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Scientific committee

Chair: Soresi S. (Università di Padova)

Co-Chair: Nota L. (Università di Padova)

Co-Chair: Castelli C. (Università Cattolica di Milano)

Arcuri, L., University of Padua, Italy

At present Luciano Arcuri is Professor Emeritus of the University of Padova. During his career: he was part of the CRUI-MIUR working group expected to propose the activation of the Diploma Supplement into the Italian university system. He was member of the Evaluation Committee of the University of Padova and University of S. Raffaele. He was main coordinator of the international network “Services for the support of the student” promoted by European University Association (EUA) inside the Quality Culture Project. He was Chair of the Steering Committee di ESCON (European Social Cognition Network).

Arnold, J., University of Sheffield, UK

John Arnold joined the Institute of Work Psychology (IWP) at the University of Sheffield as Professor of Work Psychology on 1 May 2011 and became Director of the Institute in February 2012. He is a Fellow and Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society, and a Registered Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council. Before joining IWP he worked at Loughborough University School of Business and Economics for 15 years, and Manchester School of Management for 8 years. John is an experienced and successful manager and leader within Business/Management School environments. John has a PhD in Psychology from the University of Sheffield and a BA (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Nottingham. He has extensive experience of academic journal editing and reviewing, including as editor of Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (JOOP) from 2004 to 2008. He is currently a consulting editor with four leading journals, including the Journal of Vocational Behavior. John values both quantitative and qualitative research, and is accustomed to working with colleagues from other disciplines. His research, teaching and consultancy involve all areas of careers and their management from both individual and organisational perspectives. Particular interests include career choice, personal development and adjustment, work role identities and transitions (including the transition into working life), career success and failure, mid/late career issues, and the impact of career management interventions such as mentoring, development centres and succession planning. John is also interested in the interfaces between careers and other related topics such as leadership, work design, ageing and life-span development.

Arslan, E., University of Padua, Italy

Edoardo Arslan is Full Professor of Audiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Padova and the Director of the Audiology and Phoniatric Service at Treviso University Hospital. Professor Arslan has published over 130 publications and book chapters in clinical audiology particularly in children audiological diagnosis and in hearing aids and cochlear implants fitting. Since 1994 he has been holding the office of Rector’s Delegate for Disabilities at the University of Padova. As a Delegate, he coordinates the activities and the interventions of the Disability Service aimed to the inclusion of the students with disability at University and, more in general, the University policies in the field of disability. Since 2008 he is a member of the executive board of the Conference of the Italian Universities Disability Delegates (CNUDD)

Bellotto, M., University of Verona, Italy

Full Professor and research of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Verona. Coordinator of Ph.D in "Organizational psychology: integration and differentiation processes." He worked at several universities and has provided advice to companies on issues related to the process of interpersonal communication and roles, with particular reference to the management of human resources. His research and publications focus mainly on theoretical and methodological aspects of the psycho-social, organizational cultures, personal and professional values development. He is a member of national and international organizations.

Bimrose, J., University of Warwick, UK

Professor Jenny Bimrose is Deputy Director of the Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick. Previously, she was Head of Centre for Training in Careers Guidance at the University of East London (UEL). With over thirty years’ experience in higher education, researching and teaching at post-graduate level, Jenny is a Fellow of the Institute for Career Guidance, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Research Associate at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa and Co Editor for the British Journal for Guidance and Counselling. Many of her recent research projects have focused on the policy, theory and practice of career counselling and guidance. An area of specialist interest is gender, especially older women. Other ongoing research interests include career adaptability, decision-making styles and career trajectories of mid-career workers in Europe; together with the use of ICT and labour market information in career guidance.

Blustein, D. L., Boston College, USA

David L. Blustein is a Professor in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. Professor Blustein is a Fellow of Division 17 (Counseling Psychology) of the American Psychological Association and he has received the Division 17 Early Career Scientist-Practitioner Award, the John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Personality and Career Research, and the Extended Research Award by the American Counseling Association. Professor Blustein is also a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and of the National Career Development Association. Professor Blustein has published over 85 journal articles and book chapters in career development, work-based transitions, the exploration process, the interface between work and interpersonal functioning, and the psychology of working. He also has published a book entitled “The Psychology of Working: A New Perspective for Career Development, Counseling, and Public Policy”, which is currently in its third printing. In addition, Professor Blustein has consulted with state and national government agencies on issues pertaining to career development education and the school-to-work transition process.

Broonen, J. P., Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Jean-Paul Broonen (MA, MS, PhD) is a Professor of vocational psychology at the Faculty of Psychological and Educational Sciences at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Work Psychology and Economic Psychology Unit, Brussels, Belgium). His current research interests include the impact of conative (motivational and volitional) processes in career psychology, individual and group career counselling, academic performance, and motor diseases rehabilitation. He is an editorial assistant director of L'Orientation Scolaire et Professionnelle. He is also a consulting counsellor in international companies.

Brown S. D., Loyola University Chicago, USA

Steven D. Brown, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Education at Loyola University Chicago. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Brown is also the recipient of the John L. Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality Research and the Best Science Award (both from the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association) as well as the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society for Vocational Psychology. He developed, along with Drs. Robert W. Lent and Gail Hackett, Social Cognitive Career Theory and has recently applied the theory to the definition, study, and application of vocational hope. The hope model was presented in 2011 at the International Conference on Vocational Designing and Career Counseling at the University of Padova and published in the Oxford Handbook of Prevention in Counseling Psychology edited by Elizabeth M. Vera and published by Oxford University Press.

Carducci, B. J., Indiana University Southeast, USA

Bernardo J. Carducci, Ph.D., is a full professor of psychology and Director of the Shyness Research Institute at Indiana University Southeast; Fellow of the American Psychological Association in Division 1: General Psychology, Division 2: Teaching of Psychology, and Division 52: International Psychology; and 2011-2012 President of the Italian-American Psychology Assembly. In addition to teaching introductory psychology and personality psychology for over 32 years and conducting research on the nature and dynamics of shyness, he is the author of the college-level textbook titled The Psychology of Personality: Viewpoints, Research, and Applications, 2nd ed. (Wiley-Blackwell Publishers) and other books designed to help shy individuals understand and deal more effectively with their shyness. Most recently, he is the co-author of The Psychology Major’s Career Preparation Workbook: Planning for Your Career Success (Pocket Guide Publishing). Carducci's writings and advice have been featured in such diverse sources as Psychology Today, U.S. News and World Report, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The London Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, and Vogue, to name just a few.

