Editorial Team
Editors-in-Chief
Dr Jürgen Rudolph
Dr Jürgen Rudolph has spent three decades in higher education, earning 7,000+ citations (h-index 20). As Editor-in-Chief, he lifted the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching into Scopus Q1 (top 5 % in Education) and has produced 100+ publications on AI, crisis leadership, and pedagogy, amongst other topics. Formerly Director of Research & Learning Innovation of a private education institution in Singapore, he devised institution-wide strategies for teaching, research, and AI adoption, while sustaining 90–100 % student-satisfaction scores across multiple modules from Sustainability Management to Entrepreneurship. He has chaired 30+ international symposia, built global partnerships, and co-authored Routledge’s Teaching Well (2023). Jürgen holds a PhD (summa cum laude), MBA, MEd, and MA, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and brings proven entrepreneurial and senior-leadership expertise.
Professor Tania Aspland
Emeritus Professor Tania Aspland has been employed in higher education and the university sector since 1980. During the past twenty years she has focused her expertise around several areas of scholarship. These include: teacher education, postgraduate pedagogy, thesis supervision of international students, productive pedagogies in higher education, higher education curriculum studies, students of difference, curriculum leadership, professional development, and specialist studies in education.
Professor Tania Aspland is currently the Deputy Chairperson of the open-access Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, and Vice President (Academic) with Kaplan (ANZ). Previously she was Dean and Professor, Education Policy and Strategy (2018-2019), at Australian Catholic University following a term as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education and Arts at ACU (2013-2018) and prior to that, Professor and Dean of Education at the University of Adelaide(2009-2013). She has been a leader of learning and teaching and curriculum development and accreditation in higher education for many years and is currently engaged in a number of research projects in higher education and teacher education. Aspland has developed an international reputation for community capacity building in Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Hong Kong, The Philippines, and Vietnam. She has evidenced-based success with action learning as a project- based learning strategy in developing countries. Aspland has engaged with colleagues in off-shore contexts in the fields of higher education, curriculum development and evaluation, educational leadership, and thesis supervision. She has also instigated new models of work-integrated learning within schools and universities, to support the process of curriculum development and leadership. The building of a professional portfolio, the centrality of professional attributes, an investigative orientation to learning and a process of student self-auditing are key innovations that are central to her work in education.
Managing Editor
Dr Fiona Tang
Dr Fiona Xiaofei Tang, AFHERDSA, is Managing Editor of the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching and TESOL in Context (the official journal of the Australian Council of TESOL Associations), and the inaugural Academic Learning Specialist (Academic Level C) at Kaplan Business School, Australia. Holding a PhD in Linguistics and an honorary Visiting Research Fellowship at the Australian National University, she brings extensive cross-sector experience in higher education across Australia and China. An award-winning educator and researcher, Dr Tang has published widely on digital education, second language acquisition, flipped learning, textbook evaluation, and teacher professional development. Her editorial leadership is supported by a cross-disciplinary publication record across refereed journals, conference proceedings, edited volumes, and monographs. She is also author/editor of Learnability of Grammar (2017) and both editions of Introduction to Society and Culture of Britain and America (2018, 2021).
Digital Production Editor
Dr Sarah Low
As Digital Production Editor for the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching and Curriculum and Scholarship Design Specialist at Kaplan Business School, Australia, Dr Sarah Low, AFHEA, brings a decade of expertise spanning curriculum design, digital learning innovation, academic and industry practice. She holds a PhD in leadership development, where she contributed a research‑based definition of transversal leadership and has published on effective adult learning methods. Her career spans across higher education and health roles in Australia, Qatar, and Samoa. Sarah specialises in transformative learning and creating engaging, evidence‑informed learning experiences. She supports JALT’s publishing workflows by ensuring high‑quality digital production, accessibility, and editorial rigour.
Associate Editors
Dr Michael Agyemang Adarkwah, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Dr Stewart Alford, Kaplan Business School, Australia
Assistant Professor Sayan Dey, Bayan College (affiliated with Purdue University Northwest), Oman
Assistant Professor Matthias Glowatz, University College Dublin, Ireland
Assistant Professor James Kwan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Singapore
Dr Lydia Lymperis, National Institute of Teaching (NIoT), United Kingdom
Dr Kyriaki Koukouraki, King's College London, United Kingdom
Dr Tarin Ong, Murdoch University, Singapore
Dr Caleb Or, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore
Valentine Joseph Owan, University of Calabar, Nigeria
Associate Professor Mike Perkins, British University Vietnam, Vietnam
Faiza Qureshi, Murdoch University Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dr Felix Sanni, Fescosof Data Solutions, Nigeria
Pauline Seah, Amity Global Institute, Singapore
Dr Jennifer Skipp, Trier University & University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Vanessa Stafford, Kaplan Business School, Australia
Dr Effie Steriopoulos, William Angliss Institute, Australia
Shannon Tan, Amity Global Institute, Singapore
Dr Yeap Peik-Foong, University of Newcastle, Singapore
Editorial Board
Chairperson
Dr Joseph Crawford, University of Tasmania, Australia
Deputy Chairperson
Dr Mohamed Fadhil, Kaplan Higher Education Academy, Singapore
Editorial Board Members
Professor James Adonopoulos, Kaplan Business School & Kaplan Professional, Australia
Professor Khairudin Aljunied, University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
Associate Professor Martin Andrew, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
Professor Abhishek Bhati, Newcastle Australia Institute of Higher Education, Singapore
Dr Begüm Burak, MESA Global Academy, Turkey
Associate Professor Rob Burton, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Professor Kerryn Butler-Henderson, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Ailson De Moraes, Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom
Associate Professor Fotini Diamantidaki, UCL Institute of Education, United Kingdom
Lena Itangata, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Dr Margarita Kefalaki, Communication Institute of Greece (COMinG), Greece
Dr Sin-Manw (Sophia) Lam, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Professor Bashar Malkawi, University of Arizona, USA
Dr Jane Murray, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Dr Florence Mwagwabi, Murdoch University, Singapore
Professor Justin O'Brien, Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom
Dr Orna O'Brien, University College Dublin, Ireland
Professor Can-Seng Ooi, University of Tasmania, Australia
Professor Michelle Picard, Flinders University, Australia
Dr Stefan Popenici, Researcher in Higher Education, Australia
Associate Professor Bina Rai, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Associate Professor Hasan Saliu, AAB College, Kosovo
Dr Sam Choon-Yin, Kaplan Higher Education Academy, Singapore
Dr Stevphen Shukaitis, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Dr Eunice Tan, Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore
Associate Professor Renée Tan, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore
Dr Samson Tan, National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore
Professor Peter Waring, Murdoch University, Singapore