Welcome to my personal website!
I am a Psychology Researcher, Lecturer and Seminar Leader in the Department of Psychology at Kingston University London. I have been awarded the first prize as the Best New Researcher 2019 in the Faculty of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences. During the last two years (2019 & 2020), I have received three academic grants for my academic merit and research.
My research is focused on the social and academic inclusion of adolescents with and without visual impairments. I am particularly interested in self-esteem, self-concept, quality of social relationships, social support, academic performance and classroom participation, school engagement. social competence and in the impact that rehabilitation services have on the lives of individuals with special educational needs.
I have a Degree in Primary Education and a Masters in Special Education. Visual impairment has been my field of expertise for the last seven years. I have certified qualifications in Braille and my Master's dissertation was about the academic and social inclusion of students with visual impairments in higher education.
I am currently working as a lecturer, seminar leader and supervisor in Psychology and Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods. I am also working as a teacher and special educator and I am supporting children with learning disabilities, psychological disorders, intellectual disability and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).
I am a member of the Advance HE (formerly Higher Education Academy) and I have QTS (Qualified Teacher Status).
In this website you will find information about my academic research, presentations in conferences, publications and my non-academic articles that you will find in my blog. You can learn more details about me by exploring the next pages.
Thank you for being here and keep in touch!
I am a Psychology Researcher, Lecturer and Seminar Leader in the Department of Psychology at Kingston University London. I have been awarded the first prize as the Best New Researcher 2019 in the Faculty of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences. During the last two years (2019 & 2020), I have received three academic grants for my academic merit and research.
My research is focused on the social and academic inclusion of adolescents with and without visual impairments. I am particularly interested in self-esteem, self-concept, quality of social relationships, social support, academic performance and classroom participation, school engagement. social competence and in the impact that rehabilitation services have on the lives of individuals with special educational needs.
I have a Degree in Primary Education and a Masters in Special Education. Visual impairment has been my field of expertise for the last seven years. I have certified qualifications in Braille and my Master's dissertation was about the academic and social inclusion of students with visual impairments in higher education.
I am currently working as a lecturer, seminar leader and supervisor in Psychology and Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods. I am also working as a teacher and special educator and I am supporting children with learning disabilities, psychological disorders, intellectual disability and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).
I am a member of the Advance HE (formerly Higher Education Academy) and I have QTS (Qualified Teacher Status).
In this website you will find information about my academic research, presentations in conferences, publications and my non-academic articles that you will find in my blog. You can learn more details about me by exploring the next pages.
Thank you for being here and keep in touch!
NEWS
2020 so far...
*Excited that the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced that youth entrepreneurship will be an official subject to all the schools in Greece. This is an idea that we discussed last January with many other professionals in the "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" event, where I presented my ideas on employment and entrepreneurship of students with special educational needs (SEN).
*Delighted that we have received some University funding for the research project "Factors which explain alcohol and cigarette consumption among young adults aged 18-25 years during the COVID-19 outbreak".
*I have published in co-operation with Dr Maro Doikou, Assistant Professor in the School of Philosophy and Education at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, a research paper focused on the social support that individuals with visual impairments receive in educational institutions around the world in the British Journal of Visual Impairment.
*Our paper "Providing social support for students with visual impairments in educational settings: Findings from an integrative literature review" with Dr Maro Doikou has been accepted for presentation at the Inclusive and Supportive Education Conference (ISEC) in UCL Institute of Education (IOE), London.
*Thrilled that I have received a £10,000 PhD studentship from the National Lottery Community Fund and Sight for Surrey in order to investigate the role that specialist vision rehabilitation services play in the academic learning and socioemotional development of children and adolescents with visual impairments.
*I have presented my PhD research in the 3rd PhD meeting between Kingston University and University of Gothenburg.
Oral presentation titled "Social inclusion of adolescents with visual impairments: From Research to Practice" at the rd PhD meeting between Kingston University and University of Gothenburg in Kingston University London.
2019...
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2020 so far...
*Excited that the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced that youth entrepreneurship will be an official subject to all the schools in Greece. This is an idea that we discussed last January with many other professionals in the "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" event, where I presented my ideas on employment and entrepreneurship of students with special educational needs (SEN).
*Delighted that we have received some University funding for the research project "Factors which explain alcohol and cigarette consumption among young adults aged 18-25 years during the COVID-19 outbreak".
*I have published in co-operation with Dr Maro Doikou, Assistant Professor in the School of Philosophy and Education at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, a research paper focused on the social support that individuals with visual impairments receive in educational institutions around the world in the British Journal of Visual Impairment.
*Our paper "Providing social support for students with visual impairments in educational settings: Findings from an integrative literature review" with Dr Maro Doikou has been accepted for presentation at the Inclusive and Supportive Education Conference (ISEC) in UCL Institute of Education (IOE), London.
*Thrilled that I have received a £10,000 PhD studentship from the National Lottery Community Fund and Sight for Surrey in order to investigate the role that specialist vision rehabilitation services play in the academic learning and socioemotional development of children and adolescents with visual impairments.
*I have presented my PhD research in the 3rd PhD meeting between Kingston University and University of Gothenburg.
Oral presentation titled "Social inclusion of adolescents with visual impairments: From Research to Practice" at the rd PhD meeting between Kingston University and University of Gothenburg in Kingston University London.
2019...
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*Excited that I received the 1st prize for the Best New Researcher in the 10th Annual Faculty of Business and Social Sciences Conference in Kingston University for the paper: Manitsa Ifigeneia, Fiona Barlow-Brown, Evanthia Lyons: "Self-concept in adolescents with visual impairments" (2019)!
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**Delighted to received a £1000 grant from Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust for my research on social inclusion of adolescents with visual impairments!
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***Delighted to announce the publication of my academic paper "Self-concept of adolescents with visual impairments" in the British Journal of Visual Impairment!
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Oral presentation at the 10th Annual Faculty of Business and Social Sciences Conference at Kingston University, London.
Oral presentation at the 10th Annual Faculty of Business and Social Sciences Conference at Kingston University, London.
Oral presentation at the British Psychological Society (BPS) Postgraduate Meeting, London, UK.