Chung, Y. B., Indiana University, USA

Y. Barry Chung received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States of America. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University. His research interests include career development, multicultural counseling, and sexual orientation issues. Dr. Chung has presented and published widely on these topics. He was appointed to eight journal editorial boards internationally, and was Executive Editor of the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 44 Book Series. Dr. Chung served as President of the National Career Development Association in 2006-07, as well as President of the Society of Counseling Psychology in 2011-12. He was a member of the APA Board of Educational Affairs in 2007-09, and the APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest in 2010-12. Dr. Chung is a Fellow of APA (Divisions 17, 44, and 45), Asian American Psychological Association, and National Career Development Association.

Cinamon, R. G., Tel Aviv University, Israel

Rachel Gali Cinamon is an Associate Professor at the Tel Aviv University, Israel. She is the Head of the Department of School Counseling and Special Education. Her area of research is career development and her studies focus on work-family relations, women's career development, and the career development of at-risk populations (immigrants, minorities and people with special needs). She serves as an advisory board member for The Journal of Career Development, The International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance and The School Counselor (Hebrew). Prof. Cinamon has developed career interventions for at-risk populations, interventions that are applied in schools, as well as special programs for young adults that promote wide and positive career plans and objectives that are implemented in youth centers throughout Israel.

Cohen-Scali, V., University of Caen-Basse

Valérie Cohen-Scali is PhD in Social Psychology, and Professor in Adult Education at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM), Paris, France. She is Researcher at the Research Center in Adult Training at the CNAM, Paris and Co-responsible of the research group on Identity construction and professionalization. Associate Editor of the Journal L’Orientation Scolaire et Professionnelle [School and Vocational Guidance]. Her research interests concern the development of professional identity of young adults who work while studying, who are in alternating training, the organisational socialization, and the evolution of identity and competences of professionals of the field of training, counselling, social work. Cohen-Scali, V., Gaudron, J.P., Guichard, J., (2009). Counseling in France : a Growing practice among diverse professional groups. L.H. Gerstein, P.P. Heppner, S. Ægisdóttir, S.A. Leung, & K.L. Norsworthy. International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Counseling: Cultural Assumptions and Practices Worldwide. (329-336).Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. Cohen-Scali, V. (2010). Travailler et étudier [Working and Studying]. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.

Costabile, A., University of Calabria, Italy

Angela Costabile is a full professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Calabria (Italy). She is the Delegate of the University Rector for Vocational Guidance, Student Services and Lifelong Learning. One of her research areas is Aggressiveness with special focus on Bullying and Cyberbullying. Her scientific production includes contributions in national and international books and journals. She cooperates in international scientific collaborations and is a member of the Management Committee of a European Project (Cost) on Cyberbullying and Positive Effects of Information and Communication Technology.

Cubelli, R. , University of Trento, Italy

Roberto Cubelli is Full Professor of General Psychology and head of the Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education at the University of Trento. He works in the field of cognitive neuropsychology and psycholinguistics, and is interested in picture naming, written word recognition, reading and writing, and verbal memory. He has published several studies on international journals. He runs cooperative research with teams at the Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh (UK). He is Managing Editor of the international journal “Cortex” and the President of the Italian Association of Psychology (AIP).

Dauwalder, J.-P., University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Professor emeritus at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). President of the Swiss Federal Authority for Psychological Professions. Born in 1945 he studied psychology, sociology, psychopathology, educational and behavior sciences at the University of Bern. From 1975 to 1978 he was clinical psychologist and researcher at the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Lausanne. From 1979 to 1991 he was Head of the Department of research and teaching in Social Psychiatry at the University of Bern. He also was an Associate professor for counseling and behavior modification at the University of Lausanne from 1987 to 1991. Since 1991 he was Full professor for counseling and vocational psychology at the University of Lausanne. As Head of the Department of counseling psychology, Vice-Dean of the Faculty, President of the Committee of the Swiss National Fund and finally as President of the University Council, he was called to many different responsibilities. He organized international conferences in behavior modification, health psychology, vocational guidance and interdisciplinary meetings on self-organization. He also was member of editorial boards of many scientific journals. His publication list includes more than 130 articles, books and chapters. President of the European Society for Vocational Designing and Career Counseling (ESVDC), he also is member of Life-Design-Research-Group, NICE-Erasmus academic network, and many professional associations in the fields of psychology and counseling. In 2010 he got the Award of the Division of Counseling Psychology of the International Association of Applied Psychology in Melbourne.

Delle Fave, A., Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Antonella Delle Fave, MD specialized in Clinical Psychology, is full professor of Psychology at the Medical School, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. Her research interests concern the daily quality of experience, optimal experience and the process of individual psychological selection, that is the long-term differential replication and cultivation of activities and competencies. Her cross-cultural studies have produced the largest international data bank on psychological selection and optimal experience. She has developed and supervised intervention projects in the domains of health and education, as well as international co-operation programs aiming at resource implementation in conditions of disability and social maladjustment. She actively contributed to the development and dissemination of positive psychology, and was among the founders of the Società Italiana di Psicologia Positiva (SIPP), the European Network of Positive Psychology (ENPP) and the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). She is currently past President of IPPA and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Happiness Studies. She is author of 130 articles and chapters in scientific journals and peer-reviewed books, author/editor of 11 books and 2 special journal issues.

Di Nuovo, S., University of Catania, Italy

Santo Di Nuovo. Doctoral Degree in Philosophy (Catania, 1972) and Psychology (Padua, 1976). Since 1990 full Professor of Psychology. Actually, he is Dean of the Course of Psychology, University of Catania, and Chief of the Counseling Service. Author or co-author of about 300 published books and papers, many concerning Vocational Counseling. His research activity is focused on methodological and psychometric aspects applied to different areas of psychological research. As regard cognitive neuroscience research, he collaborates with the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS), University of Plymouth (UK), and other Italian and international research institutions. He is member of the Scientific Board of numerous journals, and editor of many psychological publications.

