Angeliki Gena
University of Athens, Greece
Professor at the School of Philosophy, Department of Educational Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (EKPA). She received her BA in Psychology and Sociology, her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology and her PhD from the “Learning Processes” program of the Psychology Department of the City University of New York. She conducted her Doctoral Dissertation at the Princeton Child Development Institute, in Princeton, New Jersey. She worked in various institutes in the USA and became the director of the Alpine Learning Group, a prominent center for children with autism in Alpine, New Jersey. She also taught as an adjunct professor at the City University of New York. In Greece she taught at various universities and has been elected a full professor since 2012 at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is the director of the Laboratory of Special Education and Family Counselling. Her research is predominantly in the area of Behavior Analysis and its applications for early intervention in children with autism spectrum disorder and their families. She is a founding member and current president of the board of the Institute of Systemic Behavior Analysis – early intervention clinic for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She recently received an award “In appreciation for exceptional contribution to the University and to Society” by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.