The GUA Judging Category Panels 2026
We are proud to introduce our distinguished judging panels, composed of leading academics and industry experts from around the world, all of whom generously volunteer their time and expertise.
Each panel member brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, ensuring that every submission is evaluated with the highest standards of excellence and fairness. We invite you to explore our panels and learn more about the volunteers who dedicate their time to recognising and rewarding the outstanding work of students globally.
Architecture & Design
- Assoc. Prof. Simon Twose, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr. Aedán Mackel – Ulster University
- Assist. Prof Amit Imtiaz – Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology
- Ms. Christa van Zyl – University of Johannesburg
- Dr. Clare Mulholland – Queen’s University Belfast
- Ms. Dishan Rahman – Indiana University
- Mr. Divyesh Kumar – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Prof. Greg Keeffe – Queens University Belfast
- Dr. Henry Navarro Delgado – Toronto Metropolitan University
- Prof. Isabella Trindade – Queens University of Charlotte
- Ms. Jahra Jarin Jemi – Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)
- Dr. Jasna Mariotti – Queen’s University Belfast
- Dr. Jyoti Jain Tholiya – Marathwada Mitramandal’s College of Architecture
- Dr. Kimberly Bediako – University of Johannesburg
- Mr. Laurence Lord – Queen’s University Belfast
- Dr. Lucia Santa Ana Lozada – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Prof. Mohammad Sazzad Hossain – Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)
- Ms. Mrinaalini Nagarajan – American University of Sharjah
- Dr. Panch Suntharalingam – Birmingham City University
- Mr. Pankaj Nath Joy – Design Collective
- Ms. Sadiyah Geyer – University of Johannesburg
- Mr. Sakib Nasir Khan – Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
- Ms. Soniha Nuzrat – Dietz & Company Architects, Inc.
Art History & Theory
- Prof. Emeritus Rhodi Windsor-Liscombe – University of British Columbia
- Prof. Andrea Bubenik – University of Queensland
- Dr. Brandi Goddard – University of Alberta
- Dr. Itunu Bodunrin – University of Johannesburg
- Dr. Niamh Ann Kelly – TU Dublin School of Art & Design, Technological University Dublin
- Ms. Razieh Alba – University of Calgary
- Dr. Wan Juliana Emeih -Wahed Universiti Teknologi MARA
- Dr. Xavier Dectot National Museum Clemenceau-de Lattre
Business & Economics
- Dr. Mark Crowder – Manchester Metropolitan University
- Prof. Abdel-Salam Gomaa – Qatar University
- Prof. Andrew McFaull – King’s College London
- Dr. Azlina Abdul Jalil – University of Malaya
- Mr. Cameron Schmidt – Osgoode Hall Law School
- Mr. Daniel A. Cueva – Independent Consultant
- Mr. Daniel Cezar – Lactalis – Procurement Management
- Mrs. Deborah Umeh – University of East Anglia
- Ms. Deeksha Awasthy – University College of Dublin, Michael Smurfit Business School
- Ms. Eileen Chen Yee Ling – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Eugene Or – Singapore University of Social Sciences
- Dr. Geshwaree Huzooree – Edinburgh Napier University
- Dr. Guangzhi Ye – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Jaroslav Groero – CERGE-EI
- Mr. Jordan Etsio – University of the Cumberlands
- Ms. Kathryn Donnelly – Director, Clickclick Video Marketing Ltd
- Dr. Lisa Bradley – Queen’s University Belfast
- Dr. Marilena Antoniadou – The American College of Greece
- Dr. Muhammad Zia Aslam – Superior University
- Prof. Mustafa Ozguven – Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- Mr. Narek Grigorian – Aston Business School, Aston University
- Dr. Pavlos Gkasis – International Business University
- Dr. Pratibha Ram – Kings Business School, Kings College London
