Farah Mursyieda Mohammad Fuad

Research Assistant and PhD candidate

Farah Mursyieda Mohammad Fuad is a Research Assistant and PhD candidate in the Department of Government and Civilizational Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). She holds a Master’s degree in Commercial Law from Universiti Malaya. Prior, she obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at Universiti Utara Malaysia and was a legal practitioner. Her research interests are the intersection of digital politics, human rights, and marginalised communities, with a focus on hate speech. Farah was recently awarded the Best Presenter at the Gender Outlook Forum (GOF) Malaysia for her research, Does My Opinion Not Matter Because I’m Female?, which analysed the impacts of gendered hate speech on online political discourse.

Isma Noornisa Ismail

Senior Lecturer

Isma Noornisa Ismail is a Senior Lecturer at the Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, and a postdoctoral researcher at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her research interests include pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and crisis communication, and she is currently exploring forensic linguistics. Her work focuses on impoliteness, online discourse, and multilingual communication, with particular interest in how language shapes social interaction in digital spaces. Her forensic linguistic research centres on cyberstalking and the analysis of language in online harm.

Najah Zainal Abidin

Senior Lecturer

Dr Najah Zainal Abidin is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Universiti Malaya specializing in pragmatics, discourse analysis, and (im)politeness studies. Her research examines how language constructs social meaning in mediated communication, with particular attention to hate speech, impoliteness, and political discourse. Her work aims to develop linguistically grounded frameworks for understanding discrimination and aggression in multicultural contexts, especially in Malaysia. She has published in international journals and has led a research project on harmful online communication and digital interaction. Beyond research, she is actively involved in teaching pragmatics and mentoring student researchers interested in online aggressive language.

Najlaa’ Nasuha binti Mohd Radin

Senior Lecturer

Najlaa’ Nasuha binti Mohd Radin is a Senior English Lecturer at the Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Terengganu. She has taught English at the tertiary level since 2014 and has experience in academic leadership, curriculum design, and professional development programmes for educators. Her research is grounded in Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics, with close attention to technology-mediated language learning in ESL settings. Her main interests include automated written corrective feedback, corpus-based analysis of learner language, and discourse practices in academic and instructional contexts. She also explores World Languages and Intercultural Communication, focusing on how digital and multimodal environments shape language use, interaction, and meaning making across cultures. Through her research projects, she seeks to strengthen evidence-based teaching practices, support learner autonomy, and contribute to informed use of digital tools in higher education language classrooms, with relevance for policy, pedagogy, assessment, and inclusive curriculum design.

Noorlila Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Noorlila Ahmad is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, Kulliyyah of Education, at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). She holds a PhD in Educational Psychology from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Her research focuses on emotional and behavioural difficulties, psychological well-being, digital competency, citizenship and ecopsychology, with particular attention to culturally responsive and evidence-based approaches in education. She is actively engaged in interdisciplinary research exploring how digital environments, family engagement and school practices shape learners’ holistic development. Dr Noorlila’s work also integrates nature-based learning and strengths-based perspectives to enhance resilience, character development and academic flourishing among children and adolescents. She is committed to translating research into practice through teacher training, community engagement and policy-informed initiatives that support inclusive, sustainable and psychologically healthy learning environments.

Sahar Rasoulikolamaki

Senior Lecturer

Sahar Rasoulikolamaki is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. Her research examines how political and social divisions are produced and sustained through mediated discourse, with a focus on ideology, group-based identity, and processes of inclusion and exclusion. Working within critical discourse studies and critical multimodal frameworks, she investigates how linguistic and other semiotic resources are organised to (de)legitimise positions, assign blame and victimhood, and align audiences morally and ideologically. Her work focuses on anti-immigration rhetoric, violent and non-violent radicalisation (including Islamist extremism and far-right politics), as well as global security and counter-terrorism discourse, across social media, mainstream news discourse, and institutional contexts. Her research has been published in journals such as Discourse & Communication, Discourse & Society, Journal of Language and Politics, Terrorism and Political Violence, Journalism Studies, among others.

Dr. Siti Soraya Lin Abdullah Kamal

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Siti Soraya Lin Abdullah Kamal is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia. She obtained her PhD in Education from the University of Sheffield. Her research interests fall within the areas of ESL learning, language and literacy development, and pedagogical approaches that incorporate media and technology. She is involved in teaching, research, publication, and academic supervision in higher education, and is actively engaged in national and international academic collaborations. Her ongoing national research grant focuses on the use of environmental print to support ESL learning among underprivileged families. She is also working on a USM bridging grant that examines parental use of YouTube for their children’s ESL learning.

Tooba Malik

PhD candidate

Tooba Malik is a PhD candidate at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, with a professional background in pharmacy and public health. Originally from Pakistan and currently based in Malaysia, her research interests are shaped by her lived experience as an expat and academic training in health sciences.

She focuses on how linguistic and cultural barriers influence healthcare access and medication adherence among migrant communities in Malaysia, with a particular interest in health communication in pharmacy and clinical settings, patient understanding of medication instructions, and culturally responsive healthcare delivery.

In addition, she explores how mobile health (mHealth) interventions can enhance patient engagement, improve health literacy, and support medication adherence among diverse and underserved populations.

Using quantitative and qualitative approaches, her broader research agenda aims to generate evidence that can inform inclusive health policies, improve patient–provider communication, and enhance health outcomes in multicultural contexts.

You Hui Wei

Assistant Professor

You Hui Wei is an Assistant Professor at Xiamen University Malaysia. She also serves as a Research Fellow at UNITAR International University and an Adjunct Supervisor at SEGi University. Dr. You earned her Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Finance from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak in 2022. Her scholarly work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals indexed in Web of Science (ESCI, SSCI, SCIE) and Scopus. She is an active peer reviewer and a recipient of the Emerald Literati Outstanding Reviewer Award. Dr. You’s scholarly interests lie at the intersection of finance and fintech, where she continues to advance knowledge through both publication and mentorship.