Graduate Faculty Listing

MS Applied Psychology and Certificate in Applied Behavioral Analysis Program Coordinator

Dr. Fotini-Sonia Apergi earned her Psy.D. in clinical psychology from Long Island University in New York, with a specialty in family violence and developmental disabilities. She also received an MS in applied psychology from the same university and an MA in general psychology from New York University. After working as a clinician in several U.S. mental health and school settings, Dr. Apergi returned to Greece and joined the undergraduate faculty in 2004 and the Graduate School in 2005. In addition to teaching courses in her specialty, she coordinates the practicum training and teaches the Practicum seminars. Dr. Apergi is also in private practice and contributes as a consultant in school settings. Her research interests lie in the area of domestic and relationship violence and child abuse.

Dr. Mari Janikian earned her Ph.D. in school and counseling psychology from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Janikian completed a post-doctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at Harvard Medical School with a specialty in child and adolescent psychology. She has gained clinical experience at hospitals, mental health clinics and schools in Boston. She returned to Greece in September 2008 and joined the faculty at the Graduate School. Additionally, she collaborates with the Adolescent Health Unit at P. and A. Kyriakou- Children's Hospital. Current research interests include mental health issues of immigrant children as well as assessing the characteristics and predictors of excessive Internet use among Greek adolescents.

Dr. Chryssoula Karakitsou received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology and her MSc in health psychology, both from Stirling University. She has been actively involved in teaching and research on socio-cognitive development in childhood, both in Scotland during her doctoral training and in Greece upon her return in 2000. Her research and academic interests are in the area of childhood development and education with emphasis on socio-emotional competencies and use of non-verbal and drawing instruments in the psycho-educational assessment of young children, and in evaluation research of special education programs aimed at inclusion and vocational rehabilitation. Currently, she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in areas of her speciality and works at a mental health setting, where she is involved in the assessment and psychosocial rehabilitation of children with developmental delays.

Dr. Lillian Pelios received her MA in psychology from Queens College. She earned her Ph.D. at Temple University's College of Education Program of Psychological Studies in Special Education. She has several years of experience in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and in teaching professionals in preparation for certification examinations in the area of applied behavior analysis (ABA). She has taught courses in ABA; mainstreaming and inclusion; curriculum, instruction and technology; developmental disabilities; and adapting the teaching environment. Her research and professional interests address populations such as individuals with autism and developmental disabilities; they focus on issues such as self-monitoring and independence via use of picture activity schedules, reducing self-injurious and stereotypic behavior via functional analysis, teaching young children with autism language, communication and social skills, play and all skills necessary to achieve mainstreaming. Dr. Pelios is a member of the Association for ABA in the U.S. and the Greek Association for Research in Behavior.

Olympia Sklidi graduated from the University of Athens Law School while studying Sociology at DEREE. Having worked at the Juvenile Court, she became interested in the psychological dimension of young offenders' behavior, which led her to complete a BA in psychology at DEREE College and an MS in clinical psychology at Surrey University in the U.K. Following her academic studies, she completed specialist clinical training in group analytic psychotherapy and family therapy in Greece and psychoanalytic psychotherapy for children and adolescents in London. She has extensive clinical experience with couples; and with children, adolescents, and their families. She has a long-standing involvement in teaching, training, and supervision of students, trainees, and professionals in the areas of psychology, medicine, nursing, social work, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, in Greece and the U.K. Her clinical work has triggered a keen interest in neuroscience research and its implications for attachment theory and psychoanalysis.

Dr. Nikolaos Takis obtained his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the National University of Athens, with a specialty in the psychosocial adjustment of immigrant adolescents and their families. He also received an M.S. in clinical psychology and a B.A. in psychology from the same university. After working for several years in the field of prevention of mental health of the community in the municipalities of Filothei and Imittos, he joined the Detoxification Unit (18 ANO) of the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica. Dr. Takis has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in his specialty in the University of Athens. He is in private practice since 2000 and a certified trainer in Psychodrama. His research interests include issues of adaptation of immigrant adolescents, juvenile delinquency and addictions. He is a member of the Greek Psychological Society and a founding member of the Greek Psychodrama Society.