Duarte, M. E., University of Lisbon, Portugal

M. Eduarda Duarte is Full Professor at the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Psychology, where she directs the Master Course in Psychology of Human Resources, Work, and Organizations. Her professional interests include career psychology theory and research, with special emphasis on issues relevant to adults and the world of work. She is research director of Career Guidance and Development of Human Resources Services. Her publications and presentations have encompassed topics on adult’s career problems, testing and assessment, and counselling process. She is since 2005 Chair of the Portuguese Psychological Society; she also served on editorial boards for some Portuguese, European, and Iberia-American journals. She is the Director of the National Institute of Guidance. She is President-Elected of Counselling Division, IAAP. She is also National Defence Adviser, since 2006.

Erford, B. T., Loyola University, USA

Bradley T. Erford, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC, LPC, LP, LSP, is the 2012-2013 President of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and a professor in the school counseling program of the Education Specialties Department in the School of Education at Loyola University Maryland. He has authored or edited more than 15 books. His research specialization falls primarily in development and technical analysis of psycho-educational tests and outcomes research and has resulted in the publication of several dozen refereed journal articles, more than 100 book chapters, and ten published tests. He has received numerous awards for his scholarship and service to the counseling profession from ACA and the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (AACE), organizations within which he has held numerous leadership positions.

Ertelt, B.-J., University of Czestochowa, Poland

Bernd-Joachim Ertelt, PhD., is a Professor for Science of Education in VET at the Jan Dlugosz University (AJD), Faculty of Education, Czestochowa/Polen, Lecturer at the University of Applied Labour Studies of the Federal Employment Agency (Hochschule der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (HdBA), at the University of Mannheim (Faculty of Social Sciences) and at the University of Heidelberg (Institute for Educational Science, Unit for Further Training and Guidance). He is Honorary Professor at the University of National and World Economy, Sofia/Bulgaria. Since 1985 he works as expert and consultant in many countries and various international projects and organisations in the fields of counselling methodology, development of vocational guidance services, evaluation of international projects and academic counsellor training (ILO, CEDEFOP, World Bank, EU-Commission, Leonardo da Vinci, OECD, ERASMUS, etc.); numerous publications and studies. He is member of Conseil Scientific International of J. "OSP" (INETOP, Paris), Editorial Board of J. "Career Designing: Research and Counselling" (Kaunas/Lithuania), and International Board of the of the "Journal of Counsellogy" (Wroclaw/Poland).

Fabbris, L., University of Padua, Italy

Luigi Fabbris currently is full professor in Social Statistics at the Statistics Department, in the University of Padua. He lectures mainly in techniques for multivariate analysis and in complex sample surveys. He is vice-rector for the statistical activities at Padua University, member of the Technical-scientific committee for the Veneto District statistical system, and member of the National committee for the orientation and coordination of official statistics at Istat, the Italian statistical bureau. He has been either consultant or research director at several public bodies and private companies, and at national and international organizations for the analysis and forecast of social and economic phenomena. He is currently director of the international journal “Statistica applicata – Italian Journal of Applied Statistics”. He authored, or co-authored, more than 360 scientific publications, among which 60 volumes, on the following topics: sample survey methods, computer assisted data collection techniques, and data quality analysis methods; multivariate analysis; multivariate scales for ranking or scoring sets of interrelated items; social uneasiness of families; extreme poverty measurement; social conditions of working women; social conditions of the elderly; compatibility between competencies, jobs, human capital, and higher education; university drop-out measurement; social integration through sports; design and evaluation of social services; conception and implementation of systems of indicators and of statistical observatories.

Ferreira, J. A., University of Coimbra, Portugal

Joaquim Armando Gomes Ferreira, PhD, Full Professor - University of Coimbra, Portugal. Adjunct Professor - State University of New York, Albany, USA. Coordinator area of Education, Development, and Counseling Psychology of the College of Psychology and Education, University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is member of editorial boards of The Counseling Psychologist, Psychologica, and Psicologia, Educação e Cultura. Coordinator PhD program in Educational Psychology. He has numerous publications in national and international Journals.

Flores, L. Y., University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

Lisa Y. Flores is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational, School & Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri. She has expertise in the career development of women and Latino/as and Latino immigrant issues and has published and presented extensively in these areas. She received the early career professional award from APA’s Society of Counseling Psychology in 2008 and the National Latino/a Psychological Association in 2008. She is currently Editor of the Journal of Career Development and former Associate Editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, and has served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Vocational Behavior, The Counseling Psychologist, Journal of Counseling Psychology, and Career Development Quarterly.

Fouad, N. A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

Nadya A. Fouad, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is editor of The Counseling Psychologist. She was recipient in 2003 of the John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality Research, the 2009 APA Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training Award, the 2009 Janet Helms Award for Mentoring and Scholarship, and 2010 Paul Nelson Award by the Council of Chairs of Training Councils. She is the chair of the 2012 APA Ethics Committee, is a past-President of the Society of Counseling Psychology, and is a past chair of the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs and the APA Board of Educational Affairs (2004-2006). She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Vocational Behavior and the Journal of Career Assessment. Her research interests are in the areas of cross-cultural vocational assessment, career development of women and racial/ethnic minorities, and interest measurement. She is currently working on studies to examine the persistence of women in engineering careers.

Fulcheri, M., Università degli Studi “G.D’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Mario Fulcheri, graduated in Medicine and Surgery, specialist in Psychiatry, psychotherapist and adlerian analyst; Full Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology, President of the Course of Magistral Degree in Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, with the Chancellor’s Delegation to the activities of Service for the Orientation and Disability (together with the task of coordinating the Service of Counseling and DSA Desk). Within his scientific and research activities (author and co-author of about 300 publications between National and International articles and books) particular attention has been turned to the thematic inherent the Orientation, Tutoring, Helping Relationships and University Counseling, with reference also to disability; in this context he has contributed to the foundation (2002) of the Universities Association for the Development and Training to the Helping Relationship and the Counseling (AURAC), where he held the position of Executive Officer for the University Counseling; currently Referent University Counseling for the CRUI; member of the Scientific Committee or of Advice of numerous magazines and Editorial Director of “Counseling” magazine (Italian Journal of search and applications) Erikson.

Gati, I., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Itamar Gati, Ph.D., is the Samuel and Esther Melton Professor in psychology and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has authored or co-authored over 120 publications and delivered more than 100 international presentations related to career development. He is Fellow of the National Career Development Association and of Divisions 17 and 52 of the American Psychological Association, and a recipient of the Eminent Career Award from NCDA. Prof. Gati is the developer of www.cddq.org , a free, anonymous, evidence-based career planning system. He is on the editorial boards of the Career Development Quarterly, Journal of Counseling Psychology, and the Journal of Career Assessment.