- Mr. Qinghua Siluo – Michu Pet Supplies Pty Ltd
- Dr. Samuel Obeng – University of Warwick
- Dr. Suria Zainuddin – Universiti Malaya
- Mr. Surya Mandapaka – Amazon
- Dr. Thai-Ha Le – VinFuture Foundation
- Mr. Ulugbek Ismoilov – Hamburg University
- Dr. Vidya Badrinarayanan – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Yuping Yin – University College Cork
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Dr. Jason McNulty – University of St Andrews
- Ms. Daisy Delta Lelaka – University Of Johannesburg
- Dr. David Jones – University College Cork
- Dr. Heather Barry – Queen’s University Belfast
- Dr. Jesus Tejero – University of Pittsburgh
- Mr. Kayode Taiwo – University of Georgia
- Ms. Khanyisile Ngema – University of Johannesburg
- Dr. Le Chencheng – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Prof. Md. Iqbal Hossain – Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
- Prof. Nitish Govindarajan – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Oluwafunmilola Elizabeth Akinpelu – University of Johannesburg
- Dr. Peter McPherson – Ulster University
- Prof. Pradeep Kumar – University of the Witwatersrand
- Dr. Rohan Mahendra Shah – Swinburne University of Technology
- Mr. Sairam Ganesh – Axalta Coating Systems
- Ms. Sesethu Makaluza – University of Johannesburg
- Dr. Sindhu Shankar Konanur Shankar – University of North Texas
- Prof. Soumya Mukherjee – University of Limerick
- Ms. Tshireletso Madumo – University of Johannesburg
- Ms. Yamkela Nzuzo -University of Johannesburg
Classical Studies & Archeology
- Dr. Katja Winger – Heinrich Schliemann-Gedenkstätte
- Dr. Alastair Daly – Trinity College Dublin
- Ms. Hannah Dougherty – NAV Fund Services
- Mr. Joe Thompson – Freelance
- Dr. Mnemosyne Rice – Trinity College Dublin
Computer Science
- Prof. Wonsun Ahn – University of Pittsburgh
- Dr. Azizul Azizan – Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia
- Dr. Aidan Mooney – Maynooth University
- Mr. Aung Aung Phyo Wai – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Mr. Bibin Prathap – Abu Dhabi executive office
- Dr. Bryan Raj – Universiti Malaya
- Mr. Gopichand Talluri – University of Central Missouri
- Prof. Gyu Myoung Lee – Liverpool John Moores University
- Dr. Hansi Zheng – Everlaw, Inc.
- Dr. Henry Muchiri – Strathmore University
- Mr. Joel Koh – One X Group, Stanford AI Researcher
- Dr. Jorge Adolfo Ramirez Uresti – Tecnologico de Monterrey
- Mr. Kesari Sai Krishna Sabniveesu – ERPMenu Inc
- Mr. Kiran Kalyanaraman – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Ms. Lakshmi Vasuda Kota – Cloudflare
- Dr. Muhammad Iqbal – CCT College Dublin
- Ms. Radhika Kande P- remier Inc
- Mr. Raj Prahast Maheswarapu – State of Florida (Public Sector Technology Programs)
- Mr. Sai Sandeep Koneti – Microsoft
- Mr. Sayantan Ghosh – LinkedIn, Meta, pre-IPO Uber, eBay, Investment Banking
- Prof. Sean Du – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Sudhansu Bala Das – Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, University of Galway
- Mr. Vidyasagar Palla – EY
- Mr. Yong Jian Ng – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Zhiqi Shen – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Earth & Environmental Sciences
- Prof. Jill Pearse – California State University, Long Beach
- Dr. Akhtar Ali – Tulsa University
- Prof. Arpita Iddya – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Ms. Brenda Garcia Gonzalez – Université de Montréal
- Dr. Cas Cornet – University College Dublin
- Dr. Eleonora Cusinato – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Dr. Fiona Simpson – Imperial College London
- Dr. Huang Tao – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Hung Vuong Pham – Ca’Foscari University
- Mr. Michael Mbulelo Ndhlukula Jr Nkosi – University of Waterloo