Dr. Beratis obtained his Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the National University of Athens, with a specialty in psycho physiological and psychometrical approach of cerebral lateralization.  He also received a BA in Psychology from the same university and an MSc in Human Cognitive Neuropsychology from the University of Edinburgh, UK.  Dr. Beratis has worked and consults in the field of neuropsychology in a variety of clinical and research settings.  His current research interests are in the areas of electrophysiology of human cognition and school bullying.

Dr. Hadjipateras-Giannoulis earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the Royal Halloway and Bedford New Colleges of the University of London.  She also has an MSc in Clinical Psychology from the University of Surrey and a BA in Psychology from the American College of Greece.  Dr. Hadjipateras-Giannoulis worked as a consultant clinical psychologist serving adults, children, adolescents and families in the UK, specializing in intervention services for individuals and groups with autistic spectrum disorders and ADHD.  She also worked as a supervisor and instructor for staff in residential settings servicing adults with learning and developmental disabilities.  Upon her return to Greece in 2010 she joined the graduate faculty of the American College of Greece and is currently also in private practice.  She is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist & Affiliate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

MS Leadership Program Coordinator

Assistant Dean - Graduate School

MS in Marketing and Certificate in Marketing Program Coordinator

Dr. Areti Krepapa holds a Ph.D. from the School of Management, University of Bath, an MBA from Cardiff Business School, University of Wales, U.K., and a BSc in business administration from The American College of Greece. She has had a varied career involving marketing, research and teaching. She has worked in product management for Delta Dairy SA and in market research for MRC. After completing her Ph.D. in 2000, she became a Lecturer of Marketing for the School of Management University of Bath and a Director of Studies for the Executive Bath MBA (Athens). In September 2009 she joined the Graduate School of The American College of Greece as a full-time faculty member. She serves as the Assistant Dean of the Graduate School and the Graduate Program Coordinator of the MS in Marketing. Her research and teaching interests lie in the area of information processing and interpretation, innovation, decision-making and organizational learning.

Dr. Mandes, holds a Ph.D., a DESS, and a DEA from the School of Business Administration at the University of Grenoble (France), He also holds a degree of Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. Dr. Mandes gained practical experience as production manager at Pepsi Co. and has also served as Training Programs Director at the Greek Management Association, Lecturer at the Athens University of Economics & Business, and Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Athens. He is also the Founder and Managing Partner of Team Management Consultants, one of the major Training and Development companies in Greece, that consults companies such as Coca Cola, 3M, Colgate-Palmolive, Glaxo, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Toyota, Boehringer- Ingelheim, Citibank, Alpha Bank, L'Oreal, Wella, Titan Cement, Bank of Cyprus,NESTLE, Carrefour, Praktiker, AB Vassilopoulos, Toyota, Microsoft, Vodafone,  Novartis, etc. His fields of expertise include Leadership, Strategic alignment, Change management, Team Building, the Learning Organization, Coaching, Creativity and Whole Brain Development.  Dr Mandes is an authorized consultant for the Herrmann Whole Brain Technology, a licensee for Senge's organizational learning technology, an associate with Project Adventures (USA) in experiential and adventure training and a certified trainer for Wilson Learning. Dr Mandes has published 4 books and several scientific articles in peer-reviewed academic journals and scientific conferences

Dr. Magdalini Soureli is deputy head of the Marketing Department in the Retail Banking Division at ATEbank. She holds a BS in marketing from Athens University of Economics and Business, an MS in Marketing from UMIST in the U.K., and a Ph.D. in management studies from the University of Manchester, also in the U.K. She has published a number of articles in the Journal of Consumer Behavior, the Journal of Financial Services Marketing, and Managing Service Quality and she has been an active presenter at several conferences. Her teaching and research interests focus on marketing in service sector industries. She has particular expertise in issues relating to customer relationship management and consumer behavior.

Dr. Pavlos Vlachos holds a Ph.D from the Department of Management Science & Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, and an M.B.A., from the National Technical University of Athens. He has taught a variety of Marketing seminars and courses for the Athens University of Economics and Business, DEREE-The American College of Greece and the Greek Open University. He joined the Graduate School of DEREE in 2010. His research lies in the area of corporate social performance, relationship marketing and evaluation of technology-based services. His work has appeared in Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, European Journal of Marketing, and European Journal of Information Systems among others.   He has been awarded a PricewaterhouseCoopers scholarship for academic excellence and the best paper award of the 16th European Conference of Information Systems. Before joining the academia he has worked as marketing and sales assistant for IMAKO Media Net Group.