Gerstein L. H., Ball State University, Indiana

Lawrence H. Gerstein Lawrence H. Gerstein, Ph.D. is a George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Director of the Doctoral Program in Counseling Psychology, and Director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Ball State University in the USA. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, coeditor of The Counseling Psychologist-International Forum, and an expert in peace and cross-cultural psychology, research methodology, Employee Assistance Programs, and mental health help-seeking attitudes and behaviors. Professor Gerstein has published three books (International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Counseling: Cultural Assumptions and Practices Worldwide; Essentials of Cross-Cultural Counseling; and Handbook for Social Justice in Counseling Psychology: Leadership, Vision, and Action) and over 100 refereed scholarly articles. Currently, Professor Gerstein in collaboration with some other professionals is implementing two U.S. State Department projects: a $1 million American studies grant with Quaid-i-Azam University in Pakistan and a $212,739 cultural exchange grant in Jordan.

Gheno, S., Catholic University of Milan, Italy

Stefano Gheno, PhD in Occupational Psychology at the School of Specialization in Psychology at the Catholic University of Milan. In 1990 follows the italian qualification as psychologist. He is accredited by the Order of Psychologists of Lombardy (Italy) as an expert in work- and organizational psychology and psychological research. Actually he is a board member of the Order of Psychologists of Lombardy (Italy). He is AIP (italian Association of psychology, section of organizational psychology) member. He is ordinary member of SIPCO, Italian Society of Community Psychology, and of AIF, the Italian Association of Trainers. He is a founding member of the Italian Society of Positive Psychology (SIPP), which is currently President. He develops his scientific activity at the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of Milan. He has participated in several research in different fields of social and organizational psychology. In 1990 he won (with Maria Elena Magrin) COM Award for Applied Research with a paper on the women’s representation of work. Since 2000 he has been director of research for IREF (Lombardy Regional Institute for Training of Public Administration), CEFASS (European Training Centre for Social Affairs and Health), IReR (Regional Institute for research). His main areas of research and teaching are: empowerment and community psychology, psychology of human groups and organizations, training and development of human resources. Since 1995 he teaches psychology disciplines at the Faculty of Sociology at the Catholic University of Milan. He is currently lecturer of psychological techniques for human resources at the headquarters of the Catholic University of Milan. Since 1995 he held teaching and research abroad, at the State University of Novosibirsk and at the Siberian Academy of Public Administration (Russian Federation). At first as visiting professor, then as supervisor of international cooperation activities. In 2007 he founded Well At Work & Associates, a professional group working in the promotion of well-being in the workplace. In 2008, Well At Work flows with Re-Act, Research in Action, a group of psychosocial and organizational researchers, Eudaimonia Ltd, of which he became President.

Gore, P. A., University of Utah, USA

Dr. Gore currently serves as an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of Institutional Analysis at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He earned his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Loyola University – Chicago and has held academic and administrative responsibilities at the University of Missouri –Kansas City, Southern Illinois University, and ACT, Inc. Dr. Gore’s research and practice efforts focus on non-cognitive and motivational aspects of academic and career success. In particular, he is interested in how secondary and post-secondary institutions use data describing the non-cognitive strengths and weaknesses of their students to promote student success and retention. He regularly consults with secondary and post-secondary institutions in the U.S. and abroad in developing and evaluating student success programs and is currently directing two national and one international demonstration projects on the use of data-driven student success programs. Dr. Gore is the past-chair of the Society for Vocational Psychology, past Advisory Board member of the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, and is the current Editor of The Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.

Guichard, J., Institut National d'Etude du Travail et d’Orientation Professionnelle, France

Dr. Jean Guichard is professor of vocational and counseling psychology at the Institut National d’Etude du Travail et d’Orientation Professionnelle (INETOP: National Institute for the Study of Work and Career Counselling), a department of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM: National Conservatory of Applied Technologies) in Paris, France. He used to be in charge of the direction of this Institute (from 1996 to 2001). Jean Guichard’s main theme of research is about the dynamism of self-construction. He outlined a theoretical model of self-construction aiming at developing a constructivist approach to ethically grounded life designing interventions for young people. He authored different career education workshops, a form of counselling interview for life designing and different books (notably, with Michel Huteau “Psychologie de l’orientation” which was translated in Italian, Polish and Portuguese). He has published about 100 articles or book chapters in different languages (English, French, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, etc.). Jean Guichard was awarded with an honorary doctoral degree (Doctor honoris causa) from the University of Joensuu (Finland) in 2004 and from the University of Lisbon (Portugal) in 2011. In 2008, he received an award his for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of the Counseling Profession from the American Psychological Association (Society of Counseling Psychology).

Gysbers, N. C., University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

Norman C. Gysbers is a Curators' Professor in the Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri. He received his B.A. degree (1954) from Hope College and his M.A. (1959) and Ph.D. (1963) degrees from the University of Michigan. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Nevada-Reno and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a visiting scholar at the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University, Beijing Normal University, the University of British Columbia, and National Taiwan Normal University. He was awarded a Franqui Professorship from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles in 1984. He was Editor of the Career Development Quarterly, 1962-1970; Editor of the Journal of Career Development, 1978-2006; President of the National Career Development Association, 1972-73; President of the American Counseling Association, 1977-78; and Vice President of the American Vocational Association, 1979-1982. Since 1967 he has served as director of numerous national and state projects on career development and career counseling, and school guidance program development, implementation, and evaluation. He is author of ninety-five articles in seventeen different professional journals, forty chapters in published books, fifteen monographs, and twenty-two books, one of which has been translated into Chinese, Italian, Japanese, and Korean.

Hackett, G., University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA

Gail Hackett is currently Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Counseling & Educational Psychology at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Her major research interests include social cognitive applications to career counseling and vocational development and gender and ethnicity in counseling and therapy. Her most recent NSF-funded research, with colleague Nadya Fouad and others, focuses on barriers to and supports for girls and women’s pursuit of majors and careers in STEM fields. Gail received her Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in Counseling Psychology and served on the faculty at Arizona State University, the Ohio State University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has served on the editorial boards of the four major journals in counseling psychology; as associate editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology; as Vice President for Division E of AERA; and as Vice President for Scientific Affairs of Division 17 of APA. She has received numerous national awards for research and was awarded Fellow status in the Association for Psychological Science, and Divisions 17 and 35 of the American Psychological Association.

