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. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Faculty of General Education
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. 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
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. Dale Mineshima-Lowe
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Dr. Dale Mineshima-Lowe has taught a range of politics, history, human and environmental geography courses previously. She holds degrees in Politics (Ph.D. from the University of Durham, UK), European Political & Economic Integration (Durham University, MA), Legal Studies (Durham University, Diploma), Psychology (Santa Clara University, USA, BSc with a Minor in Political Science), and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Adult/Further Education).
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.).
Dr. Aye Hninn Khine
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Dr. Aye Hninn Khine holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Faculty of Science at Prince of Songkla University and is a Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning. With 10 years of experience in Natural Language Processing, Dr. Aye has specialized in sentiment analysis, social media monitoring, and medical AI applications.