Dr. Azly Rahman is an educator, researcher, academician, and columnist for two of Malaysia and Asia’s most popular online newsportals. His teaching experience spans more than 20 years; both in Malaysia and in the United States, ranging from elementary to graduate education. He continues to hold teaching positions in the Unites States in diverse fields of philosophy, culture, education, and political science, and has held visiting fellowships in Malaysia in the area of development and Asian Studies. He has a doctorate in International Education Development, his dissertation on cybernetics and social change, "Hegemony and Utopianism in a Southeast Asian State (from Columbia University, New York), Masters in International Education, specialization in Peace Studies, his essay on Hegemony and Spaces of Knowledge and Power (Columbia University, New York City), Masters in Communication (Columbia University, New York City), Masters in Education, specializing in Curriculum and Instruction (Ohio University), Masters in International Affairs, specializing in Politics of Southeast Asia (Ohio University), Bachelors of Science in Education, specializing in English Education (Ohio University). Certificates in Multicultural Education, Teaching and Learning in Technology, Social Studies, Educational Leadership/Supervisor/Principalship. He is a Member: Kappa Delta Phi International Honor Society in Education Columbia University Chapter, International Understanding Honor Society Ohio University Chapter, Member of Spring 2007 Oxford University Round Table on Diversity in Society. He has authored more than 300 published analyses on Malaysia. He has taught more than 40 courses in the fields of education, culture, politics, international relations, philosophy and religion, and American studies. His first and endless love is Philosophy. This academic work, Thesis on Cyberjaya: Hegemony and Utopianism in a Southeast Asian State, presented as a Columbia University dissertation report, is his analysis of a hypermodern society framed from a cultural studies and social cybernetics perspective.