Hartung, P. J., Northeast Ohio Medical University,

Paul J. Hartung, Ph.D. is Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University and Adjunct Professor of Counseling at the University of Akron (U.S.A.). He has authored over 70 journal articles and book chapters dealing with career development, assessment, and counseling. He is Incoming Editor of The Career Development Quarterly (2013) as well as co-editor of the books Developing Self in Work and Career and the forthcoming two-volume APA Handbook of Career Intervention and Handbook of Vocational Psychology (4th Ed.). He serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Career Assessment, and International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 17) and the National Career Development Association.

Heppner, M. J., University of Missouri-Columbia, U

Mary J. Heppner, Ph.D. is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri (MU). She is the author of four books, two assessment measures, and over a hundred journal articles primarily in the area of vocational psychology. As Associate Director of the Career Center on the MU campus she is both a practitioner and scientist. Dr. Heppner was awarded a Fulbright fellowship to conduct research and teach in Taiwan. She is also the recipient of many awards including the John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality research, the American Psychological Association (Division 17) Early Scientist Practitioner, and the Chancellors Award for her work with women on her campus, nationally and throughout the world. She is currently the Training Director of MU's nationally ranked Counseling Psychology doctoral program. She is honorary member of the Italian Society For Vocational Guidance.

Heppner, P. P., University of Missouri-Columbia, U

Puncky P. Heppner, Ph.D., is currently a Curators Professor of the Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri. He is co-founder and co-director of the Center for Multicultural Research, Training and Consultation since 1998, and the inaugural co-chair of the International Section of the Society of Counseling Psychology. He has published over 160 articles/book chapters, and eight books. Dr. Heppner has served on several national/international editorial boards, including editor of The Counseling Psychologist. Dr. Heppner is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association (Divisions 17 and 52) of the American Psychological Society. In 2005/6 he served as President of the Society of Counseling Psychology and was the recipient of the Leona Tyler Award, the highest award given by the Society. He has also been the recipient of three Fulbright awards. He is honorary member of the Italian Society For Vocational Guidance.

Horne, A. M., University of Georgia, USA

Arthur M. Horne, Ph.D., Dean of Education and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia, is a psychologist and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, as well as several divisions of APA. He has more than 30 years of professional experience as a university professor and has received recognition for his work, including the American Psychological Association’s Society of Counseling Psychology Awards for Social Justice, Lifetime Achievement Award in Prevention, and Lifetime Achievement in Training. He was President of the APA’s Division of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy. He is the current president of the APA Division 17, Society of Counseling Psychology. He has more than 200 scholarly publications and presentations including 11 co-authored and 5 co-edited books in his areas of expertise (group work, prevention, and bullying and violence reduction, and marriage and family counseling). Andy and his wife take pleasure in travels, and particularly enjoy spending time on the Oregon coast to enjoy the ocean, mountains, rivers, and abundance of nature.

Hou, Z.-J., Beijing Normal University, Cina

Zhi-jin Hou, Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2002 at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Major: Counseling psychology. Sub specialization: Career Development, is Professor at the Institute of Clinical and Counseling Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University. Is member of the International Association of Applied Psychology, Division 16 counseling psychology, Liaison of China; International Affiliate of the American Psychological Association, Chinese Psychological Society. She is Board member of Clinical and Counseling Psychology committee. Her teaching activity is focused on Introduction of Counseling and Psychotherapy (undergraduate); Mental health issue in adolescents (undergraduate); Career Development and Counseling (postgraduate); Counseling Process and Technique (postgraduate); Personal and Professional Growth as a Counselor (postgraduate). She is National Training Coordinator of Ministry of Education for university career center.

Howard, K. A. S., Boston University, USA

Dr. Kimberly A. S. Howard received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology in 2001 from Boston College. She completed a predoctoral clinical internship at the Outpatient Behavioral Health Center at Sinai Samaritan Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Prior to joining the faculty at Boston University she ran a prevention program in a Milwaukee public high school and was an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Howard’s research interests include the examination of the career development process of diverse, low-income youth. She is interested in factors that promote vocational development and resilience and the reasoning processes used by children and youth to understand career choice and career attainment. Dr. Howard also has a professional interest in the roles that counseling psychologists can play in supporting and improving public education. Her work has appeared in journals such as The Counseling Psychologist, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, and the Peabody Journal of Education. She has written chapters in books such as Handbook of School Counseling; Handbook of Psychotherapies with Children and Families; and Transforming Social Inquiry, Transforming Social Action: New Paradigms for Crossing the Theory/Practice Divide in Universities and Communities.

Illetterati, L., Università di Padova. Italy

Luca Illetterati is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Padua. His research interests are primarily oriented to the Classical German philosophy, with particular attention to the relationship between philosophy and science with reference to the philosophy of Kant, Hegel and Heidegger. It also dealt with the philosophy of translation and the problems connected with teaching philosophy and therefore the issues involved in the status of the concept of philosophy.

Larcan, R., University of Messina, Italy

Rosalba Larcan, PhD, is full professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Messina (Italy) where she is the director of the Psychology Division of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences Department. She is the director of the postgraduate master course “Expert in vocational designing and career counselling”. She is the director of the Course of Psychology Degree, at the University of Messina, and director of PhD Course in “Psychological Sciences”. She is a member of the Editorial and Scientific Committee of some scientific journals on developmental and educational psychology. She is member of scientific national and international associations. Research efforts are directed toward the analysis of influences of family and educational systems on development and school-career decision making, and on setting up and efficacy analysis of educational trainings.

Lent, R. W., University of Maryland, USA

Robert W. Lent is a professor of counseling psychology and Co-Director of the Counseling Psychology Program, Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, University of Maryland, University of Maryland. His research interests include applications of social cognitive theory to academic and career behavior; counselor development, training, and supervision; and psychological health. Dr. Lent is a Fellow of Division 17 (Counseling Psychology) of the American Psychological Association and a recipient of the John L. Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality Research. He has also received the Outstanding Scholarship Award from the College of Education, UMCP. He is co-editor of the Handbook of Counseling Psychology (1st through 4th editions) and Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work. He is honorary member of the Italian Society For Vocational Guidance.

