Fulbright Greece Outreach Ambassadors

Fulbright Greece Outreach Ambassadors are alumni who share their experiences to help promote the scholarship programs, advise future applicants, and connect and engage with our grantees and alumni.

While all Fulbright Greece alumni are ambassadors of the program, the representatives are Fulbright voices in Greek universities and research centers. Read the bios below to see how Outreach Ambassadors help promote Fulbright.

Fulbright Greece Outreach Ambassadors are the Foundation’s points of contact at major Institutions of higher education around Greece.

They inform, advise, and assist potential Fulbright Greece scholarship applicants, relate their personal Fulbright experience in the U.S., and introduce students to the United States higher education landscape. They increase awareness about Fulbright opportunities in the academic and research environment, either in Greece or in the United States, and engage with U.S. Fulbright grantees to help them integrate into their university and local communities.

The current Fulbright Greece Outreach Ambassadors and their contact information are listed below:

Academy of Athens
Georgios Kalpadakis

Georgios Kalpadakis

SENIOR RESEARCHER, MODERN GREEK HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Foreign policy and diplomacy; Southeast Europe; small states in the EU; regional cooperation; state-building.

It is a pleasure to serve as the representative of the Foundation at the Academy of Athens. I am happy to advise and share my experiences with prospective applicants of the Fulbright program as well as to assist U.S. Fulbright scholars who wish to engage with and become integrated into the academic community during their stay in Athens. I look forward to hearing from you!

Fulbright Visiting Scholar 2021–2022 to the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Tatiani Rapatzikou

Tatiani Rapatzikou

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Contemporary American Literature and Culture with emphasis on Fiction, Poetry, and Digital Literature.

I am happy to help U.S. Fulbright scholars integrate into living in Greece and into academic life as well as engage with incoming or outgoing Fulbright scholars and students in Thessaloniki.  I’ll be glad to answer your questions. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Fulbright Visiting Scholar 2009–2010 to the Comparative Media Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Athens University of Economics and Business
Chrysovalantou (Valanta) Milliou

Chrysovalantou (Valanta) Milliou

PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN ECONOMIC STUDIES

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Competition Policy

I am happy to help anyone interested in pursuing graduate studies in the U.S. and to provide information regarding the Fulbright Scholarship Program.

I am also happy to inform researchers and faculty members in Greece regarding research opportunities in the U.S. and the respective Fulbright programs.

I am ready to share my experiences and answer questions about living in the U.S., particularly in New York. 

Finally, I am happy to help incoming U.S. Fulbright scholars integrate into academic life in Greece and living in Athens.

Fulbright Visiting Scholar 2018–2019 to the Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Democritus University of Thrace
Sotiria Boukouvala

Sotiria Boukouvala

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN MOLECULAR GENETICS, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Genomics, Pharmacogenomics & Toxicogenomics, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology & Biotechnological Industry

I would like to help with spreading the information about Fulbright possibilities at Democritus University of Thrace, particularly in the scientific areas of biology, biomedicine, and biotechnology. I am happy to advise on graduate/doctoral studies or post-doctoral research in the U.S., and to answer your questions about the Fulbright Scholarship Program. I am ready to engage with incoming and outgoing scholars alike—feel free to contact me if you want to discuss any part of the experience or need help navigating the process of integration either in the U.S. or in Greece.

Fulbright-Schuman Visiting Research Scholar 2012–2013 to the Toxicology & Mycotoxin Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Center, Athens, GA.

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Christina Dokou

Christina Dokou

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

RESEARCH INTERESTS: American and Comparative Literature and Culture, Gender Studies, Psychoanalytic Criticism, Comics Studies, American Folklore

I would welcome the opportunity to advise prospective students and scholars in the Humanities, especially in English or Comparative Literature, who wish to study in the U.S. through a Fulbright grant, by sharing my experiences and expertise with them. As a Faculty member of the University of Athens, I have helped scores of students find their path in postgraduate education, and I would be more than willing to do so with potential Fulbright scholars.

Fulbright Graduate Student 1992–1993, Comparative Literature, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.

Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
Dimitra Iordanoglou

Dimitra Iordanoglou

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION, MEDIA AND CULTURE

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Leadership/Human Resource Management

I would like to help with spreading information about Fulbright possibilities at my institution and academic network. I would also be happy to advise Fulbrighters who are planning to come to Greece or Greek Fulbrighters who are planning to go to the U.S.

Fulbright Visiting Scholar 2016–2017 to the School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ.

Technical University of Crete
Marianthi Liapi

Marianthi Liapi

RESEARCH PROGRAM DIRECTOR, TRANSFORMABLE INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS LABORATORY (TUC TIE LAB), SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Architecture, Technology and Education (learning places and maker spaces, cultural settings augmented with projection mapping, transformable intelligent environments, extreme environments, as well as in visual communication)

I would like to help with spreading information about Fulbright possibilities at my institution and within my academic network. Please reach out if you have any questions regarding moving, living, studying, or integrating in either the U.S. or Greece: I’ll be happy to assist remotely or locally! Also, do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding research in architecture, technology, and/or education.

Fulbright Graduate Student 2003–2004, Architecture, Center for Computational Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

University of Patras
Ioannis Dimakos

Ioannis Dimakos

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Provision of psychological services in the schools with emphasis on problems of behavior, issues in written language (assessment, learning disabilities, development of writing skills)

I am happy to advise on undergraduate or graduate studies in the U.S. and to answer questions of incoming scholars who want to spend a semester in a Greek academic institution.

Fulbright Graduate Student 1990–1991, Educational Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.

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