BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
LYDIA E CAROL-ANN BURKE (lburke@ucalgary.ca>) is a Postdoctoral
Fellow in Science Education and Public Engagement at the Werklund
School of Education, University of Calgary. She gained her Ph.D. in
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education, University of Toronto. Prior to entering the academic
arena she was a science teacher for 15 years in a range of school
contexts. Her research explores the interstices of scientific
understanding and other culturally-valued ways of coming to know,
drawing attention to the ethical dimension of prioritisations in the field
of science education.
DAVID CUSCHIERI (davidcuschieri79@yahoo.com) is a 36-year-old
Psychology graduate who also studied Philosophy for many years. He
has lived for some time in Spain and in El Salvador. He has been active
in a number of organisations. He is currently the secretary of the NGO
known as Alliance Against Poverty (Alleanza Kontra l-Faqar).
LILIA D. MONZÓ (monzo@chapman.edu) is Assistant Professor of
Education in the College of Educational Studies at Chapman
University. Her research and scholarship are based upon a Marxist
humanism and revolutionary critical pedagogy. Dr. Monzó engages
issues related to women’s exploitation, racism, poverty and other
inequities and examines the possibilities for dismantling capitalist
relations and developing a socialist imaginary. Her recent work appears
in such journals as Policy Futures in Education, Journal of Critical
Education Policy Studies, Anthropology and Education Quarterly,
Postcolonial Directions in Education, and Journal of Qualitative
Studies in Education.
SARAN STEWART (saran.stewart@uwimona.edu.jm)is a Lecturer in
Comparative Higher Education and a Research Specialist in the
Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West
Indies, Mona Campus. Dr. Stewart earned her Ph.D. in Higher
Education at the University of Denver (USA) and has studied at the
University of Miami (USA), Barry University (USA) and Charles
University in the Czech Republic. The focus of her research is on
access and equity in education and teaching and learning in developing
country contexts, utilising postcolonial theories. Her recent research
comparatively examines the scope and prevalence of private tutoring
and its effects on access to Higher Education in several Caribbean
countries. Her work has been published in the Journal of Diversity in
Higher Education, Journal of Student Affairs, and the Applied
Anthropologist Journal. Dr. Stewart recently received the International
Scholars Award at the Research in Education Symposium in 2014 from
the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the InterAmerican Development Bank.
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