Committed to ensuring cultural, geographic, and intellectual diversity on our Editorial Board, the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education has established an Advisory Board comprising distinguished colleagues from international universities and research institutions. Members of the EAB bring invaluable experience and unique perspectives to the work of JLDHE and we are grateful for their time, effort, and contributions to the quality of our publications.
Members of the EAB:
- Contribute a diverse range of interests, backgrounds, and expertise to the JLDHE Editorial Board and help create a vibrant international community of Learning Development researchers and practitioners.
- Advise on the content published by the Journal, including advising on complex editorial decisions and writing occasional guest editorials or viewpoint articles.
- Influence the Journal’s strategic direction and advise on its publishing processes.
- Provide insights into the global innovations in teaching and learning and to spotlight areas of exciting research.
- Identify current trends in publishing and suggest relevant special issues.
- Attract new contributors, reviewers, and readers.
- Act as an ambassador for the Journal and promote its mission to colleagues and networks in discussions, at conferences, and via social media.
Please contact us if you are interested in joining JLDHE’s Editorial Advisory Board.
Izabela Gawłowicz, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
Dr Izabela Gawłowicz is Associate Professor in the Department of Constitutional, EU Law and Public International Law, at the Institute of Legal Studies, University of Zielona Góra, Poland. Her main research interests include international courts’ judicial decisions and their reasoning, rhetoric and argumentation in international jurisprudence, as well as human rights protection and space law legislation for the benefit of future generations. As the president of one of the university trade unions, she implements and promotes new ways of thinking for unions as an integral part of organisational university culture and an important partner in negotiations and mediations between the employer and the employees. She is also one of the founding members of MEDEA – the International Association for Supporting Science, Art and New Technologies. She is passionate about Learning Development and currently in the process of implementing an LD provision in Poland.
Lauren Cross, Mount Royal University, Canada
Lauren Cross is a full-time Writing and Learning Strategist and part-time lecturer in academic writing and visual rhetoric at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. Her background is in English literature and professional editing. Lauren takes a special interest in supporting students to develop their potential as critical thinkers and ethical communicators. She sits on the steering committee for the Alberta Council on Academic Integrity, a provincial network focused on fostering academic integrity in higher education. She has been an enthusiastic participant in JLDHE reading club meetings and other ALDHE events since 2021.
Michelle Joubert, University of the Free State, South Africa
Dr Michelle Joubert is the head of Academic Language and Literacy Development at the University of the Free State, South Africa. She is an academic literacy manager-practitioner, and her research interests include academic literacy practitioner professional identity and the positioning of academic literacy work in higher education, curriculum design, academic staff development, and multilingualism in the academic literacy classroom. She is also one of the founding members of the South African Association of Academic Literacy Practitioners.
Natalia Veles, James Cook University, Australia
Dr Natalia Veles is a higher education researcher, educator and leader of Career Development and other professional academic programmes at James Cook University (JCU), Australia, with research and doctoral student supervision affiliation at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Her academic background is in applied linguistics, organisational and cultural sociology, cultural psychology, and career development. She has a particular curiosity about how the institution of work provides for sustainable careers of integrated professionals, university staff careers and career trajectories, and the construction of organisational boundaries and discursive spaces.She deeply appreciates Learning Development as a unique field of research and practice and supports learning developers in their careers and third space work. Natalia’s current research is on university third space professionals’ identities and sustainable careers. Natalia is a registered career development practitioner in Australia, she is also a Course Coordinator and lecturer of the Graduate Certificate of Career Development course at JCU.