Leong, F., Michigan State University, USA

Frederick Leong is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Michigan State University in the Industrial/Organizational and Clinical Psychology programs. He also serves as the Director of the Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research. He has authored or co-authored over 200 journal articles and book chapters and edited or co-edited 10 books. Dr. Leong is a Fellow of the APA, the APS, and the Asian American Psychological Association. He was the recipient of the 2007 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology and the 2009 Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology from Division 12. He is the Founding Editor of the Asian American Journal of Psychology. His major clinical research interests center around culture and mental health and cross-cultural psychotherapy (especially with Asians and Asian Americans), whereas his I - O research is focused on cultural and personality factors related to career choice, work adjustment, and occupational stress.

Lo Coco, A., University of Palermo, Italy

Alida Lo Coco is Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology and coordinator of the Ph.D. in Public Relations at the Palermo University. She is Rector’s Delegate for Vocational Guidance. Her main interests of research are on peer relationships, students’ academic and psychological adjustment, intercultural relations. She is associate editor of the Italian Journal of Developmental Psychology.

Lopez, S. J., Clifton Strengths Institute, USA

Shane J. Lopez, Ph.D., is the world’s leading researcher on hope. Dr. Lopez is a Gallup Senior Scientist and Research Director for the Clifton Strengths Institute. He is chief architect of the Gallup Student Poll, a measure of hope, engagement, and wellbeing that taps into the hearts and minds of U.S. public school students to determine what drives achievement. Dr. Lopez researches the links between hope, strengths development, academic success, and overall wellbeing and collaborates with scholars around the world on these issues. A prolific author, Dr. Lopez has published more than 100 articles and chapters and nine books. These include Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths, winner of the Sage Press Book of the Year Award (with C.R. Snyder and Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti); The Handbook of Positive Psychology (with C.R. Snyder); Positive Psychological Assessment: A Handbook of Models and Measures (with C.R. Snyder); Positive Psychology: Exploring the Best in People; The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology; and The Psychology of Courage: Modern Research on an Ancient Virtue (with Cynthia Pury). His book, Making Hope Happen, which details how hope can be learned and spread to others, will be published in March 2013. Dr. Lopez is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He was a professor of psychology and education for a decade at the University of Kansas.

Malik, B., UNED, Spain

Beatriz Malik is Professor at the Faculty of Education of the Spanish National University of Distance Education (UNED) in Educational and Career Guidance, at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level, and also teaches a course on Social Justice in Education. She has taken part in several research projects and publications, both nationally and internationally, in the fields of intercultural education, educational and career guidance, and counsellor training. She co-edited, together with Barrie A. Irving, the book Critical Reflections on Career Education and Guidance: Promoting Social Justice within a Global Economy. London: Routledge Falmer. Member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Education and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) since 2003, she is currently Vice-President, since 2011.

McMahon, M., University of Queensland, Australia

Dr Mary McMahon is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at The University of Queensland, Australia where she teaches career development and career counselling at postgraduate and undergraduate levels. She researches and publishes in child and adolescent career development, narrative career counselling, and qualitative career assessment and is particularly interested in developing practical applications of systemic and narrative approaches for use by adolescents, parents and practitioners.

McWhirter, E. H., University Of Oregon, USA

Ellen Hawley McWhirter, Ph. D., is a professor in the Counseling Psychology program at the University of Oregon. Her scholarship focuses on adolescent career development, with a particular focus on ethnic minority and female adolescents. A Fulbright Scholar (Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 2004), her work has been recognized by the Society for Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association with the Fritz and Lynn Kuder Early Career Scientist-Practitioner award in 2001 and the John Holland Award in 2008. Dr. McWhirter is a co-author of Youth at Risk: A Comprehensive Response, 5th ed. (2013, Brooks/Cole) as well as numerous journal articles, book chapters, and another text (Counseling for Empowerment, 1994, American Counseling Association). She is past chair of the Society for Vocational Psychology.

Messeri, A., University of Siena, Italy

Andrea Messeri is Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Siena. Over the past few years, Andrea Messeri has worked on the analysis and theory of three interconnected fields of research: the foundations and nature of public reason; the network as an organizational model; the theoretical principles and the social dimensions of the scholastic, higher education and professional guidance. The aim was to develop a theory about guidance as an educational process- interconnected with learning- aimed at providing young people with capacities to choice, to plan their future and to actively participate in the areas of their interest and within society. Andrea Messeri is the Director of the Interuniversitary Centre GEO (Giovani, Educazione, Orientamento - Youngs, Education and Guidance and he is the President of the Research Centre Cultura politica e cittadinanza di Arezzo (Political Culture and Citizenship) issued by the University of Siena and provincial administration of Arezzo. Andrea Messeri is also a Member of the Editorial Committee of Franco Angeli Series Filosofia, Storia, Scienze Sociali (Philosophy, History, Social Sciences) of the Department of historical-social and philosophical studies (Arezzo), University of Siena.

Michelini, M., Università di Udine, Italy

Marisa Michelini is a full professor of Physics Education in the University of Udine (Italy). Responsible of the Section of Physics into the Department DCFA. President of GIREP (International Research Group in Physics Teaching). She founded and also directs the Laboratory Center for Physics Education (CLDF), the Research Unit for Physics Education (URDF), which creates the first Italian PhD course in this research line. Responsible from 2006 up to now of IDIFO Projects on innovation in physics education and guidance, coordinating the contribution of 20 Italian Universities. Vice-Director of the University Consortium of 6 Universities on Youth Education and Orientation (GEO). Scientific responsible of 9 EU, 18 national and 6 Regional research projects on scientific learning and teacher education. Responsible of 16 projects on scientific culture diffusion and of 8 projects for quality development in universities on guidance, tutoring and school university cooperation, developing an innovative methodology on formative problem solving. Research activity is documented in 520 peer review selected papers and books, being 157 at international level in English and 6 in other languages.

