Editorial

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The vision of PSU Research Review is to make a substantial impact on both scholarship and practice in the twenty-first century via a rich stream of conceptual and applied research focused on developments in various fields (Yamani, 2017;Nurunnabi, 2017aNurunnabi, , 2017b. The submissions in our journal arise from various parts of the world. In this journey, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the Founding Editor -Dr Ahmed S. Yamanifor his tremendous and continuing support for the journal. I want to thank the members of our Editorial Board for their valuable input in raising the profile and standards of the journal, and our reviewers for their high quality reviews. I would also like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all authors included in this issue.I am very pleased with the robust submissions to this third issue of the first volume. I am proud to present six articles and a book review that comprise a highly diverse, value-adding and contemporary set of perspectives in the domains of education and humanities. Below, I provide a capsule summary of the articles and the book review.The first article, by Kinchin ( 2017), provides a conceptual framework for pedagogic frailty which can be used to support professional development of university teachers. Pedagogic frailty has been proposed as a unifying concept that may aid the integration of institutional efforts to augment teaching while at the same time maintaining the development of pedagogy. Frailty is therefore not something to be overcome as much as something to be managed over time. This unifying concept is built on a concept map and case studies of academics' interactions with the frailty model. Kinchin has refined the model as a faculty development tool in a personalised and discipline-sensitive way. He also argues that consideration of the concept of pedagogic frailty can help academics develop an enhanced understanding of the values that underpin their professional role (p. 1). He further suggests that senior colleagues will not be able to guide and mentor junior colleagues until and unless they are able to articulate their views clearly. This paper also offers an innovative approach to faculty development and the consequence of frailty in a university.The second article, by Keiser (2017), is based on personal experience (as a teacher and professor and engagement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and aims to advance cross cultural exchange and understanding of a major event in the mid-twentieth century in America, the civil rights "March on Washington", to elucidate possibilities for connecting big and small (with a charge to make connections across difference). Keiser also emphasises that every moment can be an opportunity for respect and kindness, but kindness is not enough -students of all ages need to feel part of the human conversation.The third article, by Melton et al. (2017), highlights the significance of technical security analysis and how it could be taught in conjunction with fundamental analysis at undergraduate lev...

Editorial

“…The journal publishes original research findings, critical literature review, case studies and commentaries from the leading international experts in the field. Both empirical and theoretical contributions on the theme, as well as practitioner focused submissions, are considered suitable for publication (Nurunnabi, 2017a, 2017b, 2017c; Yamani, 2017). All articles undergo an initial assessment by the journal editor.…”