Teaching Staff
Ophelia Greene
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Since her tenure began in 2002, President Greene has recruited distinguished faculty, raised academic standards and dramatically increased fundraising, transforming Kempbelle into a selective, top-ranked college.
Members of Faculty/Laboratory Teaching Staff/Specialized Technical Laboratory Personnel
Konstantinos Aivaliotis (PhD, MA) is Assistant Professor at the Cultural Technology and Communication department of the University of Aegean. He holds degrees in Socio-cultural and Visual Anthropology (UK, Goldsmiths College) and Anthropology of Education (France, Univ. Rouen) and his work and academic interests focus on creative and ethnographic documentary, film festivals and film markets via an interdisciplinary approach on cultural industries. He has produced two feature-length documentaries, more than ten short documentaries and directed four. From 2008 to 2016 he was programmer at the Athens International Film Festival and from 2017-2020 he served as Director of Promotion at the Greek Film Centre. Today, in addition to his academic duties, he is the co-founder and director of the ETHNOFEST organisation and titular festival, Regional Project Manager at Thessaloniki Locarno Industry Academy and Project Manager at Thessaloniki Agora Doc/Boost Lab.
Giannis Iliadis is a member of the Special Technical Laboratory Staff (ETEP), of the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication (DCTC) of the University of the Aegean, having as field of knowledge: “Research, Documentation and Management of Digital Cultural Data”. His research interests focus on social research and data recording and documentation on issues related to digital culture and cultural representation (theoretical and methodological issues), on the performance of cultural events, as well as on issues related to the promotion and management of cultural data using new multimedia and internet technologies. He is a member of the “Image, Sound and Cultural Representation” research laboratory of the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication and he has worked and cooperated in the implementation of several research projects, concerning issues related to digital culture and cultural representation.
Evangelia Kavakli is an Information Systems Professor at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean. She has been a faculty member of the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean, since 2002. She holds a PhD in Computation from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK. She is in charge of the Cultural Informatics Laboratory of the University of the Aegean.
Her research work supported in the context of national and EU funded projects, focuses on the topics of Capability Oriented Requirements Engineering, Enterprise Modelling, Information Systems Privacy and Cultural Informatics. She is the co-editor of the book: The Practice of Enterprise Modeling. She has published over 60 papers in international conference proceedings, edited books and academic journals, including the Requirements Engineering Journal, Information Systems Journal, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics and Springer Lecture Notes on Computer Science.
Her current research focuses on the design of Cyber Physical Social Systems. She has been actively involved in numerous international conferences in the area of Information Systems, including the International Conference on the Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS) and the IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM).
Dr. Angeliki Kitsiou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication at the University of the Aegean, specializing in “Sociology of the Internet and Design of Social Requirements in Modern Digital Environments”, as well as a member of the Research Laboratory Privacy Engineering and Social Informatics (PrivaSI) of the Department. Since 2017, she has taught at the Hellenic Open University in the Master’s Program “Educational Sciences,” in the thematic unit “Education: Cultural Differences and Social Inequalities,” and since 2020 at ASPAITE in the course “Educational Research Methodology.” She elaborated her postdoctoral research at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication and received her doctoral degree from the Department of Sociology at the University of the Aegean, as well as the Certificate of Pedagogical and Teaching Competency from ASPAITE. She has participated in several funded programs, studying the relationship between new technologies and fields such as education, social control, privacy protection in digital environments, innovative educational methodologies and quality assurance methods in education, and applied social policies for migration and youth. Her research interests and publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences focus on the field of Internet Sociology and Social Informatics.
Konstantinos Kotis (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7838-9691) is currently a tenure track associate professor at the University of the Aegean, Dept. of Cultural Informatics and Communication. His research interests include Knowledge Engineering, Semantic Web technologies, Semantic Web of Things, and conversational/generative AI. He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences (Google Scholar h-index 23, citations>2300) and served as reviewer and PC member in several journals and conference events. He has also contributed to several national and European projects from different roles/positions. For more, please visit: http://i-lab.aegean.gr/kotis.
Sofia Mytilinaou is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Graphic Design & Visual Communication (School of Applied Arts and Culture) of the University of West Attica with the subject “Graphic Design-Interface and User Experience Design”. She teaches in the under-graduate and postgraduate program of the Department and in the postgraduate program of the University of the Aegean (Department of Cultural Technology & Communication). Sofia specializes in the fields of Graphic and UI/UX Design, with passion for innovative ideas and design of innovative experiences in mixed reality environments. She holds a PhD in Cultural Technology and Communication (University of the Aegean) studying audience active participation in mixed-reality environments. Her research work has been published in international peer-reviewed conferences and books, focusing mainly on cultural studies, design, active participation and user experience.