- Prof. Thomas Blattmann – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Thuy Ha – University of Architecture, Ho Chi Minh City
- Prof. Wang Jingyu – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Zeehan Jaafar – National University of Singapore
Education
- Dr. Irda Nalls – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Ms. Amilyn Ong – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Andrew Joseph Pereira – National Institute of Education
- Prof. Anisa Vahed – Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- Ms. Audrey Toh – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Ms. Baskaran Ganga – National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Betsy Ng – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Emmanuel Tan – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Hock Huan H Goh CRPP, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Jacqueline M Lottin – Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi
- Dr. Kalaivani Sivan – St Vincent Pallotti College
- Dr. Kathryn McSweeney – Atlantic Technological University
- Dr. Lee Ai Noi – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Lorraine Chadwick – University College Cork
- Dr. Mary Masterson – University of Limerick
- Ms. Randa Bou Mehdi – American University of Sharjah
- Dr. Robin Ogdol – Higher Colleges of Technology
- Dr. Santosh Kumar Mishra Population Education Resource Centre, Department of Life Long Learning and Extension, S. N. D. T. Women’s University, Mumbai (Retired)
- Prof. Stuart Perrin – Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- Dr. Suzanne Windsor-Liscombe – Acadia University (Retired)
- Dr. Thi Phuong Lan Nguyen – The University of Newcastle, Australia
- Dr. Umayalambigai Ramakrishnan – National Institute of Education
- Mr. Wing Wu – Po Leung Kuk Centenary Li Shiu Chung Memorial College
- Dr. Yu Ting Iris – National Institute of Singapore – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Zheng-Wei Lee , Alex – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Engineering
- Prof. Jennifer Bruton – Dublin City University
- Prof. Abdel Magid Hamouda – Qatar University
- Dr. Ahmad Saifizul – Universiti Malaya
- Ms. Balvinder Dhillon – Imperial College London
- Dr. Chi Wei Ong – Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Conor Boland – Dublin City University
- Dr. Daniel Milej – Western University/Lawson Research Institute
- Mr. David Wong – Singapore Economic Development Board
- Dr. Fiona Malone – Atlantic Technological University
- Dr. Fu Yuguang – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Ge Tong – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Mr. Hamzah Kamaruddin – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Prof. Kazi Parvez Fattah – University of Kansas
- Prof. Keng Yuen Foo – Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Dr. Lim Zhi Jun – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Md Arif Abdulla Samy – University of Glasgow
- Dr. Medad Chiedozie C. Monu – Dublin City University
- Dr. Milan Kooplikkattil – Sadan Molyon Ltd/ Imperial College London
- Dr. Mithra K – IEEE Access, Elsevier, Independent Researcher
- Prof. Muhammad Ali Imran – University of Glasgow
- Dr. Orla Wilson – John Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering
- Mr. Rupesh Ghosh – Total Wine & More
- Dr. Saranya Panneerselvam – Ajax Metal Processing, USA
- Dr. Seongwoo Yoo – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Sophia Rwanga – University of Johannesburg
- Prof. Tay Yi Wei Daniel – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Tuan Zaharinie Binti Tuan Zahari – Universiti Malaya
- Dr. Vesna Jaksic – Munster Technological University
- Mr. Yusuf Shauq – Mars
Global Communication
- Prof. Marco Sonzogni, – Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr. Fardus Sultan – Technological University Dublin
