WCTE 2025 – Meet the Conveners


Fourth World Conference on Transformative Education (WCTE)

Cape Town, South Africa

REVISED DATES: July 2-4, 2025
Tourism Excursions available on July 5-6

 

Meet the Conveners

 

CONVENERS

The following people serve as Conveners for the 4th WCTE.

Michael T. Ndemanu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA
mtndemanu@bsu.edu

 

Venicia McGhie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education and Literacy
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, S.A
vfmcghie@uwc.ac.za

 

 

Serafin M. Coronel-Molina, Ph.D.
Indiana University Bicentennial Professor
Professor of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
scoronel@indiana.edu

 

Desiree Hamman-Fisher, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Department of Industrial Psychology
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
dahamman-fisher@uwc.ac.za

 

Tom J. McConnell, Ph.D
Professor of Science Education,
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA
tjmcconnell@bsu.edu

 

Abdulrazak Karriem, Ph.D.
Associate Professor/Director of the
Institute for Social Development
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
akarriem@uwc.ac.za

 

Justo Méndez Arámburu, Dr.H.C.
Co-Founder of Nuestra Escuela Puerto Rico
Founder of VAMOS Puerto Rico
justo@nuestraescuela.org

 

 

Mulugeta Dinbabo, Ph.D.
Professor of Development Studies and Migration
Institute for Social Development
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
mdinbabo@uwc.ac.za

 

Winnie Mucherah, Ph.D.
Professor of Educational Psychology
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA
wmucherah@bsu.edu

 

 

Judah Ndiku, Ph.D.
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
in Kakamega, Kenya
jndiku@mmust.ac.ke

 

Endeley Margaret Nalova, Ph.D.
Professor of Curriculum Studies and Teaching
Dean of Faculty of Education
University of Buea, Cameroon
endeleynalova@yahoo.com

Ernest Kofi Davis, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics Education
Provost, College of Education Studies
University of Cape Coast, Ghana
ekdavis@ucc.edu.gh

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