Gerasimos Pavlogeorgatos is a Professor at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean. He is the director (since 2013) of the Cultural Heritage Management Laboratory (CHMLab) at the University of the Aegean. He was the director of the MSc programme “Cultural Informatics and Communication” of the University of the Aegean, (https://ci.aegean.gr). His research interests include cultural planning, preservation of natural and cultural heritage, use of modern technologies (databases, GIS, digital representations, etc.) for recording, documentation, protection and promotion of natural and cultural heritage. He has published (more than 85) papers in scientific journals, proceedings of scientific conferences and chapters in edited volumes related to his research interests. He is the author or editor of scientific books related to his research interests. He has participated in a large number of research projects and studies (>50) on the management of the natural and cultural environment and the preservation of the cultural heritage, in several of which he has been the scientific coordinator. Since 2000, he has been teaching at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean in undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Since 2003, he has supervised a large number of postgraduate and undergraduate theses (>70) and three completed doctoral theses on topics related to his research interests. For more information:
e-mail: gpav@aegean.gr
Despoina Poulou is an Assistant Professor of Culture and Digital Audiovisual Arts at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean. Since 2023, she has been a coordinator and lecturer at the Open Hellenic University in the Undergraduate Program in Film Writing, Practice, and Research Studies. She holds a PhD from the Department of Philosophy and Education of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with Postgraduate Studies in “Digital Art Forms” from the School of Fine Arts, a degree from the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, as well as the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University. In 2022, she completed Postdoctoral research at the Department of Philology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a scholarship from the Hellenic National Fund. Her research interests lie in the fields of film theory, film aesthetics, and philosophy of film, focusing also on issues of intertextuality and intermediality in cinema and on the conversation between filmic and literary text. She has presented papers reflecting her research interests in journals and conferences and is the author of the book The Philosophy of Eroticism in Cinema: Bataille, Bertolucci, Oshima (Athens, Aigokeros, 2022).
Evi Sampanikou is Professor of Visual Culture and Art History at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication at the University of the Aegean [https://www.ct.aegean.gr/]. She has studied Archaeology and English Literature. Among her past positions are: contract lecturer at the University of Thrace (Komotini, Greece) (2000-2003) and consultant instructor at the Hellenic Open University (1999 – today). Her early research (1989-1998) focused on post-Byzantine painting and Renaissance art theory while later on (1998-2008) the focus moved to photography, new media art, comics & graphic novels, issues of cultural management and also the reflections of modern and contemporary philosophy on art. From 2008 to nowadays she is involved in research on all forms of Posthumanism (Critical Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Metahumanism), primarily focusing on Critical Posthumanism. She is a founding member of the Beyond Humanism Conference Series and she has for years (since 2009) actively been participating in international events, workshops and research activities related to Posthumanism. Among her publications of the last decade are: Evi D. Sampanikou (ed) (2017). Audiovisual Posthumanism, Cambridge Scholars Press [book], Evi D. Sampanikou & Jan Stasienko (eds) (2021), Posthuman Studies Reader. Core Readings on Transhumanism, Posthumanism and Metahumanism. Schwabe Verlag [book], Evi D. Sampanikou (2022). “Visual Culture, Posthumanism and the Pythagorean Paradigm. Documentary vs the Politicization of Truth”, Journal of Posthumanism, Volume: 2, No: 1, pp. 57 – 63, Evi D. Sampanikou (2022). “Art Has Always Been the Product of a Philosophizing Cyborg. Looking Inside Philosophy of Posthuman Art by Stefan Lorenz Sorgner”, Deliberatio. Studies in Contemporary Philosophical Challenges, Volume: 2, No: 2, pp. 7-18 and Evi D. Sampanikou (2023). “Misunderstandings around Posthumanism. Lost in Translation? Metahumanism and Jaime del Val’s “Metahuman Futures Manifesto” (2022)”, Journal of Posthumanism, June 2023. She is currently working on a book on posthuman art.
