Expert Features

July 2026 — EduVerse Special Issue 28

Served as Special Guest Editor of EduVerse Issue 28, Student-Centeredness in Motion: Agency, Identity, and the Learner Within, helping shape an international special edition centred on learner agency, identity, inclusion, belonging and meaningful learning. Contributions included the editorial letter, the original poem “You Matter”, and the feature article “A Tale of Two Classrooms”, which connected lived intercultural experience with educational research on belonging, relationships, inclusion and classroom culture.

September 2026 — EduVerse Issue 29

Featured exclusively as the invited expert for EduVerse Issue 29’s Ask the Experts section in the extended feature “Schools as Cultural Systems: Who Belongs, Who Decides, Who Shapes the Future?” The multi-part interview drew on international educational experience and research to examine human ecology, school culture, the hidden curriculum, cultural identity, representation, inclusion, belonging, equity, student voice, family–school relationships and the deliberate development of inclusive school cultures, translating these concepts into practical considerations for teachers and school leaders.

2026 — Learn with Qazi

Featured in Learn with Qazi through the dedicated article Teaching with Intention: Educators Can Never Be Overdressed or Overeducated, published on 2 February 2026. The feature examined professional presence as pedagogical practice, considering how educators communicate credibility, intellectual engagement, preparedness and respect for learning through professional choices and conduct. It positioned professional presence not simply as appearance, but as an intentional dimension of responsible teaching.

2026 — Women Who Reinvented Their Careers

Selected as one of 100 women representing 30 nationalities whose professional stories were featured in Doris Martin's international book Women Who Reinvented Their Careers. The collection profiles women who rebuilt, redirected or redefined their careers across diverse professional sectors. The book was launched in Bahrain in connection with the Silver Jubilee of Bahrain's Supreme Council for Women, with Dr Donna M Velliaris named among the featured women.

2025 — Thriving in ECEC

Featured in Issue 42 of the Thriving in ECEC newsletter through the extended profile Teaching With Standards and Soul: The Legacy of a Global Education Leader. Published on 21 June 2025, the feature examined educational leadership, professional mindset and culturally responsive pedagogy, while exploring the relationship between educational policy, professional values and the realities of classroom practice.

2024 — IGI Global Scientific Publishing

Selected by IGI Global Scientific Publishing for the dedicated Hear From the Expert feature Interview with a Global Guru in Education, published on 3 April 2024. The extensive interview explored the professional journey leading to international recognition, technological change in education, student diversity and wellbeing, contemporary challenges facing educators, and advice for those seeking to make a sustained contribution to the profession.

2024 — International Schools Network

Featured in the International Schools Network's Educator in Practice series through the dedicated profile An Interview with Dr Donna Velliaris, Global Guru in Education. The interview explored formative professional experiences, international education, career development, educational philosophy and lessons drawn from a career dedicated to teaching and learning, extending professional visibility within the international-school community.