Editorial Board
Founding Editorial Team
NudgEd was born from the shared conviction of five academics with extensive experience across education, educational technology, and artificial intelligence in education. Before this journal had a name, it had a conversation. A conversation between colleagues who believed that the scholarly publishing landscape could be more ethical, more inclusive, and more respectful of the communities it serves.
The founding members of this journal are the individuals who shaped that conversation into a mission. Together, they envisioned what NudgEd could become, challenged one another to think beyond the status quo, and committed themselves to building something that honors the scientific contributions of researchers around the world. Every principle this journal stands for, from compensating reviewers to welcoming null results to building a truly interdisciplinary advisory panel, traces back to the values this team shares.
The founding editorial members of NudgEd are:
Editor-in-Chief
Samira Hosseini, PhD
Intelligent Nudge, Mexico - Spain - China - USA
Prof. Samira Hosseini holds a BSc in Applied Physics, an MSc in Polymer Chemistry, and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. She has completed postdoctoral training at the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. Prof. Hosseini served as Director of the Writing Lab at the Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnológico de Monterrey, where she led initiatives in educational research, faculty development, and publication strategy. She also held a Research Professor appointment at the School of Engineering and Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey. She is a visiting Professor at Universidad de Huelva in Spain. She is a Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the IEEE Education Society. Her research team has received multiple recognitions, including the “Best Invention of the Year” award from the Convocatoria Programa Jalisciense de Fomento a la Propiedad Intelectual, granted by the government of Guadalajara, Mexico. She was also the recipient of the Hero of the Year award for her outstanding contributions to Scientific Production and Faculty Training.
Managing Editor
Michelle Alejandra Espinosa Hernandez
Intelligent Nudge, Mexico
Michelle earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, and holds an MSc in Intelligent Systems and Robotics from the University of Essex, UK. She has experience conducting clinical studies, acquiring and analyzing medical imaging data, performing biomechanics research, and computer vision approaches for surgical training and autonomous surgery in Canada, Australia, and Japan. She is a member of the Advisory Board and Social Media Team of the Open and Reproducible Musculoskeletal Imaging Research Community (ORMIR). Her interests focus on the integration of robotics, computer vision, and emerging technologies in healthcare and rehabilitation.
Founding Editorial Board
Julius Nganji, PhD
University of Toronto, Canada
Julius T. Nganji is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Hull, UK, where his research focused on personalizing e-learning for students with disabilities using web ontologies. His current work explores artificial intelligence in education, digital accessibility, e-learning personalization, usability, and human-computer interaction. He is an active researcher, reviewer, and guest editor across academic journals.
Diego Hernán Peluffo-Ordóñez, PhD
Yachay University, Ecuador
Diego Hernán Peluffo Ordóñez earned his BSc in Electronic Engineering (2008), MSc in Industrial Automation (2010) and PhD in Engineering (2013) from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. While completing his doctorate, he interned at KU Leuven (2012). Then he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Université Catholique de Louvain (2013–2014). Between 2015 and 2020, he combined roles as researcher and professor across Colombia and Ecuador, before joining deeplearning.ai as Consultant and Curriculum Author (2020–2022). He also worked as an Assistant Professor at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (2020–2025). Currently, he works as an Associate Professor with the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at Yachay Tech University – Ecuador. He is the founder and lead of the Smart Data Analysis Systems (SDAS) Research Group. He is a partner and project controls manager at CENDECYT–Colombia. He has served as a conference organizer, keynote speaker and guest editor for journals. His research spans medical, biological and educational data analysis, with a theoretical focus on spectral and kernel‑based exploratory methods for data representation.
Kingsley Okoye, PhD
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Kingsley received his PhD in Software Engineering from the University of East London, UK. He is a Research Professor and Mentor at the Institute for the Future of Education and Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member of Institution of Engineering and Technology UK (IET), IEEE SMCS Technical Committee (TC) on Soft Computing, and IEEE Computer Society. He has served as Associate Editor, Book Editor, Guest Editor, and Editorial board member in reputable journals, conferences, and publishers in Computer Science and Education, such as Journal of Big Data (Springer), Computers and Electrical Engineering (Elsevier), and the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (Emerald). Kingsley received the Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award in 2025, an honor in serving as Associate Editor in Journal of Big Data (Springer). His research interests include Process Mining and Automation, Learning Analytics and Design, Data Science, Educational Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Text Mining, Computers and Education, and Educational Innovation.
José Luis Martín Núñez, PhD
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
José Luis Martín Núñez is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Educational Sciences (ICE) at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain). He earned his PhD in Information and Knowledge Engineering, with an extraordinary award, from the University of Alcalá. His dissertation received the Best Thesis Award in Technology and Education from the Official College of Telecommunications Engineers in 2017. He holds a degree in Telecommunication Engineering and an MBA from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Since 2024, he has been a Senior Member of the IEEE and is an active member of the IEEE Education Society. His research has been published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Education, the International Journal of Engineering Education, Heliyon, Frontiers in Education, the Journal of Universal Computer Science, as well as in the proceedings of the IEEE FIE conference. His main research interests include Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence in Education, and STEM Teacher Training. He leads the EduCyT educational innovation group (Education in Science and Technology) and is also a member of the research group ForPROFE (Research Group for the Training of Science and Technology Teachers).
