Conference Speakers
Meet the Past Speakers
World Conference on Gender and Women's Studies
Dr. Christina Hicks-Goldston
Austin Peay State University, United States
Speech Title: Confronting While Lifting: the Challenges of Women's Empowerment in the Face of Global Unraveling
Dr. Christina Hicks-Goldston is a Professor of Communication and Graduate Program Coordinator at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee. Her research areas include women’s and gender Studies, diversity, interpersonal communication, and media history. Currently, she is working on an educational initiative combating disinformation and misinformation by utilizing multi-media methods that teach students how to critically evaluate media messages, identify pseudo experts, fact-check information, and identify propaganda techniques.
Dr. MEHDAOUI Djamila
Djamila is an associate professor and a researcher at Saida University. She supervises Master/magister theses at Saida University, Algeria. She regularly participates in inter/national conferences and study days in Algerian and European universities. She obtained her PhD degrees from the university of Sidi bel Abbes, Algeria. She has published many book’s chapters and articles in English. Among these: Women’s Politics of Resistance in Making the Invisible Visible. Her research interests include comparative literature, Gender studies, Postcolonial women’s literature.
Rachel Tomlinson
Rachel is a Psychologist who has worked in domestic violence, women’s refuges, play therapy, parenting programs, and torture and trauma counselling. Rachel is the author of two books “Teaching Kids to be Kind” (Skyhorse) and “A Blue Kind of Day” (Penguin/Kokila). She is a sought-after expert in the media, and has featured on television, podcasts, radio and print. She has guest lectured, and presented at national and international conferences.
Seonhwa Lee
Seonhwa Lee, a cellist and Ph.D. candidate in Musicology at the University of Music Freiburg, focuses on gender issues, 19th-century music history, and artistic research. She completed with top marks a Bachelor's degree and an Artistic Diploma in Mannheim, and earned Master's degrees in music performance and music education from Dresden and Basel. Lee has won numerous international competitions and has performed at prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall.
Dr. Rachel Elms
Dr. Christina Hicks-Goldston
Maisha Bint Salam
Dr. Tayechalem Moges
Dr. Michele Ryan
Alexandra Kafka
Mariana Machado Berno
Dr Natasha Katuta Mwila
Rafia Arshad
José Baptista
Eleni Gelasi
Niyati Ravi
Karissa Maust
Dr. Ndamulelo Mabidi
Felitciana Zsha’ Mirzze
Dhaani Singhal
Titis Anindyajati
Mrs. Nadia Elize Van Der Walt
Mitila Suwana-adth
Dr. Heydar A. Aslanov
Rippy Das
Dr. Chafiaa Djouadi
Dr. Cecilia Herles
Dr. Angela Kahil
