Academic Council
The Academic Council consists of all members and friends of the Association who organize a conference or other events. It also includes the editors of ATINER’s e-journals. In addition, the President may invite academics from all over the world to serve as members of the council. The position is an honorary position and our association cannot pay a salary or cover any other costs. As a non-profit, non-government and non-partisan association, we rely solely on members’ fees and members’ voluntary work to cover our expenses. According to ATINER’s constitution the academic council discusses the academic matters of the Association such as the conference academic subjects, the organization of other events, the publication of books and journals, etc. The academic council members can also assist as editors of ATINER’s Journals and serve as Directors-Heads of the Divisions and Units of ATINER. Currently, the academic council consists of the following members (in alphabetical order):
Title | Name | ATINER | Position/Affiliation | Country | ||
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Dr. | Toivo Aavik | Academic Member | Head & Associate Professor, Department of Personality and Social Psychology, University of Tartu | Estonia | ||
Dr. | Nadhir Al-Ansari | Vice President of Projects, Co-Editor Athens Journal of Sciences & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Technology & Engineering | Professor, Lulea University of Technology | Sweden | cv | |
Dr. | Orna Almog | Deputy Head, Politics & International Affairs Unit | Senior Lecturer (Retired), Kingston University | UK | ||
Dr. | Douglas E. Angus | Co-editor, Athens Journal of Health | Full Professor, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa | Canada | ||
Dr. | Vincenzo Asero | Academic Member | Assistant Professor, University of Catania | Italy | ||
Dr. | Thanos Athanasopoulos | Academic Member | Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University Leicester | UK | ||
Dr. | Maria-Irini Avgoulas | Academic Member | Casual Academic, School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia and Cultural Counselling and Consultancy | Australia | ||
Dr. | Amos Bar-Eli | Academic Member | Senior Lecturer, HIT - Holon Institute of Technology | Israel | ||
Dr. | Peter Walther Baur | Deputy Head, Arts & Culture Unit | Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg | South Africa | ||
Dr. | Robert Bishop | Head, Philosophy Unit, ATINER | Professor, Wheaton College | USA | ||
Dr. | Daniel Binns | Academic Member | Lecturer, RMIT University | Australia | ||
Dr. | Sharon Claire Bolton | Vice President of Research & Head, Management Unit | Emeritus Professor, The Management School, University of Stirling | UK | ||
Dr. | Zoe Boutsioli | Vice President of Publications & Associate Editor Athens Journal of Health | ||||
Dr. | Glen Bright | Academic Member | Dean of Engineering, University of KwaZulu Natal | South Africa | ||
Dr. | Philip G. Cerny | Director, Social Sciences Division & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Social Sciences | Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester and Rutgers University | UK & USA | ||
Dr. | Carol Anne Chamley | Head, Nursing Unit | Associate Professor, School of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University | UK | ||
Dr. | Maria Luisa Chiarella | Academic Member | Associate Professor, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro | Italy | ||
Dr. | Jayoung Che | Director, Center for European & Mediterranean Affairs (CEMA) | Visiting Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies | South Korea | ||
Dr. | Kenneth Christie | Head, Politics & International Affairs Unit | Professor, Royal Roads University | Canada | ||
Dr. | Jim Clark | Head, Psychology Unit | Professor, University of Winnipeg | Canada | ||
Dr. | Thomas P. Corbin | Academic Member | Associate Professor, American University in Dubai | UAE | ||
Dr. | Paul Contoyannis | Head, Health Economics & Management Unit & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Health | Associate Professor, McMaster University | Canada | ||
Dr. | Maria Rosaria D’Acierno Canonici | Academic Member | Associate Professor, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope” | Italy | ||
Dr. | Nikolaos Dimakis | Deputy Director, Sciences Division | Professor and Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | USA | ||
Dr. | Bronne Dytoc | Academic Member | Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University | USA | ||
Dr. | Mark Fagiano | Deputy Head, Philosophy Unit, ATINER | Assistant Professor, Washington State University | USA | ||
Dr. | Nicole Farris | Academic Member | Associate Professor, Texas A&M University | USA | ||
Dr. | Grigorios Fountas | Academic Member | Lecturer, Edinburgh Napier University | UK | ||
Dr. | David A. Frenkel | Head, Law Unit & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Law | LL.D., Emeritus Professor, Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, and School of Law Carmel Academic Centre, Haifa | Israel | ||
Dr. | Eliza Gardiner | Deputy Head, Arts & Culture Unit | Professor, Vancouver Island University | Canada | ||
Dr. | Dr. Parisa Gazerani | Head, Pharmaceutical Unit | Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University | Norway | ||
