.A.). His scholarship traces a genealogy of hearing and listening with an aim toward exploring their contemporary creative and political possibilities. He has taught at universities in the USA, South Korea, China and Taiwan.

Zahnur Rofiah

Zahnur Rofiah

Faculty of General Education

Zahnur Rofiah (Zee) earned her master’s in Education and International Development from the Institute of Education, University College London. She has more than 15 years of experience in education in Asia and Africa with schools and organizations such as Madania school, Thabyay Foundation, and the British Council.

Dr. Mohammed Meghrib

Dr. Mohammed Meghrib

Faculty of Mathematics and Science

Mohamed Megheib holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Statistics from George Washington University (GWU), USA. He has taught various statistics courses at George Washington University and Georgetown University. During his teaching and consultant roles at GWU, he received five merit awards. Dr. Megheib worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation (IMCI), where he participated in four projects: COVID-19, small area estimation, genomic analysis, and geno-to-pheno. He also served as a senior stat scientist at the FDA, where he provided statistical guidance in the decision process for marketing approval of therapeutic drugs for hematology indications.

Dr. Muhammad Ayaz

Dr. Muhammad Ayaz

Faculty of Mathematics and Science

Dr. Muhammad Ayaz obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Monash University, Australia. He also holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science with distinctions. He has more than twenty three years of work experience in academia. In his professional career, he worked in various universities in Asia, Golf, and Europe.

Dr. Will Buckingham

Dr. Will Buckingham

Faculty of Social Science and Humanities

Dr. Will Buckingham has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Staffordshire University, and an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Durham. He has previously been associate professor in writing and creativity at De Montfort University and visiting associate professor in the college of literature and journalism at Sichuan University. He is a writer, and his most recent book, Hello, Stranger: Stories of Connection in a Divided World is published by Granta Books.

Dr. Hannah Stevens

Dr. Hannah Stevens

Faculty of General Education

Dr Hannah Stevens is a writer, storyteller, and author of two short story collections. On the Bodies of Strangers is forthcoming in 2024. Her first book, In Their Absence, was published in 2021 and was recently translated into Bulgarian. Her non-fiction writing has been published in the UK, Canada, and Australia. She has led projects for the BBC, the British Embassy, and Greenpeace and has worked with groups including survivors of domestic abuse, refugees, activists, ex-political prisoners, and LGBTQ+ collectives.

Dr. Khondker Aktaruzzaman

Dr. Khondker Aktaruzzaman

Faculty of Mathematics and Science

Dr. Khondker Aktaruzzaman holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Helsinki. His research interests include Entrepreneurial Economics, Behavioral Economics, Poverty Reduction, Gender Equality, and Sustainable Development. With extensive teaching experience in Econometrics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Development Economics, Dr. Aktaruzzaman has made significant contributions to the field.

Dr. Casey Doyle

Dr. Casey Doyle

Faculty of Social Science and Humanities

Dr. Casey Doyle has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.A. from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, USA. He has previously taught in the USA, UK, and Czech Republic. His areas of specialization are epistemology and philosophy of mind, with a focus on self-knowledge. He also works on the ethics of technology and certain areas of history of philosophy. His research has been supported by a Junior Research Fellowship at Oxford University and a Mobility Fellowship from the European Union.

Dr. Dan Wessner

Dr. Dan Wessner

Faculty of Social Science and Humanities

Dr. Dan Wessner values interdisciplinary and intercultural learning. He has taught a range of Political, International Relations, History, Law, and Community Development courses in the United States, China, and Viet Nam. He has earned degrees in International Studies (University of Denver, Ph.D.), Law (University of Virginia, J.D.), Theology (Princeton Seminary, M.Div.), and History and Humanities (Stanford University, B.A.).

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