Communication Director
Martha Manriquez
Intelligent Nudge, China
Martha Manríquez holds a Bachelor's degree in International Business from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in International Business at Wuhan University (武汉大学), China. She serves as Conference Operations and Coordination Manager at SAMYRAD Foundation and as Client Success Manager at Horizonne Views. Previously, she worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnológico de Monterrey. Throughout her career, Martha has led communication and outreach efforts across multiple initiatives, helping brands collectively build and engage 100,000+ audiences. Her expertise lies in professional branding, content strategy, audience development, and digital communications. She currently leads the branding and communication efforts for Intelligent Nudge in Education, overseeing the initiative's public presence, content management, and community engagement strategy.
Call for Thematic Issue Editors
NudgEd invites proposals from accomplished researchers and practitioners who wish to join our editorial community as guest editors of thematic issues. This is an opportunity to shape the conversation around the most pressing, emerging, and underexplored intersections of artificial intelligence and education.
What We Are Looking For
We are seeking proposals that address cutting-edge topics, shine a light on areas that are field-defining yet underrepresented in current discourse, and generate meaningful dialogue around the future of education in the age of AI. The strongest proposals will be those that open new lines of inquiry rather than revisit well-established ground.
Editorial Team Composition
Each proposal should be put forward by a team of four guest editors. The majority of the team must hold academic appointments. However, we strongly encourage proposing teams to include perspectives from beyond academia, whether from industry, policy, civil society, or practice, to ensure that the thematic issue reflects the interdisciplinary ethos that defines NudgEd.
Issue Structure
Each thematic issue will consist of four peer-reviewed articles and one editorial note authored by the guest editors, totalling five contributions per issue. All articles will be published under the Intelligent Nudge imprint. Each contribution will be assigned its own DOI, and the issue will carry its own ISSN. Once NudgEd achieves Scopus indexing, all thematic issues will be included in the journal's indexed record.
How to Submit a Proposal
Proposals should be no longer than four pages and must include the proposed theme and a brief rationale for its relevance, the full names, institutional affiliations, and short biographical notes of all proposed guest editors, and a brief outline of the expected scope and contribution of the issue.
We look forward to hearing from you. If you have a vision for a thematic issue that challenges, provokes, and advances the field, NudgEd is ready to support it.
Please email your thematic issue proposal to support@intelligentnudge.com.
Guest Editors’ Contribution and Compensation
NudgEd welcomes proposals from researchers who wish to lead a thematic issue and contribute to advancing the dialogue around the use of artificial intelligence in education. If you have a groundbreaking topic in mind, one that has been underexplored, that challenges established thinking, or that opens new pathways for inquiry at the intersection of technology and education, we want to hear from you.
Proposal and Team Requirements
Each thematic issue is proposed and led by a team of four guest editors. Proposals must be submitted to support@intelligentnudge.com and should present a compelling case for the chosen theme, its relevance, and its potential contribution to the field. All proposals will be assessed by at least four independent reviewers appointed from outside the founding editorial team. Only proposals that successfully pass this anonymous review process will be accepted.
Issue Structure and Editorial Standards
Each thematic issue consists of four peer-reviewed articles and one editorial note crafted by the guest editorial team. We strongly encourage guest editors to treat the editorial note not as a summary of the issue but as a substantive contribution in its own right, one that offers original insight, attracts readership, and adds genuine value to the scholarly conversation.
Guest editors are responsible for curating their issue with great selectivity. Quality must always take precedence over convenience. Be deliberate in the articles you accept and the reviewers you invite.
Peer Review Responsibilities
Guest editors are fully responsible for assembling their own pool of qualified peer reviewers. Reviewers must hold a doctoral degree and possess the expertise and scholarly judgment necessary to evaluate manuscripts at the highest level. The journal's founding editorial team and editor-in-chief will oversee all editorial decisions and activities to ensure alignment with the journal's standards. All assessments must reflect independent human judgment and intellectual autonomy.
Diversity and Inclusion
NudgEd is built on a commitment to diversity, and this extends fully to every thematic issue. Proposals that draw all contributors from a single country or a single institution will not be accepted. Guest editors must ensure that their issue reflects geographic, institutional, and intellectual diversity. This is not a suggestion. It is a requirement.
Ethical Conduct
Guest editors must adhere strictly to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines throughout the entire editorial process. You’re asked to treat all authors and their work with the utmost respect and urgency, maintaining vigilance against fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and any form of ethical misconduct, and conducting the process with complete transparency and integrity. Any concerns must be raised with the founding editorial team immediately.
Timeline
Guest editors are expected to bring their thematic issue to completion within a four to eight month timeframe. Delays in academic publishing are precisely what NudgEd was created to challenge, and we expect our guest editorial teams to share that commitment.
Compensation
We believe that intellectual labor deserves recognition. Each guest editor whose issue is successfully completed and passes the journal's quality review will receive a compensation of 500 USD. This means that a full guest editorial team of four will collectively receive 2,000 USD upon the successful conclusion of their thematic issue.
This compensation is our way of honoring the time, energy, and expertise that guest editors invest in strengthening this journal and contributing to the scholarly community it serves.
Beyond the Thematic Issue
Guest editors whose proposals are accepted and whose thematic issues meet the journal's standards may be invited to continue their relationship with NudgEd as associate editors, further deepening their involvement in the journal's growth and mission.
We look forward to receiving your proposals and to welcoming new voices into the NudgEd editorial community.
Please email your thematic issue proposal to support@intelligentnudge.com