- Mr. Mark Rottensteiner – University of Florida, The Agency, Rapt.AI
- Prof. Sarah Gibson – University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Dr. Sreya Mitra – American University of Sharjah
History
- Prof. Andreas Leutzsch – International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography
- Mr. Cian Rowan – Royal Holloway
- Mr. John Brendan Bagnall – Maynooth University/UCD
- Dr. Kunyan Zheng – Xiemen University
- Prof. Mark Fraser Briskey – Murdoch University Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, Perth, Western Australia
- Mr. Risto Marjomaa University of Helsinki
- Dr. Sean Brennan – University of Scranton
- Mr. Waron Maneenetr – London School of Economics and Political Science
Law
- Assoc. Prof. Alan Brener – University of London
- Dr. Aisel Omarova – Birmingham City University/ University of Warwick
- Yaroslav Mudryi – National Law University
- Dr. Ben Chester Cheong – University of Cambridge
- Mr. Keith Busingye – King Ceasor University
- Ms. Celine Chua – Singapore Management University, Yong Pung How School of Law
- Dr. Charlotte Kabaseke – Kabale University
- Mr. Damian Philip Clancy – University of Limerick
- Dr. Hanin Abou Salem – Cardiff University
- Prof. Jane Bryan – University of Warwick
- Mr. Joseph Madi – University of Cape Town
- Dr. Liam Sunner – Queen’s University, Belfast
- Mr. Mugabi Ivan Kayiti – Kabale University
- Mr. Paul Cheong – Singapore University of Social Sciences
- Prof. Peter Whelan – University of Leeds
- Ms. Rebecca Meharchand – Royal Bank of Canada
- Mr. Syed Quaiyum Reza Noor – Legal Consultant at the District and Session Judge Court of Dhaka
Life Sciences
- Prof. Ashley Driver – University of Scranton
- Mr. Ayobami Tosin Adegbenro – University of Arizona
- Dr. Elizabeth O’Gorman – University College Dublin
- Ms. Erin Evans – University of British Columbia
- Dr. Ioannis Zabetakis – University of Limerick
- Dr. Jogeswar S Purohit – Cluster innovation centre, University of Delhi
- Dr. Kathleen A. Hill – Western University, London ON CANADA
- Dr. Keith Rochfort – Dublin City University
- Dr. Michaela Gregorova -Nexus BioQuest
- Prof. Nazia Abdul Majid – Universiti Malaya
- Ms. Raegan Cordelia Sim – National University of Singapore
- Dr. Ronan Lordan – Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
- Prof. Sheena Smith – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Ms. Sofya Rudovskaya – Toronto Metropolitan University
- Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta – Dublin City University
- Prof. Yi Liu – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Linguistics
- Prof. Wendy Anderson – University of Glasgow
- Dr. Amal Albureikan – Qassim University
- Mr. Baqau Hassan Omotayo – Aletheia University, Nigeria
- Dr. Cristina Gonzalez Ruiz – Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Maria Pilar Alderete Diez – University of Galway
- Ms. Masuda Khan – University College Dublin
- Dr. Pavel Adamek – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Qizhong Chang National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Literature
- Dr. Kevin De Ornellas – Ulster University
- Prof. Alex Prong – University of New Brunswick
- Ms. Amirah Muhammad – University of York
- Dr. Amrita Sitaraman Iyer – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Andreas Boldt – Maynooth University
- Ms. Arianna Guaragna – York University
- Ms. Aya Idris – University of Toronto/ Singapore International School
- Mr. Bryen Isaac Chen Tze-Yang – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Ms. Chloe Newman – University of Cambridge
- Dr. Claudine van Hensbergen – Northumbria University
- Prof. Daniel Cook – University of Dundee
- Dr. Debadrita Chakraborty – GITAM University
