Humanities & Social Sciences

Esteemed speakers contributing their insights into human culture, behavior, and societal development

Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence

Chris is an experienced nonprofit professional who has spent the last 15 years as a dedicated educator, network builder, and advocate for non-profit organizations. Chris is currently the Head of Programs at the Interledger Foundation. He oversees all aspects of the programatic activity of the foundation.

Chris is an experienced nonprofit professional who has spent the last 15 years as a dedicated educator, network builder, and advocate for non-profit organizations. Chris is currently the Head of Programs at the Interledger Foundation. He oversees all... Show more

Shebati Sengupta

Shebati Sengupta

Shebati Sengupta (they/she) is a PhD Candidate in American Studies at the University of New Mexico, with certificates in Graduate Teaching and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their research focuses on Asian American embodiment and speculation during COVID-19. Broadly speaking, she is interested in the fictions of the nation-state, and the realities in the stories we tell each other. Shebati has taught Introduction to Politics in Popular Culture and Intro to WGSS. They also designed and taught the first Intro to Asian American Studies course ever taught at UNM. She is also involved with creative writing, and has attended retreats at VONA and Roots, Wounds, Words. She is interested in storytelling as craft, as theory, and as methodology.

Shebati Sengupta (they/she) is a PhD Candidate in American Studies at the University of New Mexico, with certificates in Graduate Teaching and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their research focuses on Asian American embodiment and speculation d... Show more

Renaldy Gatan Pramana

Renaldy Gatan Pramana

Hi, you can call me Gatan. A DevOps Engineer passionate about automation, scalability, and system reliability. I specialize in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and monitoring, with hands-on experience in Docker, Ansible, Prometheus, and Grafana. My focus is on streamlining deployments, optimizing performance, and ensuring seamless collaboration between development and operations. Always exploring new tools and best practices to push DevOps efficiency to the next level. Let’s connect and build something great!

Hi, you can call me Gatan. A DevOps Engineer passionate about automation, scalability, and system reliability. I specialize in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and monitoring, with hands-on experience in Docker, Ansible, Prometheus, and Grafana. My foc... Show more

Luka Pavlešić

Luka Pavlešić

Detective in IT world.

Detective in IT world. Show more

Peter Barica

Peter Barica

I’m an Agile Coach and Professional Coach (ICF-trained) working through my company, Mindful Solutions. I help IT organizations cultivate agility and collaboration through coaching, facilitation, and Scrum Mastery. In addition to organizational consulting, I lead trainings in coaching skills based on the International Coaching Federation (ICF) framework.

I’m an Agile Coach and Professional Coach (ICF-trained) working through my company, Mindful Solutions. I help IT organizations cultivate agility and collaboration through coaching, facilitation, and Scrum Mastery. In addition to organizational consul... Show more

Anderson Casimiro

Anderson Casimiro

IT professional since 2001. Passionate about tech and people. Founded and supported PHPSP for 12 years. Moved to Agile and management for the past years. From Brazil to Portugal, loving to write about identity and psychology.

IT professional since 2001. Passionate about tech and people. Founded and supported PHPSP for 12 years. Moved to Agile and management for the past years. From Brazil to Portugal, loving to write about identity and psychology. Show more

Eric Wamba

Eric Wamba

Eric Wamba is a speaker, coach, and author who integrates neuroscience and quantum physics to inspire personal and organizational transformation.
A former aerospace engineering graduate and science teacher, he now dedicates his work to exploring human potential.
Through his Neuro-Quantum 3A Method®, he blends predictive brain science, neuroplasticity, emotionally charged visualization, and principles from epigenetics and psychoneuroimmunology to show how thoughts, emotions, and the body shape tangible results.
He helps professionals, teams, and students break free from past loops and act within the 3–7 second window, when courage outpaces hesitation.
He believes that “emotion is the brain’s save button” and that failure is the greatest teacher of all.

Eric Wamba is a speaker, coach, and author who integrates neuroscience and quantum physics to inspire personal and organizational transformation. A former aerospace engineering graduate and science teacher, he now dedicates his work to exploring hu... Show more

Ellen-Rae Cachola

Ellen-Rae Cachola

Dr. Ellen-Rae Cachola is the Librarian and Digital Archivist of the Center for Labor Education and Research at University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu.

Dr. Ellen-Rae Cachola is the Librarian and Digital Archivist of the Center for Labor Education and Research at University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu. Show more

Dr.  Charles W Woodard

Dr. Charles W Woodard

CURRICULUM VITAE
Charles W. Woodard, Ph.D.
Clinical/Community Psychology

Home Address
338 Spruce St.
Boynton Beach, Fl. 33426
Phone: (561) 628-3323
Email: seedconsultation@gmail.com

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
University of South Carolina, Columbia SC
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Ph.D. Clinical/Community Psychology

University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
M.A. Community Psychology

N.C. A&T State University
Greensboro, NC
B.S. Psychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chief Executive Officer 2001-Current
Seed Consultation Services, LLC
https://www.seedconsultation.com
seedconsultation@gmail.com

This Consulting Company focuses on Empowering others to Face and Overcome the Challenges that life presents. Sowing Seeds of Mastery via Information Sharing, Strategic Interventions, and Goal Directed Activities, Seed Consultation Services intend to help others to “Soar Like the Eagle”, Above the Storms of Life. Motto: “Sowing Enables Others to Soar”.