Dr. Konstantinos Tasoulis holds a Ph.D. from the School of Management, University of Bath, sponsored by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. He also holds an M.Sc. in Management and HRM from the University of Bath and a B.A. in Economics from the University of the West of England. He has worked as a Research and Teaching Associate at the University of Bath. In 2007 he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece as a Senior Consultant, Human Resource Services. In 2010 he joined the Graduate School of Deree as a faculty member. His teaching and research interests lie in the areas of strategic HRM, performance management, organizational culture and values, trust and psychological contract, organizational learning and employee development. He specialises in the aviation and retail sectors and is also experienced in the banking, sports, toll road management and entertainment industries.

Dr. Melenia Arouh is an adjunct professor of Communication at DEREE College. She studied philosophy (BA) at DEREE College and film studies (MA) at the University of Southampton. She received her Ph.D. on Philosophy and Cinema from the University of Southampton in 2004. She has been teaching film studies and philosophy at DEREE since 2005. She has also worked as a free-lance journalist for Eleftherotipia newspaper, and collaborated with magazines such as Bazaar, EY, the newspaper Athens Voice and the journal Cogito. Other professional interests include translation and screenwriting .Her last work, a documentary entitled The Image of Memory, was screened at the Thessaloniki Megaron Mousikis in January 2009. Her research interests include theories of art and the mass media, the aesthetic study of cinema and television, and the value and method of film and television criticism, style and history in the mass media.

Dr. Grigorios N. Karimalis received his Ph.D. in organizational communication from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He also holds an MA in communication from the University of Akron, in Akron, Ohio, and a BS in political science with a specialization in political communication from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. While in the States he worked as an adjunct faculty member at WSU with a research focus in the Bureau of Business Research (BBR) of the School of Business Administration and with teaching assignments in the Department of Communication. Also, he held several corporate positions in the marketing, public relations and human resources departments of many private corporations. He is currently adjunct professor in the Department of Communication of The American College of Greece and special public relations advisor in the electronic communications and postal sectors. His current research interests include topics relating to organizational culture, decision-making procedures, issue advertising, relationship marketing, international public relations, and management of international organizations and corporations, and he has written and presented a number of articles in the above areas.

MA Communication and Certificate in Public Relations Program Coordinator

Dr. Argyro Kefala received her Ph.D. from New York University. She is a professor and head of the Communication Department at DEREE College. Her areas of interest and expertise include strategic planning and political communication, communication theory, mass media and culture, public affairs, and communication in the non-profit sector.

Prior to joining the faculty at DEREE, Dr. Kefala had a successful professional and academic career. While in the USA, she taught for a decade at New York University, Temple University and Marymount Manhattan College, and worked as a journalist. She also brings to the classroom more than nine years of field experience in strategic communication in the Greek public sector, having served as communication advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister and the Office of the Minister of Education, and to political parties and organizations such as the Center for Political Research and the Research Academic Computer Technology Institute.

Dr. Simon Leader joined DEREE in September 2003. He has been adjunt professor since 2005. He teaches Newsgathering, Communication Theories and Research Methods for Communication, a course which he introduced for the first time in the fall semester of 2004. Simon has a BA (Hons) from Nottingham Trent University (1991), an MA in mass communications from the University of Leicester (1992) and a Ph.D. from the University of Leicester. He began his career at the Centre for Mass Communication Research at the University of Leicester teaching on the Centre's BSc Communications, Media & Society degree (1992-94) and then as a Research Assistant on a variety of the CMCR's research projects including Children and Television (1992), Drugs and the Media (1995) and Science and the Media (1995). Simon was a research associate on the British Government funded project Television and Food Choice (1995-8). He has been an associate tutor for the MA in Mass Communications by Distance Learning of the University of Leicester since 1995. In 1999 he was awarded the Stanley Burton Scholarship from the Centre for Holocaust Studies at the University of Leicester where, in 2003, he completed his Ph.D. on The Holocaust and the British Regional Press 1939-1945.

