Divisions

Divisions and Units

(The Athens Institute is currently organized into seven divisions and thirty-seven units. All members responsible for a division or a unit are strictly appointed on a non-paid basis. Their role is to improve the academic logistics of the events and other activities organized by their respective divisions and units. The Athens Institute values their previous experiences in academic administration positions, such as deans, directors and chairs.)

A. Architecture Division
Director: Dr. Nicholas N. Patricios, Dean Emeritus & Professor, School of Architecture, University of Miami, USA.

  1. Architecture & Design Unit (Head: Dr. Clara Germana Gonçalves, Invited Assistant Professor and Integrated Researcher at CIAUD - Research Center for Architecture, Urbanism, and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Portugal.)
  2. Environment & Landscape Unit (Head: Dr. Giulia Pellegri, Vice Dean & Associate Professor, Architecture-Polytechnic School, University of Genoa, Italy.)
  3. Urban & Regional Planning Unit (Head: Dr. Jesus J. Lara, Professor, Michigan State University, USA. / Deputy Head: Dr. Anna Winiarczyk-Raźniak, Assistant Professor, University of the National Education Commission, Poland.)
B. Arts, Humanities and Education Division
Director: Dr. David Philip Wick, Retired Professor of History, Gordon College, USA.

Deputy Director: Dr. Krasimir Kabakciev (bio).
Senior Research Fellow: Mr. Felice Vinci (bio).
  1. Arts & Culture Unit (Head: Dr. Ori Soltes, Professor, Georgetown University, USA. / Deputy Head (Theatre): Dr. Eliza Gardiner, Professor, Vancouver Island University, Canada) / Deputy Head (Culture): Dr. Peter Walther Baur, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  2. Education Unit (Head: Dr. Nick Linardopoulos, Associate Teaching Professor & Public Speaking Course Coordinator, Rutgers University, USA.)
  3. History Unit (Acting Head: Dr. Steven Oberhelman, Professor of Classics, Holder of the George Sumey Jr Endowed Professorship of Liberal Arts, and Interim Dean, Texas A&M University, USA.)
  4. Languages & Linguistics Unit (Head: Dr. Haralambos Symeonidis, Professor, University of Kentucky, USA.)
  5. Literature Unit (Head: Dr. Stamos Metzidakis, Professor Emeritus of French and Comparative Literature, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA & Adjunct Professor of French, Hunter College-CUNY, USA. / Deputy Head: Dr. William Davis, Professor, Colorado College, USA. / Deputy Head: Dr. Aleksandra Tryniecka, Assistant Professor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.)
  6. Philosophy Unit (Head: Dr. Robert Bishop, Professor, Wheaton College, USA. / Honorary Head: Dr. Andrew Ward, Honorary Life Fellow in Philosophy, University of York, UK. / Deputy Head: Dr. Mark Fagiano, Assistant Professor, Washington State University, USA. / Deputy Head: Dr. Oidinposha Imamkhodjaeva, Teaching Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University, USA.)
C. Business, Economics and Law Division
Director: Dr. Michael P. Malloy, Distinguished Professor & Scholar, University of the Pacific, USA.
Deputy Director: Dr. Frederic Jallat (Management & Marketing), Professor, ESCP Business School, France.

  1. Accounting Unit (Head: Dr. Nicholas Marudas, Associate Professor, Mercer University, USA.)
  2. Economics Unit (Head: Dr. Henry Thompson, Emeritus Professor, Auburn University, USA.)
  3. Finance Unit (Head: Dr. Peter Koveos, Professor of Finance, Syracuse University, USA.)
  4. Law Unit (Head: Dr. David A. Frenkel, 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.)
  5. Management Unit (Head: Dr. Sharon Claire Bolton, ex. Dean and Emeritus Professor, The Management School, University of Stirling, Scotland.)
  6. Marketing Unit (Head: Dr. Cleopatra Veloutsou, Professor, Department of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.)
D. Engineering Division
Director: Dr. Bala Maheswaran, Professor, Northeastern University, USA.
Deputy Director (Engineering Project Management): Dr. Hemmat Safwat.
Deputy Director: Dr. Andres Tremante (Engineering Education), Professor, Florida International University, USA.