Irini Stathi is Professor at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean in the field of Film Studies, History and Theory of Cinema. She has been teaching in the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Program of the Department since 2003. She studied Theory of Theory at the Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo (Discipline of Arts, Music and Theatre) at the University of Bologna and holds a PhD from the University of Panteion-Athens. She has worked at the University of Patras (Department of Communication, Culture and Media) and at the University of Patras (Department of Theatre Studies) and has collaborated with University Institutions in Europe and has worked with various cultural and audiovisual organizations in Greece and abroad. She has directed research projects and has published extensively on Film Theory, Film History, Greek and European Cinema. Her scholarly work has been published in books, monographs as well as scholarly articles and conferences in Greece and abroad and focuses on Film Studies, as well as on the History and Theory of cinema, the Documentary film, the relationship between Cinema and the other Arts, and Semiotics of the moving image. Finally, she directed the documentaries Petra (2005-2006) and The face of the Pine trees (2007-2008).
Alexandros Spathis studied sound engineering but quickly transitioned into the multimedia industry, focusing on image and sound editing, and later on 3D graphics. Since 2002, he has been working in the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, overseeing the audiovisual laboratories. He holds the technical directorship of the “Image, Sound, and Cultural Representation” Laboratory and has participated in numerous research and development programs funded by national and European resources, focusing on the audio & video editing for documentaries, production of 3D graphics and overall image and sound for multimedia applications and installations.
Angeliki Chrysanthi serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, specializing in “Interactive Storytelling and Digital Cultural Heritage.” In 2015, she is awarded her PhD from the University of Southampton. Her research focuses on the interdisciplinary field of Interactive Digital Narrative, with particular emphasis on theoretical and applied approaches that explore the (co-)creation and communication of complex narratives, especially in the context of culture. Her teaching and published work are in topics such as digital cultural heritage interpretation, design and evaluation of narrative flows in applications and games, and exploration of spatial and social patterns emerging in Extended Reality (XR) experiences. She has co-authored and co-edited numerous publications in these fields and has participated in national and international research projects in the broader domain of Digital Cultural Heritage.
Associates
Andromachi Vrakatseli specialises in sound and new media in art and cultural industries. She holds a PhD from the University of the Aegean in the field of «sound art and exhibition space», investigating the relationships between sound, body and space. Her PhD is the first one in Greece in the field of sound studies. In her postgraduate studies in Music Technology at the University of York she specialised in interactive art technologies using Max/Msp/Jitter as well as on the relationship between sound and image. Her scientific research and sound artworks have been presented at international conferences regarding sound (The Global Composition 2018, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Sounding out the space Conference, Dublin School of Creative Arts, Sonic Realities Conference, University of Aberdeen etc.), in cultural exhibitions and journals (Leonardo Electronic Almanac MIT Press, Seismograf etc.). She has academic experience in sound design and sound art at the Universities of Western Macedonia and Thessaly. She organizes educational programs in the field of sound, image and digital media (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Eugenides Foundation, etc.).
Eleni Galani is a museologist and PhD candidate at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean. She has participated in research projects, exhibitions, museum educational programs and audiovisual productions. Her research interests focus on exhibition design, audiovisual arts and the use of moving image as an exhibition tool. She is a member of the Museology Research Laboratory of the University of the Aegean Museolab and the Greek Documentary Association.
Elena Dzardanova is a PhD candidate at the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering, and she is continuously employed as a researcher in funded academic research programs all intermixing novel technologies and culture. Her thesis examines psycho-social implications and proposes a new research methodology for better developing and understanding virtual reality and immersive technologies. She is an expert in the design, management and conduction of social experiments with human participants and in her career so far she has interviewed, either for audio-visual productions or her own experiments, over 300 individuals. Her diverse personal and educational background has allowed her to approach all types of media with profound insight, balancing cultural and societal understandings with the demands and challenges of the implicated technologies employed and practicalities of development.
Elisavet Kelidou is a graduate of the Department of Graphic Design at the School of Graphic Arts and Artistic Studies of the University of West Attica (formerly ATEI Athens). She holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Cultural Informatics from the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication at the University of the Aegean. As a professional graphic designer, she has been involved in print and digital communication for businesses and organizations. She has collaborated with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, undertaking graphic design and visual management for both temporary and permanent exhibitions, as well as the design of interactive applications with cultural content. Since 2010, she has been teaching at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication at the University of the Aegean, focusing on an interdisciplinary approach to visual communication design and multimedia applications. Her teaching and research work revolves around design methodology, the dynamics of visual storytelling in exhibition environments, and the integration of contemporary technologies in shaping communication experiences.
Research Interests
- The structure and process of design in communication.
- Design perception and the visualization of ideas and messages in exhibitions and museums.
- The integration of new technologies into design methodology and their role as a means of expression and communication.