- Ms. Fairoz Anika – Sunnydale School
- Ms. Hannah Damaris – Keniry Gangwon State International Education Institute (GIEI)
- Prof. Jan Jedrzejewski – University of Ulster
- Dr. Jana Fedtke – New York University, Shanghai
- Dr. Karl Simms – University of Liverpool
- Ms. R. L. Victoria Pöhls – University College Dublin
- Mr. Tejash Kumar Singh – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Prof. Tom Ue – Cape Breton University
- Dr. Yuanyuan Liang – Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
Mathematics & Physics
- Prof. Eric Nnditshedzeni – University of Venda
- Prof. Ana García Lecuona – University of Glasgow
- Ms. Dominika Buresova – Czech Technical University
- Dr. Enoch Leung – Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
- Dr. Issam Louhichi – American University of Sharjah
- Dr. Kishor Das – University of Limerick
- Mr. Lufuno Takalani – University of Venda
- Dr. Luis Jaime Neri Vitela – Tecnologico de Monterrey
- Dr. Mamatha Nagaraj – University of Leeds
- Prof. Mirko Navara – Czech Technical University
- Prof. Thomas Koberda – University of Virginia
- Dr. Tshifhiwa Steven Ranwaha – University of Venda
- Dr. Weiyue Zheng – University of Glasgow
Medical Sciences
- Prof. James Coulson – Cardiff University
- Dr. Chee Peng Hor – Kepala Batas Hospital
- Dr. Dana Vackova – The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
- Ms. Grace Valentine Olagunju – New Mexico State University
- Dr. Hassan Kamal – University of Glasgow
- Dr. Janet Tang – University of Toronto
- Dr. Jenny Moffett – RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Ms. Maria Lysandrou – University Medical Center Groningen
- Dr. Melanie Foecking – RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Dr. Michelle Keown – University of Manchester
- Prof. Mingxiao Yang – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Ms. Muriel Heitsch – Karolinska Institutet
- Dr. Niall Stevens – RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Mr. Oliver Hervir – The University of Sydney
- Mr. Oscar Lapidus – Karolinska Institutet
- Dr. Ranganath Vallabhajosyula – Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Siew Keah Lee – Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
- Dr. Tamiraa Naidoo – Bertha Gxowa Hospital, Johannesburg
- Prof. Ursula Fearon – Trinity College Dublin
- Prof. V K Sashindran – Symbiosis Medical College for Women, India
Music, Film & Theatre
- Dr. Peggy Shannon – Kansas City Art Institute
- Dr. Christina Ebersohl-Van Scyoc – American Viola Society
- Dr. Ciara Glasheen-Artem – Munster Technological University
- Dr. Felicia Cucuta – Independent Researcher
- Prof. Jacqueline Leclair – McGill University
- Prof. Michael F Bergmann – Toronto Metropolitan University
- Prof. Pavlo Bosyy – Toronto Metropolitan University
- Dr. Priyanka Singh – University of Leeds
- Dr. Rama Venkatasawmy – Sunway University
Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Healthcare
- Dr. Tammy Page – University of Adelaide
- Dr. Chan Yong Jiet – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Ms. Cora O’Leary – University College Cork
- Dr. Freda Browne – University College Dublin
- Ms. Jeanell du Plessis – University of the Witwatersrand
- Dr. Kálya Lima – Trinity College Dublin
- Dr. Linda Nugent – Royal College of Surgeons
- Dr. Lisa Beccaria- University of Southern Queensland
- Dr. Melissa Arnold-Ujvari – Adelaide University
- Dr. Ntombifikile Klaas – University of the Witwatersrand
- Dr. Sherly George – Royal College of Surgeons
- Ms. Sucy Kong – Western University / Government of Canada
Philosophy
- Dr. Brian P. McLaughlin – Rutgers University
- Dr. Adam Loughnane – University College Cork
- Dr. Farbod Akhlaghi – Trinity College Dublin
- Prof. Mona Simion – University of Oxford
- Dr. Nikolaos Gkogkas – University of Liverpool
