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News & Announcements

Latest news from SPIRAL Academic Press — journal launches, calls for papers, editorial appointments, and publishing milestones.

Conference
25 May 2027

Fredah Mainah, PhD to Speak at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2027

Named speaker at the 6th International Conference on Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Toronto, 25 to 27 May 2027, presenting "The Spiral Path: Inner Wisdom and Indigenous Leadership Practices for Modern Growth".

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Media Coverage
30 September 2026

From leading within to changing the world: The Fredah Mainah story

A profile by Levis Wangamati in the Mt Kenya Times Life section, tracing her route from a Kenyan classroom to international platforms and the self-leadership work that grew out of it.

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Media Coverage
Executives Diary 18 September 2026

Inside The SPIRAL: How Fredah Mainah, PhD Helps Executives Close The Gap Between Big Decisions And What Actually Happens

A profile of Fredah Mainah, PhD as the strategist executives call when outward success masks internal fatigue, and of her work closing the gap between decision and execution through self-observation and systemic alignment.

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Media Coverage
Worth Minds 28 July 2026

Fredah Mainah, PhD Profiled in Worth Minds: No One Can Lead Your Life Better

A Featured People profile of Fredah Mainah, PhD, founder and chief human development strategist of SPIRAL With Fredah LLC. It traces her route from classrooms and community work to the SPIRAL Framework for Reflective Self-Leadership, and sets out her conviction that technological advancement must be matched by human advancement.

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Media Coverage
International Business Times 22 April 2026

Dr. Fredah Mainah on Decision Drift: Strengthening Leadership, Alignment, and Execution Across Modern Organizations

Dr. Fredah Mainah, founder of SPIRAL Academic Press, examines decision drift — how meaning and intent shift as a decision travels from agreement to implementation — and the SPIRAL Framework's decision-architecture approach to alignment and execution.

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Conference
March 2026

SPIRAL Symposium on Human Development — Call for Abstracts

The inaugural SPIRAL Symposium invites abstract submissions for presentations, posters, and panel discussions. The symposium will be held virtually in late 2026.

Policy
February 2026

SPIRAL Academic Press Commits to Full Open Access Publishing

SPIRAL Academic Press announces its commitment to gold open access publishing across all journals, ensuring that scholarship is freely available to researchers, practitioners, and the public worldwide.

Journal Launch
February 2026

AI & Human Development Review Announced for 2027 Launch

SPIRAL Academic Press announces the AI & Human Development Review, a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the intersection of artificial intelligence and human development science.

Press Release
January 2026

SPIRAL Academic Press Announces Launch as Independent Scholarly Publisher

SPIRAL Academic Press, a division of SPIRAL With Fredah LLC, announces its official launch as an independent peer-reviewed publisher dedicated to advancing the science of human development, leadership, and organizational transformation.

Editorial
January 2026

Editorial Board Applications Now Open for All Founding Journals

SPIRAL Academic Press invites applications from qualified scholars to serve on the editorial boards of our founding journals. We seek diverse, international representation across all relevant disciplines.

Media Coverage
24-7 Press Release 24 February 2025

Fredah Mainah, PhD, Recognized for Contributions to Organizational Leadership and Education

Fredah Mainah, PhD, founder of SPIRAL Academic Press, is recognized for her contributions to organizational leadership and education, and selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who.

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Recognition
2014

Fredah Mainah, PhD Served on a Western Michigan University Diversity Grant Leadership Team

Named among the leadership team for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation diversity, equity and inclusion implementation grant "Advocacy for the Reinstitution of the Africana Studies Program" at Western Michigan University, alongside Mimi Abdul and Mariam Konaté.

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