Barbara Raeder makes her current residence on the East End of Long Island, New York. Her interest in subtleties that define cultures began as a high school exchange student in Brazil. Since that time she has continued to foster intercultural relationships and experiences as both teacher and administrator while working with preschool through college level learners. In addition to faculty assignments ranging from bilingual special education, cultural history, and world religions, Barbara’s experience includes directing a travel/study program in Latin America and immersing herself and other learners in numerous service learning travel programs on four continents.

In 2011 Barbara began working as Executive Assistant to the Director of the International Affairs Centre (IAC) at Prince of Songkla University in Phuket, Thailand. While living in Thailand for over three and a-half years, she was also a member of the management team at a welfare boarding school for underprivileged children in Phang Nga Province. Barbara is the parent of three grown children including a son who is fluent in Thai and lives in Phuket, where he studied at the Faculty of International Studies PSU.

Originally from the United Kingdom, Peter Coan is an international educator, trainer, and technical writer with over twenty years of professional experience, designing and delivering top-quality courses and training materials targeted to an audience of any age group and any level of English proficiency. He has experience tutoring students of all levels from a variety of countries and backgrounds, from kindergarten up to university professors.

In the classroom, he is known to be flexible, employing a student-centered approach, based on dialogue rather than lecturing wherever possible. His egalitarian teaching style tends to generate an honest, humorous, friendly, two-way flow of information, which is highly conducive to real learning.

Mr. Coan serves as the Study Abroad Journal's textual analyst and editor.

Mrs. Jantanee Wongklang earned her Bachelor of Arts in Tourism and Hotel Management at the prestigious Mahasarakham University, Thailand. She is fluent in English, having earned an international tourist guide certificate from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). She has lived, worked and studied abroad in Australia and specializes in inbound and outbound tourism affairs in her native Thailand.

Jantanee has front-office experience in several 5-star hotels and Starbucks Thailand, the Seattle-based coffee chain. She represents Study Abroad Journal in Southeast Asia, supporting international students, including student housing, providing local knowledge, and facilitating a wide-range of in-country education services.

Originally from the University of Sydney, Australian scientist Raymond Ritchie has extensive international education experience, including Cornell University in the US.

Professor Raymond Ritchie heads up Study Abroad Journal Research and Science Department "Science Matters" and serves as the Journal's assistant editor.

With over 100 publications in international journals, Dr. Ray is appropriately qualified to deliver his new lecture series "How To Publish in International Journals" (posted on Dr Steven's website) for international students and academic staff at universities worldwide.

The Study Abroad Journal is pleased to have the volunteer support of Dr. Ray for our Science Matters Department.

Please read more about Dr. Ray's academic background and publishing record on Research Gate.

An international education practitioner with deep experience, Associate Professor Krishna Bhandari hails from Pokhara, the stunning mountain and lake region of Nepal. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Management and specializes in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at the Institute of Engineering, Western Region Campus Lamachaur, Pokhara, Nepal. After earning his Bachelor's degree in Education (B. Ed.) he went on to complete a Bachelor's in Science (B. Sc.), Master's of Science in Mathematics and a post graduate diploma in GIS. He has traveled and studied around the world, always in good spirits and open to helping others.