Keynote Speakers
Eric J. Paulson
General Session 9:00-9:40 AM, Monday
Eric J. Paulson earned his PhD from the University of Arizona and his MS from Florida State University, and is the Associate Dean of The Graduate College and Professor in the College of Education at Texas State University. Dr. Paulson’s research interests center on college literacies in developmental education domains, utilizing approaches like eye movement research, miscue analysis, survey, and metaphor analysis applied within a social-constructivist framework. He has published three books and numerous articles in journals that include Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of Developmental Education, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Research in the Teaching of English, Journal of College Reading & Learning, Teaching English in the Two Year College, the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, and others. Dr. Paulson has taught in a variety of institutions in the United States and abroad, including community literacy organizations, language institutes, community colleges, and research universities. As Associate Dean of The Graduate College at Texas State University he works to support graduate students’ academic and professional development across campus and as a faculty member in the Doctoral Program in Developmental Education, his focus is the preparation of doctoral students as research scholars in the field of developmental education. Follow Dr. Paulson on twitter @EricJPaulson and visit his academia.edu page at https://txstate.academia.edu/EricPaulson.
Salah Khalil
General Session 9:00-9:40 AM, Tuesday
Salah Khalil is founding director of Macat International Limited, a young company that is developing the world’s largest interactive digital library and learning platform in the social sciences and humanities. Salah is also founder of the Alexandria Trust, a UK-based charity dedicated to restoring world-class standards of education in the Arab region. Macat and the Alexandria Trust, which operate independently of each other, share a commitment to catalytic philanthropy. An Arab Egyptian born in Cairo, Salah attended the University of South Carolina for his undergraduate studies. He returned to Cairo after graduation and launched a successful career in business. He also became an active participant in Egypt’s political life. In 2006, he took a position as strategy consultant at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, an independent political foundation in London. In 2007 he obtained a master’s degree in political sociology from the London School of Economics. Salah is a UK resident and lives in London.