About Me
My professional profile combines my training as a psychologist with my experience in higher education, research and educational counselling as well as recently discovered passions for mass-media, storytelling and public lectures designed for families and young students.
A summary of my professional interests and expertise are summarised as follows:
Psychologist
- Organisational and work psychology (design and instruments testing of employees’ work styles)
- Life-span psychology (published in a book format as well as a taught course for undergraduate students)
- TV programs on education and psychology topics (producer and host for “Mother’s questions” on Hope Channel and permanent guest on “Education for life” program – same TV station)
- Educational counselling for parents
- Public lectures for parents and couples (over 30 events)
Professor and trainer
- Lecturer (courses: Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, Organisational Psychology)
- Manager of Preschool and Primary School Teachers’ Training Bachelor program of study (5 years’ experience)
- Educational and vocational counselling for students (over 11 years’ experience)
- Research coordinator and mentor for undergraduate and graduate students (over 50 research projects, research mentor for Andrews University, USA and Universidad de Montemorelos, Mexico)
- Trainer for continuous education and personal development
Researcher
- Research design for projects from different fields: educational psychology, work and organisational psychology, psychology of creativity, psychology of virtual spaces and communities
- Quantitative and qualitative data analysis and reporting (SPSS, content analysis)
- Expert researcher for local, regional and European projects (10 projects)
- Expert in social research methodology (courses taught: Social Research Methodology, Research Methodology for Education Sciences, Social Statistics)
- Virtual spaces and communities research methodology (the first Romanian research study focusing on religious virtual communities)
Author
- Children storybooks (author and co-author for the Delta Cart Educational and Life & Health publishing houses)
- Scientific publications (author, co-author and coordinator of scientific books. Author of numerous articles published in both national and international journals)
- Collaborator to the Psychology Column in the Life & Health magazine