Dr. | Teodoro Georgiadis | Deputy Head, Environment Unit | Senior Research Associate, Institute of Biometeorology | Italy | ||
Dr. | Dimitrios Goulias | Head, Civil Engineering Unit | Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of Maryland | USA | ||
Dr. | Patricia Hanna | Vice President of Academic Affairs | ex-Dean & Professor Emerita, University of Utah | USA | ||
Dr. | José Ángel Hidalgo Arellano | Academic Member | Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University | UK | ||
Dr. | Lavinia Olivia Iancu | Academic Member | Lecturer, Tibiscus University of Timisoara | Romania | ||
Dr. | Melinda Ickes | Academic Member | Associate Professor, University of Kentucky | USA | ||
Dr. | Oidinposha Imamkhodjaeva | Deputy Head, Philosophy Unit, ATINER | Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University | USA | ||
Dr. | Adrian Ionescu | Head, Computer Science Unit, Co-Editor Athens Journal of Sciences & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Technology & Engineering | Professor, Wagner College | USA | cv | |
Dr. | Frederic Jallat | Deputy Director, Business, Economics and Law Division, Athens Institute | Professor, ESCP Business School | France | ||
Dr. | Peter Jones | Co-editor, Athens Journal of Tourism | Professor of Management, University of Gloucestershire | UK | ||
Dr. | Steven Jonas | Co-Organizer, Public Health Conference | Professor Emeritus, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University | USA | ||
Dr. | Evangelia Kasimati | Head, Tourism, Leisure & Recreation Unit & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Tourism | Researcher, Department of Economic Analysis & Research, Central Bank of Greece | Greece | ||
Dr. | Kenneth Christie | Program Head and Professor, Royal Roads University | Canada | |||
Dr. | Chin-Tai Kim | Academic Member | Professor, Case Western Reserve University | USA | ||
Dr. | Maria Kosma | Head, Sports Unit & Co-Editor, Athens Journal of Sports | Associate Professor, Louisiana State University | USA | ||
Dr. | Peter Koveos | Head, Finance Unit | Professor, Syracuse University | USA | ||
Dr. | Jerzy Ladysz | Academic Member | Assistant Professor, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology | Poland | ||
Dr. | Jesus J. Lara | Head, Urban & Regional Planning Unit & Co-editor, Athens Journal of Architecture | Professor, Michigan State University | USA | ||
Dr. | Nick Linardopoulos | Head, Education Unit & Co-editor, Athens Journal of Education | Associate Teaching Professor & Public Speaking Course Coordinator, Rutgers University | USA | ||
Dr. | Błazej Lyszczarz | Academic Member | Assistant Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University | Poland | ||
Dr. | Domenico Maddaloni | Head, Sociology Unit & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Social Sciences | Professor, University of Salerno | Italy | ||
Dr. | Bala Maheswaran | Director, Engineering & Architecture Division | Professor, Northeastern University | USA | ||
Dr. | Michael P. Malloy | Director, Business, Economics and Law Division & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Law | Distinguished Professor & Scholar University of the Pacific | USA | ||
Dr. | Andriana Margariti | Head, Medicine Unit | Professor, Queen’s University Belfast | UK | ||
Dr. | Nicholas Marudas | Head, Accounting Unit & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Business & Economics | Associate Professor, Mercer University | USA | ||
Dr. | Angela McCarthy | Co-Organizer, Religion & Theology Symposium | Senior Lecturer in Theology, University of Notre Dame | Australia | ||
Dr. | Stamos Metzidakis | Head, Literature Unit & Editor Athens Journal of Philology | Professor Emeritus of French and Comparative Literature, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA & Adjunct Professor of French, Hunter College-CUNY, USA | USA | ||
Mr. | Athanasios Mihalakas | Co-Organizer, Development Studies & International Trade Symposium | Assistant Professor, The State University of New York, at Brockport | USA | ||
Dr. | Fouad A Mohammad | Academic Member | Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University | UK | ||
Dr. | Nikos Mourtos | Head, Mechanical Engineering Unit & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Technology & Engineering | Professor, San Jose State University | USA | ||
Dr. | Ampalavanar Nanthakumar | Director, Sciences Division | Professor, State University of New York at Oswego | USA | ||
Dr. | Radebe Nompumelelo | Deputy Head, Anthropology & Demography Unit | Senior Lecturer and Chair, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology | South Africa | ||
Dr. | Jorge Emilio Nunez | Academic Member | Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University | UK | ||
Dr. | Steven Oberhelman | Editor, Athens Journal of History | Professor of Classics, Holder of the George Sumey Jr Endowed Professorship of Liberal Arts, and Interim Dean, Texas A&M University | USA | ||
Dr. | Aslı Gül Öncel | Associate Professor, Galatasaray University | Turkey | |||
Dr. | Nicolas Papadopoulos | Editor of Marketing Books | Distinguished Research Professor, Carleton University | Canada | ||
Dr. | Nicholas Pappas | Vice President of Academic Conferences and Meetings | Professor, Sam Houston University | USA | ||