Moderato, P., University IULM of Milan, Italy

Paolo Moderato is Professor of Psychology at the University IULM of Milan (Italy), where he chairs the Institute of behaviour, consumers and communication. He is President of IESCUM – the Italian Chapter of ABA International and EABA, where he directs the postgraduate program BACB approved in Applied Behavior Analysis. He is Past-President of the European Association for Behaviour and Cognitive Therapies. He is the Italian Editor of Acta Comportamentalia since the time of its foundation, has been Associate Editor for the Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis, Editor of the Psychology Series of Mc Graw-Hill Italia. At the present he is the Editor of the Series Behavior and cognitive Practice of Francoangeli Publ. His books include Pensieri, parole e comportamento, which is the first Italian systematic presentation and discussion of Skinnerian and post Skinnerian analysis of verbal behavior (co-edited with Philip N. Chase and G. Presti), and Human Interactions, a contextualistic behavior analytic handbook of general psychology. Paolo has served the field of behavior analysis through his editorial work and as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. In 2002 he received the SABA award for the international development of behavior analysis.

Niles, S. G., Pennsylvania State University, USA

Distinguished Professor and Department Head for Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education at Pennsylvania State University. Spencer Niles is also Director of the Center for the Study of Career Development and Public Policy at Penn State. Dr. Niles is the recipient of the National Career Development Association’s (NCDA) Eminent Career Award, a NCDA Fellow, an American Counseling Association (ACA) Fellow, ACA’s David Brooks Distinguished Mentor Award, the ACA Extended Research Award, and the University of British Columbia Noted Scholar Award. He served as President for the National Career Development Association and Editor for The Career Development Quarterly. Currently, he is the Editor of the Journal of Counseling & Development and serves on six additional editorial boards for national and international journals. He has authored or co-authored approximately 120 publications and delivered over 125 presentations on career development theory and practice. He has lectured in over 15 countries and is an Honorary Member of the Japanese Career Development Association, Honorary Member of the Italian Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance, and a Lifetime Honorary Member of the Ohio Career Development Association.

Nilsson, J. E., University of Missouri-Kansas City

Johanna E. Nilsson, PhD, is an Associate Professor and the Director of Training in Counseling Psychology in the Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of Missouri. Her research focuses on the mental health and adjustment of immigrant populations, supervision and training, and social justice advocacy. Since 2001, she directs the Empowerment Program, a grant funded mental health program for refugee and immigrant women and their families in Kansas City. Between 2010 and 2012, she served as the Co-Chair for the International Section of the Society of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association, and she is currently serving as the Treasurer of the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs.

Nygren, M., Executive Director American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

Margaret Nygren is the Executive Director and CEO of AAIDD. Dr. Nygren's previous positions include Associate Executive Director of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), Fellowship in the Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Baltimore, Director of the Center on Aging and Disabilities at the Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Institute in Washington, DC, and Director of Family Support Services and Director of Mental Retardation Services at Kit Clark Senior Services in Boston.

Pace, F., University of Palermo, Italy

Francesco Pace is researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of Palermo where he teaches techniques of career and vocational guidance. He has coordinated several initiatives, some of which financed by the ESF, in the Centre for Guidance and Tutoring of its University. Francesco Pace deals with the assessment of interests and the relationship of these with skills development and perception of self-efficacy related to career choices. Currently coordinates a Master in Management and Development of Human Resources.

Paixão, M. P., University of Coimbra, Portugal

Maria Paula Paixão is currently Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra, Portugal. She has a PhD in Career Counseling, and teaches Motivation and Emotion at the undergraduate level and several courses in Educational Psychology both at the Master and at the Doctoral levels of the Psychology training programme at the University of Coimbra. She is the Director of the Psychology Doctoral programme and Sub-Director of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. She integrates the Editorial Board of the journals Psychologica and Orientacion Y Psicopedagogia. She has published several articles and book chapters in international publications on the topics of counseling psychology, lifelong guidance and counseling, and motivation and time perspective. She is a founding member of the European Society for Vocational Designing and Career Counselling.

Petruccelli, F., University of Cassino, Italy

Filippo Petruccelli is a Lawyer, Psychologist and Psychotherapist. He's Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology (M-PSI/04 scientific field) at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio since 2001.01.11. Since 2005 until 2007 he has been coordinator of the joint University's II level Master degree in Investigative, Judicial and Penitentiary Psychology, organized by the University of Cassino and LUMSA University of Rome in collaboration with the State Police and the National Institute of Penitentiary Studies of the Ministry of Justice. Since 2006 he is coordinator of the PhD jointly program of the University of Cassino, "Kore" University of Enna in Science of Orientation. In 2008 he has been coordinator of the University's Master degree in Management of Communication in the Fashion Industry. Since 2010 he is coordinator of the Master INPDAP Certificated in Human Resource Ethics Management, organized by the University of Cassino and of Southern Lazio. He has been President of the University Center for Orientation at the University of Cassino.

Podgorna, V., Wroclaw University, Poland

Dr Violetta Podgórna research interest are in career counselling, educational innovation strategies and ethical limitation in counselling. She is a lecturer in the Institute of Pedagogy at Wroclaw University, the author of the book: Educational Innovation in Career Counselling. Application of French solutions (2005) and also the editor of Conselling between Ethics and Technique (2007) and co-editor of Counselling in a culture of individualism (2010). She teaches students basic psychopedagogical help, the theory of career counseling and methods in counseling.

Pouyaud, J., University of Bordeaux Segalen, France

Jacques Pouyaud (PhD) is senior lecturer in the field of vocational and work psychology at the University of Bordeaux Segalen. He has previously worked as career counselor and teacher researcher at the National Institute for Studies on Work, Vocational Guidance and Career Counseling (INETOP). His main research themes are: Adolescence as a period of transition, the role of activity in career and self-construction, future plans as part of vocational identity, and psychosocial transitions during careers. He is regularly involved in several projects with the European Union and participate since 2008 to the constitution of the Erasmus-Nice Network (Network for Innovation in Career Guidance Studies in Europe).

Reid, H., Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

Dr. Hazel Reid is Reader in Career Guidance and Counselling and Director of the Centre for Career and Personal Development. Based at the Salomons campus, she teaches in the areas of career and guidance theory and research methods. She also supervises students undertaking Doctoral research. Hazel is a Fellow of the Institute of Career Guidance, a member of the International Association of Educational and Vocational Guidance, a NICEC Fellow (National Institute of Careers Education and Counselling) and co-edits the NICEC journal. She has published widely and presents papers at national and international conferences. She is involved in European projects related to the work of career guidance practitioners. Her previous research was concerned with the meanings given to the function of supervision within guidance and youth support work. Currently she is exploring the development of constructivist approaches for career guidance and counselling. Hazel is a Fellow of the Academy of Higher Education and a founding member of the newly formed European Society for Vocational Designing and Career Counselling.