Ο Σέργιος Κοτσόβουλος είναι πολυβραβευμένος σκηνοθέτης/σκηνογράφος. Η ταινία «Echo» που σκηνοθέτησε το 2021, έχει αποσπάσει πάνω από 25 διεθνή βραβεία έχοντας συμμετάσχει σε περισσότερα από 90 φεστιβάλ. Από το 2018 είναι μέλος των πρωτοπόρων σε Virtual Reality (VR εικονική πραγματικότητα) και Expanded Reality (XR επαυξημένη πραγματικότητα) MALVI. Από το 2014 έως το 2019 ήταν συνιδρυτικό μέλος του ολιστικού γραφείου οπτικής επικοινωνίας και φιλμ “WITHIN” (Ermis Awards, ΕΒΓΕ, Digital media awards) και ήταν ένας από τους καλλιτεχνικούς διευθυντές της πολυβραβευμένης (Χρυσό ΕΒΓΕ γραφιστικής 2016) ομάδας “ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ” στην Στοά Εμπόρων στην Αθήνα. Ο Σέργιος έχει μακροχρόνια εμπειρία στις παραγωγές σε πλατό και σε post production ξεκινώντας σαν 3d Animator και συνεχίζοντας σαν σκηνοθέτης, σκηνογράφος και σαν σχεδιαστής για τηλεπαιχνίδια, εκπομπές, διαφημιστικά και ταινίες για τις περισσότερες εταιρείες παραγωγής στην Ελλάδα. Μεταξύ άλλων παράλληλων δράσεων, έχει διατελέσει μέλος της κριτικής επιτροπής στα βραβεία Ermis, ομιλητής στο Design Athens, αρθρογράφος στο περιοδικό Φωτογράφος από το 2012, ενώ είναι ιδρυτικό μέλος της ΑΣΙΦΑ ΕΛΛΑΣ.
Dr. Aikaterini-Georgia Mavroeidi is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean and a member of the research laboratory “Privacy Engineering and Social Informatics (PrivaSI).” She is also an Instructor at the same Department. She completed both her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, as well as she holds a Master’s degree in Information Security from the University of Brighton.
She holds a PhD from the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean, with her doctoral dissertation focusing on raising awareness of privacy issues through gamification. Her research interests and project involvement center on the design of gamified educational applications, education, privacy requirements analysis, digital transformation, and culture.
She is the author of several peer-reviewed articles published in international scientific journals and conference proceedings, and she has worked on numerous research and development projects.
Dr. Alexandros Tourtas graduated in 2007 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) receiving a BA in History & Archaeology. In 2010 he obtained an MSc degree in “Protection and management of monuments and archaeological sites” from the University of Thessaloniki and in 2014 he concluded his MA course in “Maritime archaeology” in the University of Southampton (UK). He defended his thesis on “Protection and management of maritime archaeological sites in Greece. A theoretical and methodological approach” in 2017 receiving a PhD title from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. At present he is conducting postdoctoral research at the University of Aegean – School of Social Sciences, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, where he also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate classes. He has taken part in many research projects in Greece and abroad. His research interests comprise the fields of archaeological research, Cultural Heritage management, communication of scientific knowledge to the public, cultural theory and digital culture.
Fotis Ifantidis is archaeologist and museologist. He studied archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he received his master’s and doctoral degrees, and museology at the University of the Aegean, where he is currently conducting postdoctoral research. He has worked as a field and museum archaeologist, as well as an archaeologist/photographer in archaeological ethnography research projects, and has participated in the design and implementation of museological projects. His research interests focus on the relationship between image and archaeology, with an emphasis on art/archaeology and the visualization and exhibition of the archaeological praxis. He has published papers in academic journals and edited volumes, as well as monographs, both on prehistoric personal adornment -his archaeological specialization- and on the image as part of the archaeological and museological toolkit.
Stamatis Chatzistamatis is a Computer Scientist holding a master’s degree in Management Science and Information Systems. He also holds a Ph.D. in the field of object classification in three dimensions using deep learning techniques. He works at the Democritus University of Thrace and has previously worked in an IT solutions company and as a hardware consultant. His research interests include 3D computer vision, machine learning through computational intelligence methods such as neural networks, and the application of these techniques in image processing and reality-based 3D modeling for cultural heritage documentation. As part of his research activity, he has published papers in peer-reviewed international journals, peer-reviewed international conferences, and book chapters. He has participated in research projects either as a researcher or as a fellow and has collaborated with foreign universities under a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship.
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Vice President, Student Affairs
Wesley Clarke
Senior Advisor to the President
Betty Bowman
Acting Vice President for Finance
Johnny Jones
Dean, Diversity and Compliance
Dennis Ruiz
Acting Vice President of Administration
Vernon Lowe
Assistant Vice President for Communications