MEMBER

Saint John MBC (Minister) 2019-Present
Oak Grove MBC (Associate Pastor) 2009-2019
Author: Self-Talk; Sign of Sanity, Insanity, or Key To Self-Empowerment
https://www.seedconsultation.com/SELFTALK.html

Chief Psychologist
Midlands Center
South Carolina Department of Disabilities & Special Needs
Columbia, SC

Served as Director of Psychological Services for Midlands Center

Duties: Supervised psychological staff in providing psychological services to residents. Duties were administrative and clinical and included the administration and supervision of psychological evaluations, development of program plans, development and implementation of behavior life skills programs providing inservice training in these areas for nonpsychology staff, and Forensic Evaluations.

Community Psychologist
GLEAMS Human Resources Commission (Head Start)
Greenwood, SC

Duties: Provided Inservice training to staff and parents on child development, identifying and treating children with disabilities, disciplinary procedures, and on designing and writing behavioral objectives. Directed the Mental Retardation Programs. Directed the Social Service component of the Head Start Program. Coordinated services for children with disabilities for the Head Start Program.

Psychologist
Reception & Evaluation
Department of Corrections
Columbia, SC

Duties: Performed psychological and personality assessments; provided counseling for youthful offenders and led group therapy sessions.

ASSESSMENT

Interviewing and Intellectual Assessment
Practicum

Supervised experience in interviewing and intellectual assessment with children and adults at the psychological services Center (PSC).

Supervised experience in administering and interpreting results of WISC-R, McCarthy’s Scales of Children’s Apperception Test, and Incomplete Sentences Blank for Children at PSC.

Personality Assessment Practicum

Supervised experience in behavioral assessment and personality test, including projective techniques with children and adults.

Tests include: Rorshach, MMPI, TAT, Draw-A-Person, Bender Gestalt, House-Tree-Person, and Incomplete sentences Blank.

PSYCHOTHERAPY EXPERIENCE

Applied Individual Psychotherapy

Advance theory and supervised practice with a variety of psychotherapeutic clinical procedures e.g., interactional therapy, crisis intervention, client-centered therapy, insight-oriented therapy, gestalt therapy, behavioral therapy, and reality therapy.

CONSULTATION AREAS
Assessing Children with Disabilities
Assessing the Dually Diagnosed
Building and Maintaining Healthy Relationships with Infants and Toddlers
Conflict Resolution
Disabilities & Mental Health
Disciplining Children
Early Head Start
Enhancing Communication (Between Peers, Parents, and Children)
ERSEA
Establishing Risk Management Procedures
Family & Community Partnerships
Filling Up Your Love Tank & Keeping it Full
Gentle Teaching (Positive Non-Aversive Teaching Method)
Harmony In the Workplace
Head Start Performance Standards
Head Start Re-Authorization Act 2007 (Governance Training)
How to Effectively Work with Exceptional Children (Special Needs, Autistic & Gifted)
How to Provide Quality Mental Health Services in Head Start/Preschool
How to write, Implement, and Monitor Behavior Management Programs
I’m Moving, I’m Learning (Combating Childhood Obesity)
Improving Interpersonal Relations
Improving Self Esteem
Leadership Skills for Managerial Success
Male Conference (Building a Man to Be the MAN)
Moving From Being a “Dad” to Being a “Father”
Parent-Child Relationships
Preventing and Responding to Aggression
Program Planning
Promoting Positive Mental Health in Children from Birth to Toddlers
Recognizing Mental Health Problems
Risk Management Planning
RTI (Response to Intervention)
Self Control and Anger Management Techniques
Strategic Planning
Stress Management
Team Building Strategies
Time Management
Time To Teach (How to Reduce Behavioral Challenges, Increase Time Teaching & Academic Scores)
Understanding Normal Child Development (Physical, Mental, and Emotional)

CURRICULUM VITAE Charles W. Woodard, Ph.D. Clinical/Community Psychology Home Address 338 Spruce St. Boynton Beach, Fl. 33426 Phone: (561) 628-3323 Email: seedconsultation@gmail.com EDUCATIONAL HISTORY Universit... Show more

Mariya Giy

Mariya Giy

Mariya Giy is a Software Engineer, AI Innovator, and Founder of Hackico.AI, a research-driven technology organization advancing open-source tools for education, data ethics, and human-centered innovation. Her engineering work powers communication and data infrastructure used by millions of families and educators across the United States.

With a rare combination of technical expertise and sociological insight, Mariya co-created the Early Insight & Engagement System (EIES) in collaboration with a professor at California State University, Northridge - a pioneering AI platform designed to help schools and communities identify early signs of disengagement and support adolescent well-being through proactive, compassionate interventions.

She speaks internationally about ethical AI, educational technology, and human-centered system design, inspiring engineers and innovators to build technology that empowers (not replace) human connection.

Mariya Giy is a Software Engineer, AI Innovator, and Founder of Hackico.AI, a research-driven technology organization advancing open-source tools for education, data ethics, and human-centered innovation. Her engineering work powers communication and... Show more

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