Eleni Drogari is a researcher, writer, choreographer, and interdisciplinary program designer. Her teaching focuses on collaboration, emotional intelligence, arts integration, and alternative approaches to learning. She holds a double BA in History and Dance from Oberlin College (Ohio, US), an MA in Dance and Dance Education from Teachers College, Columbia University (New York, US), and a PhD in Dance Studies from Roehampton University (London, UK). Eleni has created and directed the BA in Dance at the University of Nicosia. She also founded Orchesis Center for Dance and Movement in NYC, designed to foster innovative movement work and bridge ethnic boundaries. She has been a guest lecturer at Brooklyn College (New York City), Oberlin College (Ohio, US), Neapolis University (Paphos, Cyprus) and, and most recently, HAU (Athens, Greece). Eleni has also presented her movement research at several conferences on topics including the Mediterranean woman, sociopolitical identity, and performance as research. She is currently an adjunct faculty member of the Business department.
Thomina Voziki is a Learning Experience Designer and Business Consultant at Krataion Consulting. She holds a bachelor’s in Education. and an MSc in Technology Education and e-Learning from University of Piraeus. She designs and delivers large-scale business training programs for multinational companies, SMBs, and the public sector with a specialization in customer experience and design thinking. Thomina worked for 3 years at OTEAcademy designing L&D programs and facilitating face-to-face and virtual classes in soft skills training. She is a certified non-formal education Trainer of Adults by the National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance, and a certified practitioner of Enterprise Design Thinking by IBM. She is a mentor in Women on Top and a Board member of the Diversity Advancement Committee in the global association CXPA. She is an advocate of women’s empowerment, and a Gold Tier facilitator of the global Google initiative #IamRemarkable. She teaches in the Business Program at the Hellenic American University.
Evita Psoni is an academic researcher and career counselor. She has extensive experience as a freelancer and employee in organizations in the telecommunications, banking, and hospitality sectors, and in music, vocational training, and private higher education. Her research has been published in international journals and presented at conferences. She is a peer reviewer and a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Learning and Change. She has studied International Economics, Human Resources, Communications and Management, Pedagogy, Special Education, Adult Training and Music in the Athens University of Economics and Business, Deree College, and elsewhere. She is currently a PhD candidate at Athens University of Economics and Business completing a dissertation on leadership. She is active in volunteer work, having been president and co-founder of several NGOs, such as Beyond Orbit. Evita is an adjunct faculty member at Hellenic American University, where she teaches in the BSBA program.
Giannis Georgiou is a screenwriter, filmmaker, and consultant focusing on subjects of story structure, theory, and technique. He studied Architecture in the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and Directing Fiction in the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in the UK. He worked as a filmmaker, screenwriter, and story consultant for more than a decade, before turning to games and interactive storytelling. He is passionate about visual narrative and interactivity and his experience includes teaching and coaching writers on above subjects, as well as writing screenplays, articles, personal essays, games, and interactive fiction.
He is currently a Content Creator in the game writing app Arcweave. He is an adjunct instructor at Hellenic American University and teaches in the BSI program.
Charles Chen received his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering, and his MBA, and PhD in International Management from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. He is a senior associate faculty member at the University of Phoenix (Hawaii campus) and a distinguished visiting professor at Chongqing Technology and Business University in China. He served on the editorial board for the Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research and as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal Baltic Journal of Management, International Journal of Emerging Markets, Journal of Business and Economics, Management and Organization Review, and International Trade Journal. He is a licensed professional engineer in the states of Hawaii and Illinois. Dr. Chen currently teaches in the BSBA program at Hellenic American University.