Faculty

She received her Ph.D from Princeton University in 2011, and her undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College in the US. She has published widely on gender economics, labor, social and economic development, entrepreneurship, political economy, economic history, comparative politics and democratization, and the politics and economics of development and transition. She has conducted policy work for the EBRD, World Bank, IMF, Council of Europe Development Bank, UNDP, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, AfDB, European Commission and UN ESCWA. Her work has covered Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Sophia F. Gao is an ethicist and interdisciplinary scholar working at the intersection of Chinese philosophy, feminist ethics, moral psychology, and AI ethics. Her forthcoming book, Nurturing Caring Relationships: Feminist Care Ethics Encountering Confucian Philosophy (Palgrave Macmillan), develops a Confucian–feminist model of care ethics. Her work has appeared in The Journal of Value Inquiry, Journal of Chinese Humanities, and Pace Law Review, and she serves as a referee for journals including Hypatia, Philosophia, The Journal of Value Inquiry, and Philosophy Compass.

Dr. Clemens Loidl received his Ph.D. in Political Theory from the Central European University. In his research, Clemens works on a variety of topics in contemporary analytic political philosophy, with a particular focus on exploring the philosophical foundations of egalitarian political thought, the nature and value of egalitarian relationships, and the moral evaluation of social hierarchies in liberal societies. He also holds degrees in Philosophy and International Development Studies and has a broader interest in applying political theory and bringing ethical analysis to the pressing issues of today's international and global political affairs.

Dr. Olusola (Shola) Ololade is an environmental scientist, sustainability scholar, and educator whose teaching and research focus on environmental sustainability, climate change, integrated water resources management, and the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus. She earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Management from the University of Johannesburg and an M.Sc. in Environmental Science from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

She received her Ph.D. from the International University of Japan in 2024. Her dissertation, "Fragile Democracy in Times of the Pandemic in Myanmar: Democracy, Political Attitudes, and Political Behaviors," examines the impact of two critical events—the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 military coup—on political behaviors and attitudes in Myanmar. Specifically, it aims to understand how the attitudes and behaviors of Myanmar people toward politics, government, and society have been impacted as a result of the pandemic and political instability.

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. Nwe Nwe Htay Win earned her Ph.D. in Information Technology from Harbin Institute of Technology, China. She has over a decade of experience in research and teaching in both China and Myanmar, in addition to industry expertise as a machine learning engineer with leading AI companies.

Trained in mathematics education and quantitative research methods, Dr. Yetkiner-Özel holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction with a focus on mathematics education from Texas A&M University. She brings extensive experience in teaching, research, and curriculum development to her role at Parami, where she has taught a broad range of courses in mathematics, data analysis, and research methodology.

Dr. Si Thu Aung holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Mahidol University in Thailand. He recently worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA. At the University at Buffalo, his research focused on neuroimaging and brain health.

Dr. Khin Sandar Kyaw is a dedicated educator and scholar with a passion for interdisciplinary learning and student-centered teaching. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, in 2020, with research expertise in data mining, cryptography, optimization modeling, and business intelligence modeling.