Voices from Far Away Lands

Dr Mary Gene Saudelli is Associate Dean of Professional Studies at the University of the Fraser Valley, Canada, and specializes in learning and teaching in higher education and international education. Her research focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning with a particular interest in 21st century curriculum design, learning and teaching, and international higher education. She has taught in Canada, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, China, and Turkey, and in 2015 she published her book The Balancing Act: International Higher Education in the 21st Century.

Professor Jim Kusch is Professor of Educational Sciences at Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, where he also works with a committee charged with organizing a quality assurance initiative to articulate the University’s curriculum and evaluation systems. He has previously worked as Visiting Professor at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, USA.

Sharon Carroll has a Master’s of Nursing from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, and over 28 years of experience in various roles within the nursing profession. During her years as a nursing faculty member in the Middle East, she focused on research and learning strategies that promoted diversity, professionalism in nursing, and resilience within the realms of international and multicultural learning contexts for nursing students. Following this, she returned to the management field of healthcare by assuming another role as site manager for a rural and remote hospital within a health authority in British Columbia, Canada. She is also actively involved in research and educational opportunities that impact healthcare equality including human rights, diversity, cultural sensitivity, and resilience.