Our Team
Matthew Schuelka, PhD
Founder and CEO
Dr. Matt Schuelka is a technical consultant, researcher, evaluator, writer, and teacher. He has experience at all levels of education, from kindergarteners to graduate students, and has lived and worked in numerous countries worldwide. He has worked in higher education since 2010, having taught at the University of Minnesota, Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, Royal Thimphu College, the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, and the University of Birmingham (UK and Dubai campuses). He is the author or editor of numerous books, chapters, and articles. Dr. Schuelka has been the primary investigator for large-scale international research projects funded by the Toyota Foundation, the European Union, UKAid, and the British Academy; as well as a consultant with numerous agencies, including USAID, UNICEF, UNESCO, and the World Bank.
Dr. Schuelka has a wide range of international experiences. He has worked on projects in Europe (UK, Ireland, Croatia, Denmark), Sub-Saharan Africa (Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone), the Middle East and North Africa (UAE, Lebanon, Algeria), North America and the Caribbean (USA, Jamaica), and Asia (Bhutan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka).
Highlighted publications
Global Directions in Inclusive Education: Conceptualizations, Practices, and Methodologies in the 21st Century, edited by M.J. Schuelka and S. Carrington (Routledge, 2022)
Implementing Inclusive Education, Report written for the Department for International Development, United Kingdom
On the question of educational purpose: Complex educational systems analysis for inclusion, International Journal of Inclusive Education, by M.J. Schuelka and T.T. Engsig
The SAGE Handbook of Inclusion and Diversity in Education, edited by M.J. Schuelka, C.J. Johnstone, G. Thomas and A.J. Artiles (Sage, 2019)
Education in Bhutan: Culture, Schooling, and Gross National Happiness, edited by M.J. Schuelka and T.W.Maxwell (Springer, 2016)
Alisha Braun, PhD
Associate
Dr. Alisha M. B. Braun is a teacher, researcher, and consultant. She is the author of numerous research articles and book chapters on diversity and inclusion, educational policy, comparative and international education, and qualitative research methods. Dr. Braun has served as a consultant for UNESCO and has worked in higher education since 2010, having taught at Michigan State University and the University of South Florida. She has 9-years of international research experience leading independent and collaborative community-based research projects and service-learning study abroad programs in Tanzania, Ghana, Botswana, South Africa, England, and the United States.
Highlighted publications
Background Paper, United Nations 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report
Access to Higher Education in Ghana
Barriers to Inclusive Education in Tanzania's Policy Environment
Interrogating and Innovating Comparative and International Education Research
