Our People...

The REACH Global Initiative brings together researchers, practitioners, community partners, students, and people with lived experience across countries, disciplines, and sectors. The Consortium is intentionally transnational and collaborative, recognizing that relevant knowledge and expertise are distributed across universities, communities, professional practice, and lived experience. The individuals below contribute to REACH through research, partnership development, community engagement, knowledge mobilization, mentorship, advisory participation, and project-specific collaboration.

International Research Partners

Canada

• Dr. Robert Williamson
  Associate Professor
  Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education, Canada
  
• Nia Pazoki, M.A.
  PhD Candidate, Educational Psychology
  Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education, Canada
  
• Dr. Susan Barber
  Senior Lecturer / Adjunct Professor
  Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education, Canada
• Dr. Inna Stepaniuk
  Assistant Professor
  Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education, Canada
• Dr. Ching-Chiu Lin
  Assistant Professor
  Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education, Canada
• Dr. Samson Nashon
  Professor of Science Education
  The University of British Columbia, Canada
• Dr. Aigerim Shilibekova
  Professor, University Canada West, Canada
  Former Vice Rector, Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University, Qazaqstan    
• Olabanji (Banji) Onipede, M.A., University of British Columbia, Canada

• Jorge Cárdenas
  Head Librarian, Belzberg Library
  Simon Fraser University, Canada
• Olabanji Onipede, M.A. 
  University of British Columbia, Canada
  
• Spozhmay Oriya, M.A.
  Past Faculty Member, Kabul University, Afghanistan
  Ph.D Candidate, Simon Fraser University, Facutly of Education, Canada
• Olessya Akimenko, M.A.
  PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education
  Simon Fraser University, Canada
• Hadar Hamid, M.A.
  Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education, Canada
  
• Jia (Kelly) Zhuochao, M.Ed., M.A.
  Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education, Canada
  

Kazakhstan

• Dr. Aigul Sultangubiyeva
  Dean, Faculty of Polylingual Education
  Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University, Qazaqstan
• Dr. Zhanylsyn Sabirova
  Psychological Sciences
  Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University, Qazaqstan
• Dr. Lyaila Koishigulova
  Vice-Rector for Social Issues
  Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University, Qazaqstan
• Dr. Gulshat Shugaeva
  Head, Department of Psychology and Special Education
  Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University, Qazaqstan
• Dr. Akmaral Mukhanbetzhanova
  Dean, Faculty of Innovative Education
  Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University
• Dr. Dmitry Vladimirovich Lepeshev
  Director, Research Laboratory for Inclusive Education & Neurodiversity
  Ualikhanov University, Kokshetau

Türkiye

• Dr. Barış Çetin
  Associate Professor
  Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Jordan

• Dr. Reem Al-Kharouf
  Professor of Special Education
  Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
• Dr. Alhanouf Aldabaibeh
  Educational Psychology
  Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

Qatar

• Dr. Ali Alodat
  Associate Professor
  Qatar University, Qatar

Afghanistan / Canada

• Dr. Noorajan Atif
  Former Faculty Member, Paktia University, Afghanistan
  Adjunct Faculty, Simon Fraser University, Canada

United States

• Dr. Fred Bemak
  Professor Emeritus
  George Mason University, United States of America

Professional Practice, Community & Lived-Experience Partners

• Teresa Larrea Correa, B.A.
  Professional Artist
  British Columbia, Canada
  
• Rhonda Williamson, M.S., NBCC
  Clinical Counsellor
  Vancouver, Canada
  
• Yazdan Sharifi
  REACH Advisory Council
  Tehran, Iran
• Queckou Hervie
  REACH Advisory Council
  Vancouver, Canada

Research Assistants

• Joseph Williamson
  Undergraduate Student, Linguistics
  Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Canada
• Jillian Woudzia, B.A.
  Psychology
  Simon Fraser University, Canada
• Elizabeth Patrakova, B.A.
  Psychology
  Simon Fraser University, Canada