- Dr. Samantha Fazekas – Trinity College Dublin
- Prof. Susanna Schellenberg – Rutgers University
Politics & International Relations
- Prof. Yolanda Sadie – University of Johannesburg
- Mr. ByeongKyu Jun – Harvard Kennedy School
- Dr. Chao Yao – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Dr. Cláudia De Araujo – University College Dublin
- Dr. Edmund Handby – Duke University
- Dr. Kailey Taplin – University of Zurich
- Mr. Lewis Watson – C40 Cities
- Ms. Lohana Capanema Queiroz – University of Toronto
- Dr. Marco Marsili – University Institute of Lisbon
- Ms. Meaghan Irons – Wilfrid Laurier University & Western University
- Dr. Mirko Tasic – American University of Central Asia
- Dr. Mohamad Hussein Mansour – American University of Beirut
- Mr. Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui – University of California Irvine
- Ms. Sifat Tasfia – University of Padova
Psychology
- Prof. Mei-Hua Lin – Sunway University
- Ms. Angel Yee Fong Au – University College London / Co-Founder at Overcome
- Ms. Anna Ong Wen Huey – Sunway College, Malaysia
- Prof. Bart Ellenbroek – Victoria University Wellington
- Dr. Caoimhe O’Leary – Health Service Executive, Ireland
- Dr. Darlina Hani Fadil Azim – IMU University, Malaysia
- Ms. Elaine Yong – Sunway University
- Dr. Erwin L. Rimban – Cagayan State University Andrews Campus
- Prof. Fay Short- Bangor University
- Mr. Fong Kean Tat – INTI International College Subang
- Dr. Janell Kwok – Ministry of Health, Singapore
- Dr. Koong Hean Titus Foo – The School of Positive Psychology
- Mr. Low Chee Seong – Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
- Prof. Michael Hast – IU International University
- Mr. Nicholas Seet Wei Kiat – James Cook University, Singapore
- Ms. Nur Arfah Zaini – IMU University
- Dr. Patricia Pawa Pitil – Universiti Teknologi MARA
- Dr. Shamala Ramasamy – IMU University
- Ms. Shivangi Singh – Trinity College Dublin
Social Sciences: Anthropology & Cultural Studies
- Ms. Sonia Chinn – University of Texas at Austin
- Dr. Catherine Namono – University of the Witwatersrand
- Mr. Christopher Chok – Freelance
- Dr. Elisabeth Theresa – Sandler University of Innsbruck
- Dr. Gerardo Rodriguez Solis – University of California Berkeley
- Dr. J.J. Zhang – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Ms. Lu Qiao – Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
- Dr. Rachael Root – University of Central Florida
- Ms. Stefanie Stott – Atlantic Technological University
- Ms. Weifeng Tao – University of Oxford
- Ms. Xinyi (Christina) Xu – The University of Chicago
- Ms. Yumé Tamiya – Freelance
Social Sciences: Sociology & Social Policy
- Ms. Libby Steel – University of Nottingham
- Ms. Anna Blair – Goldsmiths, University of London
- Ms. Ashlee Quinn-Hogan – Ontario Tech University
- Dr. Ava Siu-mei Lau – Hong Kong Baptist University
- Prof. Elizabeth Catherine Erlank – University of South Africa
- Ms. Gillian Larkin – TU Dublin
- Mr. Hongshu Wang – ACS-Metropolis
- Dr. Lara Foley – University of Tulsa Kendall College of Arts and Sciences
- Mr. Nicolaas Jacobus Marais – Private/Social Worker
- Dr. Nkosini Ngwenya -University of Johannesburg
- Dr. Rachael Burns – University of York
- Mr. Riley Fisher – Western University/Government of Canada
- Dr. Omotara Fagbuyi – Robert Gordon University
- Ms. Vinci Ying Jia Cheung – The University of Hong Kong
Visual Arts
- Prof. Lisa Winstanley – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Ms. Crissy Bogusz – Cardwell Beach
- Ms. Danting Li – SparksGlo LLC
- Mr. Garth Fry – Old Dominion University
- Dr. Khanya Mthethwa – University of Johannesburg
- Mr. Ong Kian Peng Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Ms. Susanne Wawra – Freelance Visual Artist and Educator
- Ms. Vrinda Soni – University of Creative Art London