  1. Civil Engineering Unit (Head: Dr. Dimitrios Goulias, Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of Maryland, USA.)
  2. Electrical Engineering Unit (Acting Head: Dr. Bala Maheswaran, Professor, Northeastern University, USA.)
  3. Industrial Engineering Unit (Head: Dr. Theodore Trafalis, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering & Director, Optimization & Intelligent Systems Laboratory, The University of Oklahoma, USA.)
  4. Mechanical Engineering Unit (Head: Dr. Nikos Mourtos, Professor, San Jose State University, USA.)
  5. Transportation Engineering Unit (Head: Dr. Virginia Sisiopiku, Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.)
E. Health & Medical Sciences Division
Director: Dr. George Zahariadis, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
Deputy Director: Dr. Adel Zeglam, Consultant Neurodevelopment Pediatrician & Professor of Pediatric and Child Health,
Tripoli University Hospital & Faculty of Medicine Tripoli University, Libya.

  1. Health Economics & Management Unit (Head: Dr. Paul Contoyannis, Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, McMaster University, Canada.)
  2. Medicine Unit (Head : Dr. Andriana Margariti, Professor, Queen’s University Belfast, U.K.)
  3. Nursing Unit (Head: Dr. Carol Anne Chamley, Associate Professor, School of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, UK.)
  4. Pharmaceutical Unit (Head: Dr. Parisa Gazerani, Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Health, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.)
  5. Public Health Unit (Head (acting): Dr. George Zahariadis, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.)
F. Sciences Division
Director: Dr. Ampalavanar Nanthakumar, Professor, State University of New York (Oswego), USA.

Deputy Director: Dr. Nikolaos Dimakis, Professor and Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA.
  1. Agriculture Unit (Head: Dr. Timothy M. Young, Emeritus Professor, The University of Tennessee, USA & CEO and President, T.M. Young Institute, LLC, USA.)
  2. Computer Science Unit (Head: Dr. Adrian Ionescu, Professor, Wagner College, USA.)
  3. Environment Unit (Acting Head: Dr. Nadhir Al-Ansari, Professor, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden. / Deputy Head: Dr. Teodoro Georgiadis, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Biometeorology-CNR, Italy.)
  4. Mathematics & Statistics Unit (Head: Dr. Codruta Simona Stoica, Professor and Vice-Rector, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania.)
  5. Natural Sciences Unit (Head: Dr. Haiduke Sarafian, Professor of Physics and Endowed Chair of John T. and Paige S. Smith Professor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA. / Deputy Head: Dr. Evangelia Kotsikorou, Associate Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA.)
G. Social Sciences Division
Director: Dr. Philip G. Cerny, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester (UK) and Rutgers University (USA).

  1. Anthropology & Demography Unit (Head: Dr. Barbara Zagaglia, Associate Professor, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy. / Deputy Head: Dr. Radebe Nompumelelo, Senior Lecturer and Chair Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of South Africa, South Africa.)
  2. Mass Media & Communication Unit (Head: Dr. John Pavlik, Professor, Rutgers University, USA. / Deputy Head: Dr. Adam Pitluk, Assistant Professor, Coastal Carolina University, USA.)
  3. Politics & International Affairs Unit (Head: Dr. Kenneth Christie, Professor, Royal Roads University, Canada. / Deputy Head: Dr. Orna Almog, Senior Lecturer (Retired), Kingston University, UK.)
  4. Psychology Unit (Head: Dr. Jim Clark, Professor, University of Winnipeg, Canada.)
  5. Sociology Unit (Head: Dr. Domenico Maddaloni, Professor, University of Salerno, Italy. / Deputy Head: Dr. George S. Tsagaris, Associate Professor, Cleveland State University, USA.)
  6. Sports Unit (Head: Dr. Maria Kosma, Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, USA.)
  7. Tourism, Leisure & Recreation Unit (Head: Dr. Evangelia Kasimati, Researcher, Department of Economic Analysis & Research, Central Bank of Greece, Greece.)