Editors

Eugenia Arvanitis

Eugenia Arvanitis

Assistant Professor of Interculturality & Diversity in Education, University of Patras, Greece

Dr. Eugenia Arvanitis is Assistant Professor of Interculturality & Diversity in Education at the University of Patras, Greece. She teaches at the Post Graduate Program "LRM Language Education for Refugees and Migrants" of the Hellenic Open University. Dr. Arvanitis has worked for a number of divisions in the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (2006-2012), and she has been involved in policy development for intercultural, adult, and immigrant education (e.g. drafting working papers and expressions of interest for major national programs funded by the European Commission through the National Strategic Framework of Reference).

Dr. Arvanitis lived for a decade in Australia gaining valuable experience in multicultural education and ethnic language maintenance policies. Her PhD research involved an in-depth analysis of teaching practices and educational policies in Australia in the late 1990s with particular emphasis on Greek language classes and after-hours schools in Victoria. During 2001-2004, she was coordinator of the Greek Language and Cultural Studies Program (BA International Studies) at the School of International and Community Studies, RMIT University and the Manager of the Australian-Greek Resource and Learning Center at RMIT University, Melbourne.

Since 2015, Eugenia has coordinated the Forum on Intercultural Dialogue and Learning at the University of Patras, Greece, which attracts funding from Greek organizations and the European Commission. She also acts as an Intercultural Expert at the Intercultural Cities Network, a world-wide program run by the Council of Europe. Eugenia was a visiting researcher and scholar at the National Europe Center, Australian National University (2004), and the Fulbright Foundation at the University of Illinois (2017). She is an Associate & Research Partner in several scientific organisations such as PASCAL International Observatory, the International Association for Intercultural Education, the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA), and the University of Illinois (Common Ground: Scholar & Learning by Design project teams). In recent years, she has focused on the dissemination of the Learning by Design. She manages the Greek web based platforms ‘Nea Mathisi’ and 'Scholar,' which support professional and intercultural learning in school-based activities. This has involved collaborative work with a number of other Greek academics, school administrators, and teachers to co-design and evaluate a set of interactive WEB2 tools aimed at developing cutting edge pedagogical practices that enhance leaner performance and intercultural capacities of both teachers and students.

Carmen Miguel Vicente

Carmen Miguel Vicente

Profesora y Delegada de la Decana para la Diversidad y Sostenibilidad en la Facultad de Trabajo Social, Dpto. Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spanish)

Doctora en Trabajo Social. Máster en Trabajo Social Comunitario, Gestión y Evaluación de Servicios Sociales. Graduada en Trabajo Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Diplomada en Trabajo Social, Universidad Pablode Olavide. Profesora adscrita al Departamento de Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociales. Asesora de la Decana para la Diversidad, Sostenibilidad. Coordinadora de la Unidad para la Diversidad, Inclusión y Aprendizaje Servicio en la Facultad de Trabajo Social. Coordinadora del Voluntariado del Campus de Somosaguas. Investigadora en grupos de investigación, “sistemas cooperativos de gestión de conflictos, mediación, negociación y cultura de paz en la sociedad del siglo XXI” y en el proyecto RISEWISE que se centra en el colectivo de mujeres con diversidad funcional/discapacidad desde diferentes perspectivas en varios países de la UE. Publicaciones científicas, responsable de proyectos de cooperación al desarrollo, proyectos competitivos, participación en proyecto de innovación docente y de calidad y estancias en el extranjero de Latinoamérica y Europa. Evaluación del programa Docentia muy positiva. Premio Roosevelt a la Defensa de los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. Presidenta de la Asociación de Familiares y Amigos de la Discapacidad/Diversidad, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. AFADIS- UCM.

Mari Ángeles Medina Sánchez

Mari Ángeles Medina Sánchez

Delegada del Decano para Asuntos Sociales y Prevención; coordinadora de la Unidad para la Diversidad e Inclusión en la Facultad de Estudios Estadístico, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spanish)

Doctora en Economía por la Universidad de Castilla la Mancha. Licenciado en Ciencias Matemáticas Sección Estadística e Investigación Operativa Especialidad Investigación Operativa. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Docente, Delegada del Decano para Asuntos Sociales y Prevención y coordinadora de la Unidad para la Diversidad e Inclusión en la Facultad de Estudios Estadístico de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Investigadora del proyecto RISEWISE que se centra en el colectivo de mujeres con diversidad funcional/discapacidad desde diferentes perspectivas en varios países de la UE. Publicaciones científicas, responsable de proyectos de cooperación al desarrollo, proyectos competitivos, participación en proyecto de innovación docente y de calidad y estancias en el extranjero de África y Europa. Evaluación del programa Docentia muy positiva. Miembro de la junta directiva de la Asociación de Familiares y Amigos de la Discapacidad/Diversidad, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. AFADIS- UCM.

Editorial Board

  • Sidonia Alenuma, St. Olaf College, USA
  • Maurizio Ambrosini, University of Milan, Italy
  • Rita Bertozzi, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • Vivienne Bozalek, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Susan Bridges, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • L. Larry Edmonds, Emeritus Professor, Arizona State University, USA
  • Maria Gindidis, Monash University, Australia
  • Elwira Gross-Gołacka, University of Warsaw, Poland
  • Maria Hatzigianni, University of West Attica, Greece
  • Jackie Huggins, University of Queensland, Australia
  • Fethi Mansouri, Deakin University, Australia
  • Soula Mitakidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • José Luis Ortega Martín, University of Granada, Spain
  • Yolanda C. Padilla, University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Mariagrazia Santagati, University of Milan, Italy
  • David Silverman, Kansas State University, Salina, USA

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