Daniel McCormac brings to the classroom two decades of experience as a print and broadcast journalist, public relations writer, and industrial film producer. He has worked as a journalist for Antenna Television and NBC News Channel and as media training consultant for executive clients of V+O Communication, one of Greece's premier public relations firms. Mr. McCormac earned his BA in political science from Occidental College in Los Angeles and his MA in journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia. His academic and professional interests include the study of how media present risks related to modern life; how the use of language and presentation styles can impede or aid successful communication of media messages; and how successful messaging strategies vary through time and across cultures.

Dr. Panagiotis Avramidis, a graduate in mathematics from the University of Athens, earned an MS and a Ph.D. in statistics from the London School of Economics. He taught statistics and quantitative techniques at the London School of Economics before joining The American College of Greece. As a visiting professor at the Graduate School, he teaches business statistics and credit risk management. His research interests are in the banking and finance area, particularly in the use of quantitative techniques in credit risk management. He has written several papers and part of his research work has been published in well-recognized journals, including Statistica Sinica and LSE Technical Report. Dr. Avramidis has worked for Fitch Ratings, a leading credit rating house. He currently holds a senior management position in the ICAP Group's Credit Risk Management Department, working closely with several banking institutions to provide them with ways of meeting their regulatory capital requirements.

MS Finance and Certificate in Finance Program Coordinator

Dimitris Doulos received his Ph.D. degree from Wayne State University at Detroit in 1995. He taught Economics and Finance at the undergraduate and graduate level at Wayne State University from 1990 until 1996. He joined the Economics Department of the American College of Greece in 1996 where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of macroeconomics, international economics and international finance. He has also engaged in business consulting and participated in EU-funded projects. His current research focuses in the area of international economics and finance. Dr. Doulos has published and presented papers on various international conferences on foreign direct investment, inflation dynamics and effectiveness of structural funds in the European Union. He served as Head of the Department of Economics and Social Studies from September 2008 until August 2009. He is currently the Graduate Program Coordinator for the Master of Science in Finance program.

Dr. Anna Giannopoulou-Merika studied econometrics and mathematical economics at the London School of Economics, from which she graduated in 1985. She received her doctorate degree in economic development and econometrics from the University of Salford in the U.K. in 1990. She holds the rank of Professor III at DEREE, where she has been teaching in the Department of Economics since 1990. She teaches principles of economics and microeconomic theory to all majors, econometrics and mathematical economics to final-year economics majors, and modeling financial decisions to graduate students in finance. Her research interests lie in the fields of finance, behavioral finance, and macroeconomics. She has published over 18 papers in well-respected refereed journals of business and finance, including the Journal of Entrepreneurship:Theory and Practice,and the Journal of Applied Business Research, and has made numerous presentations at reputable international refereed conferences, such as those organized by EFMA, EFA, and EEFS, and at workshops. In 2006, she published a book, Financial Econometrics (Papazis Publishers). She is a qualified derivatives trader in the ADEX and has held positions as head of financial analysis in brokerage houses and delivered seminars organized by major institutions such as Alpha Bank, ΕΛΚΕΠΑ, ΕΕΔΕ, and ΙΟΝΙΚI BANK.

Lila Mordochae is Senior Associate Dean of the Business School and professor of finance at DEREE. She received her BS from Pierce College and MS from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A chartered financial analyst with a CPA from the State of Florida, she has worked as group financial advisor at Marinopoulos and chief financial officer at H. Benrubi Group. She has done consulting and audit work for Deloitte & Touche, and served as a board member at Elmek SA. She is an active member of the Hellenic CFA Society and has an active CPA license from the State of Florida. Professor Mordochae is involved with the academic administration of the Business School and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in finance.

Dr. Annie Triantafillou received her Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in the U.K. in 1992. She has been teaching in the Economics Department of The American College of Greece since 1993. She is the Assistant Dean of Arts & Sciences School and teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of macroeconomics in general and financial economics in particular, including macroeconomic theory, monetary theory and policy, money and banking, risk management, and portfolio theory and management. Her current research projects include the effects of macroeconomic announcements on sovereign bond markets and herd behavior in stock markets. Dr. Triantafillou has been a weekly columnist for the financial newspaper Kerdos since 1999. She was head of the Department of Economics and Social Studies during 2005-08 and has held the post of assistant dean of the School of Arts and Sciences since December 2007.