Antigoni Kapasaki holds an RSA Diploma for overseas teachers of English and an MA in Applied Linguistics from the Hellenic American University. She has completed all the core and strand courses of the PhD program from the same university. Since September 2007, she has been working at Hellenic American Union as an EFL instructor in the English Language Program and teacher educator. She is a certified Cambridge and Michigan examiner for all CEFR levels and an examiner supervisor. She has been involved in various projects for the Center for Applied Linguistics and Language Studies, developed testing items and co-authored a book for BCCE exam preparation. She has presented at HAU seminars in Greece and Bulgaria and has also taught academic English at the University of Sheffield. Since 2016, Antigoni has been teaching TESOL methodology courses for the BAELL program.
Stephen Bacigal is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Institutional Research and Assessment at Hellenic American University. A graduate of Rutgers University (B.A. in the City and Social Change) and Harvard University (M.Div.), he has taught English for academic and professional purposes in higher and continuing education settings, including King’s College (London), the National School of Public Administration, and Hellenic American Union, where he designed and led seminars in digital content writing and business communication. Mr. Bacigal teaches in the University's BAELL, General Education, and Business programs.
Ifigeneia Roulia is a freelance translator, proofreader and interpreter since February 2010 and as a freelance interpreter since 2013, in constant cooperation with the Eugenides Foundation, QUINTILES GES.M.B.H., Greece, Concepts Ltd., Hellenic American Union and other companies and institutions, as well as translation agencies such as RR Donelley Global Translation Services, Intertranslations Ltd. and Erminia. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Athens, School of Science, Faculty of Geology and her MA in Translation (Magna cum Laude) and MA in Conference Interpretation (Summa cum Laude) from Hellenic American University. She has been working as an EFL teacher since 1991 and since 2017 is an adjunct faculty member in the MAT Program.
Andreoula Valentini holds a BSc in Accounting and Finance from Deree College, the American College of Greece and a MA in Applied Linguistics from the Hellenic American University. She is also a CRLA certified writing tutor and holds the TESOL level 5. She has recently started her PhD in Applied Linguistics at the Hellenic American University. Her experience includes 15 years at the Bank of Cyprus in Greece, during which she was a trainer for 3 years, teaching Accounting to staff of all levels. The last 3 years she has been working at the Hellenic American Union as a teacher of various levels and age groups, while also teaching English, voluntarily, to the children of the Hatzikonsta Foundation for the Educational Support of Young People.
Eduardo Lucena Gonzalez graduated from the Hispanic Literature Department of the University of Cordoba (Spain). He received a scholarship for the University of Tours (France) where he studied French Literature, Translation and Cinematography. He worked as a Spanish teacher in France; since 2007 he has been teaching Spanish, Hispanic Literature and Theatre in Greece. His theater amateur group is the only in Athens which plays are performed exclusively in Spanish. His lectures on Hispanic Literature are part of LEA Festival (Literatura en Atenas) since 2008. He also translates poetry and novels from Greek to Spanish, and organizes workshops addressed to Greek translators. He collaborates with the ΚΠΓ (National Language Certificate) exams, as a speaker, researcher and corrector. Since 2014, he is an adjunct faculty member and teaches at Hellenic American College in the General Education Program.