December 8, 2020 | Time 7.00 PM – 10 PM EST (US & Canada)
Shaping a Humane World: Global Higher Education Perspectives
STAR Scholars Network envisions a humane and just world. This year’s annual conference celebrates the people who are doing it in many ways. The 2020 STAR Conference will culminate with a very special event. We will be hosting Professor Noam Chomsky on his 92nd birthday. We will be honoring his life as a person who helped shape a humane world. A. Noam Chomsky Global Connections Awards will be announced during this event.
Special remarks
Distinguished speakers

David Wilson
President, Morgan State University

Lynn Pasquerella
President, AAC&U

Rajika Bhandari
International Education Expert & Writer

Pankaj Mittal
Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities

Rufus Glasper
President and CEO, League for Innovation

Henry Giroux
Distinguished Scholar of Critical Pedagogy

Arjun Karki
Ambassador, Nepali Embassy, USA

Darla Deardorff
Advisor, STAR Scholars Network

C. Raj Kumar
Vice-Chancellor, OP Jindal Global University

Harry Bhandari
Delegate, Maryland General Assembly

Lekhnath Sharma
Vice Chancellor, NOU

Glenda Prime
Dean, School of Education and Urban Studies

Paul LeBlanc
President, Southern New Hampshire University

Stewart Sutin
Advisor, STAR Scholars Network

Rosalind Raby
Advisor, STAR Scholars Network

Catherine Gomes
STAR Country Director, Australia

Henry stoever
President, Association of Governing Boards

Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
Rector, IIUM

Gene Hammond
Advisor, STAR Scholars Network

Mousumi Mukherjee
STAR Country Director, India

Anthony Ogden
STAR VP of International Learning and Engagement

Edward Valeau
VP, STAR Scholars Network

George Boggs
President Emeritus, AACC

Daisy Kee Mui Hung
STAR Country Director, Malaysia

Yuriko Sato
STAR Country Director, Japan

Kolawole Samuel Adeyemo
STAR Country Director, South Afica

Ateeb Ahmad Parray
STAR Country Director, Bangladesh

Elena de Prada Creo
STAR Country Director, Spain

Kolawole Samuel Adeyemo
STAR Country Director, Vietnam

Fred Boateng
STAR Country Director, Ghana

Chris Glass
VP, STAR Scholars Network

Krishna Bista
VP, STAR Scholars Network

Uttam Gaulee
President, STAR Scholars Network
About the special guest
Legend Political dissident Linguist Author Critical thinker
Who is Noam Chomsky?
Noam Chomsky is internationally recognized as one of the most critically engaged public intellectuals alive today. He is a stalwart who is pushing our world in a more humane direction every day by speaking truth to power.
Democracy Now describes Noam Chomsky as “a world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author.” He is a laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught for more than 50 years.
Considered the founder of modern linguistics, Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in modern history. Among his groundbreaking books are “Syntactic Structures”, “Language and Mind,” “Aspects of the Theory of Syntax,” and “The Minimalist Program,” each of which has made distinct contributions to the development of the field. He has received numerous awards, including the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, the Helmholtz Medal and the Ben Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science University of Arizona Department of Linguistics (2017).