Dr. | Paola Partenza | Academic Member | Associate Professor, "G. d'Annunzio" University | Italy | ||
Dr. | Nicholas Patricios | Vice President of Strategic Planning & Analysis & Editor Athens Journal of Architecture | Professor & Dean Emeritus, School of Architecture, University of Miami | USA | ||
Dr. | John Pavlik | Head, Mass Media and Communication Unit & Co-editor, Athens Journal of Mass Media & Communications | Professor, Rutgers University | USA | ||
Dr. | George Priovolos | Director, Center for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (CSME) | Professor, Iona College | USA | ||
Dr. | Krassi Rumchev | Academic Member | Associate Professor, Curtin University | Australia | ||
Dr. | Debdatta Saha | Academic Member | Assistant Professor, South Asian University | India | ||
Dr. | Tennyson Samraj | Academic Member | Professor, Burman University | Canada | ||
Dr. | Chris Sakellariou | Vice President of Finance & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Business & Economics | Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | ||
Dr. | Haiduke Sarafian | Head, Natural Sciences Unit | Professor of Physics and Endowed Chair of John T. and Paige S. Smith Professor of Science, The Pennsylvania State University | USA | ||
Dr. | Samuel Seaman | Academic Member | Professor, Pepperdine University | USA | ||
Dr. | Virginia Sisiopiku | Head, Transportation Engineering Unit & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Technology & Engineering | Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham | USA | ||
Dr. | Ian Skoggard | Academic Member | Research Anthropologist, Human Relations Area Files at Yale University | USA | ||
Dr. | Ori Soltes | Head, Arts & Culture Unit | Professor, Georgetown University | USA | ||
Dr. | Gerhard Speckbacher | Academic Member | Professor, WU Vienna | Austria | ||
Dr. | Valia Spiliotopoulos | Head, Languages & Linguistics Unit | Instructor, Department of Language and Literacy Education, The University of British Columbia | Canada | ||
Dr. | Lisa Stansbie | Academic Member | Dean, The Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University | UK | ||
Dr. | Codruta Simona Stoica | Head, Mathematics & Statistics Unit | Professor and Vice-Rector, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad | Romania | ||
Dr. | Haralambos Symeonidis | Head, Languages & Linguistics Unit, Athens Institute | Professor, University of Kentucky | USA | ||
Dr. | Seppo Suominen | Co-Editor, Athens Journal of Sports | Senior Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences | Finland | ||
Dr. | Henry Thompson | Head, Economics Unit, ATINER | Emeritus Professor, Auburn University | USA | ||
Dr. | Natasa Tomic-Petrovic | Academic Member | Professor, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade | Serbia | ||
Dr. | Theodore Trafalis | Head, Industrial Engineering Unit & Co-Editor Athens Journal of Technology & Engineering | Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Director, Optimization & Intelligent Systems Laboratory, The University of Oklahoma | USA | ||
Dr. | George S. Tsagaris | Deputy Head, Sociology Unit | Associate Professor, Cleveland State University | USA | ||
Dr. | Tatiana Tsakiropoulou-Summers | Director, Athens Center for Classical & Byzantine Studies (ACCBS) | Associate Professor, The University of Alabama | USA | ||
Dr. | Apostolos Tsiachristas | Co-editor, Athens Journal of Health | Senior Researcher, Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Dept. of Population Health, University of Oxford | UK | ||
Dr. | Saif Uddin | Director, Center for Environmental Pollution, Climate & Ecology (CEPCE) | Senior Research Scientist, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research | Kuwait | ||
Dr. | Julia Underwood | Co-editor, Athens Journal of Business and Economics & Co-editor, Athens Journal of Education | Professor, Azusa Pacific University | USA | ||
Dr. | Demos Vardiabasis | Vice President of Business and Public Affairs | Professor of Economics, Pepperdine University | USA | ||
Dr. | Cleopatra Veloutsou | Head, Marketing Unit | Professor, Department of Business and Management, University of Glasgow | UK | ||
Dr. | Christo Vosloo | Academic Member | Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg | South Africa | ||
Dr. | Patrick Vyncke | Co-editor, Athens Journal of Mass Media & Communications | Professor of Communication Management, Department of Communication Sciences, Ghent University | Belgium | ||
Dr. | Andrew Ward | Honorary Head, Philosophy Unit, ATINER | Honorary Life Fellow in Philosophy, University of York | UK | ||
Dr. | David Philip Wick | Director, Arts, Humanities and Education Division | Retired Professor, Gordon College | USA | ||
Dr. | Anna Winiarczyk-Raźniak | Deputy Head, Urban & Regional Planning Unit & Co-editor, Athens Journal of Architecture | University of the National Education Commission | Poland | ||
Dr. | Timothy Young | Director, Center for Data Science (CDS) and Head, Agriculture Unit, ATINER | Emeritus Professor, The University of Tennessee, USA & CEO and President, T.M. Young Institute, LLC | USA | ||
Dr. | Barbara Zagaglia | Head, Anthropology & Demography Unit | Associate Professor, Marche Polytechnic University | Italy | ||
Dr. | George Zahariadis | Director, Health & Medical Sciences Division | Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland | Canada |