Dr. Romina de Jong received her Ph.D. in Educational Studies in 2013, also has a M.A. in Philosophy of Education and a B.A. in Social Work. Her expertise in Design thinking stems from her experience as the Engineering Education program manager at Engineers without borders Australia in Cambodia.

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 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 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.

Thazin Nyein Kyaw is currently a Program Director for AEM-Parami (English Language Initiative), which is one of many programs from Parami University. She has earned a Master of Arts in International Education and Development from SIT Graduate Institute, USA, Bachelors of Arts in English Literature and Bachelor of Sciences in Information & Communication Technology from National Management College, Yangon.

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. Myo Thida received her Ph.D. in Computer Vision from Kingston University, UK in 2013. She is a social entrepreneur with a strong belief in Education for reforming the country. She graduated from NTU with B.Eng. degree in 2005 and won another Scholarship from NTU to pursue her Master of Engineering and received her M.Eng. degree in 2008. She has continued her Ph.D. Programme at Kingston University while she was working as a research Engineer at a renowned Institute, named Institute of Infocomm Research, I2R (Singapore).

Dr. Emily Jane O’Dell received her Ph.D. from Brown University and an additional M.A. in Central Asian Studies from Columbia University. In America, she has taught at Brown University, Columbia University, and Harvard University, where she received an award for teaching excellence.

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. Dale Mineshima-Lowe received her Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Durham in the UK. She also holds a M.A. in European Political & Economic Integration, a Diploma in Legal Studies, a B.Sc. in Psychology with Political Science (USA), and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Adult/Further 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. Doan Nhat Minh is a mechanical engineer with a strong passion for renewable energy and fluid mechanics. His Ph.D. dissertation at Keio University (Japan) scrutinized a system of counter-rotating cross-flow hydrokinetic turbines for enhanced energy output. While in Japan, Dr. Doan spent 3 years at the Wind Energy Institute of Tokyo working on multiple Japanese floating offshore wind projects.

As a pianist/composer-improviser, Kit Young brings her interest in Asian music genres to her performance and creative collaborations with musicians in Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China. Her focus on learning traditional music in Myanmar as uniquely played on sandaya (piano) led to her co-founding Gitameit Music Institute in Yangon and Mandalay in 2003.

Zaw Lin Myat received his Master of Architecture and Master of Science in Historic Preservation from Columbia University in the City of New York. He also has a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with a minor in sustainable design from the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, he works as the lead UX designer for Parami University website and serves as a visiting faculty teaching courses on design and sustainability.

Noor Sethi is a Ph.D. candidate at UC Berkeley in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Her primary fields of interest are development, public finance, and political economics. Her research is motivated primarily by policy.

Soe Yu Naing is a public health professional with more than ten years of experience in public health, project management, and scientific research. He received an international M.Sc. in Infectious Diseases and One Health (IDOH) from the Université de Tours (France), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), and the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom). He is a product of liberal arts education and has a bachelor's degree in Neuroscience from Earlham College in the United States.

Max van Wijk is a healthcare consultant at IQVIA, the Netherlands, where he is part of the department of Real World Evidence (RWE), Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), and Market Access & Pricing. He holds an M.Sc. in Infectious Diseases and One Health from the Université de Tours (France), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), and the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom).

Dr. Kyle Anderson is the Vice President of Strategic Programming at API and one of Parami's Board members. He previously served as the Chair of Asian Studies and the Director of the Center for Global Citizenship at Centre College, and was the Sr. Director for Global Engagement over Global Partnerships and Initiatives at Clemson University.

Dr. Courtney Wittekind is a sociocultural and media anthropologist researching political transition, spatial politics, and futurity in Southeast Asia. She's currently a Postdoctoral Associate in Yale's Program in Agrarian Studies. Prior to arriving at Yale, she completed her Ph.D. in Social Anthropology at Harvard in 2022, and received an M.Phil in Social & Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 2016, and holds an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Anna Ezekiel is a feminist historian of philosophy specializing in German philosophy. She received her Ph.D. in philosophy from McGill University in Canada in 2013. Anna also holds Masters degrees in Philosophy (Canada) and International Law (UK), a B.A. in Religious Studies, Social Philosophy and Applied Ethics (UK), and spent two years studying fine arts.