Richardson M.S., New York University, USA

Dr. Richardson is a Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University. She is a counseling psychologist whose major scholarly interest is in vocational psychology, an area in which she has written extensively. Although Dr. Richardson's initial work in this field was on women’s career development, her efforts in recent years have focused on developing a perspective for the field of vocational psychology grounded in contemporary social conditions and intellectual trends. This perspective, Counseling for Work and Relationship, was published in 2012 as a Major Contribution in The Counseling Psychologist. As an outgrowth of this perspective, she has also proposed a dual model of working for both men and women that is inclusive of market work and unpaid care work. At NYU, Dr. Richardson teaches courses in the Ph.D. counseling psychology program and the M.A. program in counseling for mental health and wellness.

Rossier, J., University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Jérôme Rossier studied psychology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. He obtained a PhD in psychology at the University of Lausanne. After work experiences at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, at the National Institute of Health, United-States, at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, he is currently full professor of vocational and counseling psychology at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Lausanne. He is also editor of the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance and member of several editorial boards of scientific journals such as the Journal of Research in Personality. His teaching areas and research interests include counseling, personality, psychological assessment, and cross-cultural psychology. He published a great number of articles and book chapters mainly about cross-cultural, personality, and vocational counseling issues. He is with several European and North American colleagues a co-author of the life design career-counseling paradigm. He also participated actively to many international research projects, such as the personality across culture research or the international career adaptability project.

Saggino, A., University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti–Pescara, Italy

Aristide Saggino is Full Professor of Psychometrics at the University of Chieti –Pescara. His main research interests are psychological assessment and individual differences with particular reference to intelligence. He has authored four books and more than seventy national and international articles and book chapters.

Sangiorgi, G., University of Cagliari, Italy

Giorgio Sangiorgi has worked for many years in the career counselling and guidance, training and staff evaluation, organizational development, assessment and career change. Author of numerous publications, including Risorsa Uomo e valutazione psicosociale (1994), Orientare. Manuale per Career Counselling (2000), L’orientamento (2005), Psicologia dell’organizzazione scolastica (2007), Management e Governance nella pubblica amministrazione (2008), Aristocratici e servi(2008), Contratti psicologici (2009), participates actively on the debate on the foundations and development of applied psychology. He is Professor of Career Guidance Psychology and Organizational Psychology at the University of Cagliari. President of S.I.O. - Italian Society of Vocational Guidance.

Savickas, M., Northeastern Ohio Medical University, USA

Mark Savickas is professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Northeastern Ohio Medical University and adjunct professor of Counselor Education at Kent State University. He currently serves as president of the Counseling Psychology Division in the International Association of Applied Psychology and as editor of the Journal of Vocational Behavior. He has published more than 100 articles and chapters on vocational psychology and career counseling and presented 500 lectures and workshops around the globe. He has received the highest awards presented by the Society for Counseling Psychology, the Society for Vocational Psychology, and the National Career Development Association.

Schiersmann, C., Ruppercht Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany

Prof. Dr. Christiane Schiersmann is full professor for adult education and counselling at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Her main current research topics are theory of counselling, competence development (of counsellors), quality and professionalism in counseling.

Schultheiss, D. E., Cleveland University, USA

Dr. Donna Schultheiss is Professor and Co-Director of Training of Counseling Psychology at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA. Dr. Schultheiss was recently awarded the John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality Research by Division 17 of the American Psychological Association, and the award for the Most Outstanding Research Contribution in Career Development Quarterly. She is a Fellow of Division 17 of APA, served as Chair of the Society for Vocational Psychology (Section of Division 17 of APA), and is on the editorial boards of Journal of Counseling Psychology and Journal of Vocational Behavior. Her research interests include the interface of work and relationships, international issues in vocational psychology, women’s work, and childhood career development.

Sirigatti, S., European University of Rome, Italy

Saulo Sirigatti, Ma, freelance lecturer, PhD, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Gomel (By); he has been Full professor of Clinical Psychology and Dean of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Florence; currently teaches Health Psychology at the European University of Rome. His main areas of interest include assessment, counselling, illness prevention, and promotion of psychological wellbeing. He has authored more than 250 contributions in psychology, published in Italian and international journals.

Soidet, I., Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France

Maîtresse de Conférences en Psychologie de l’Orientation EA 4431 « Psychologie des Acquisitions, du Développement social et des Interactions en Contextes » (PsyADIC). As part of the study factors and processes of life design, she is particularly interested in the role of social interactions in changing representations of self and world. First, she conducts research on various mediation situations (tutoring, joint problem solving, debate, discussion list). Secondly, she seeks to develop assessment tools and vocational design methods: I created a support using alternating phases of collective thinking (argued debate, argumentative schema) and phases of individual reflection (analysis of questionnaires, writing of argumentative texts).

Solberg , V. S., Boston University, USA

V. Scott Solberg, PhD is Associate Dean for Research at Boston University and a faculty member in the Counseling and Human Development Cluster. Dr. Solberg is an active member in the Society for Vocational Psychology, a Section in Division 17 (Society for Counseling Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. He is also a member of International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance, National Career Development Association and currently serves on the editorial boards of the Career Development Quarterly and an ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal of Vocational Behavior and Journal of Career Development. Dr. Solberg has published more than 40 professional articles, chapters, monographs and technical reports that focus on career development for youth including how to promote optimal youth development and college and career readiness through the use of individualized learning plans and resiliency-based curriculum. He has served in leadership roles with the Milwaukee Partnership Academy and Milwaukee Public Schools Small Schools reform movement and is author of Success Highways, a proven resiliency development curriculum for middle and high school students.

Sultana, R. G., University of Malta, Malta

Director, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research, University of Malta Ronald G. Sultana studied career guidance at the Universities of Reading (UK), Waikato (New Zealand), and Stanford (USA), where he was a Fulbright Fellow. He is professor of sociology and comparative education at the University of Malta, where he directs the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research. Professor Sultana is a Fellow of the National Institute for Career Education & Counselling (NICEC-UK), a consulting expert to the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network, and has served on the editorial board of the British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, and the Journal of Education and Work. He has participated as a consulting expert in several international reviews of career guidance, including those led by the OECD and the European Union. His most recent work includes comparative analyses of career guidance across Europe, and in the Arab states. He has published over 24 books and 108 papers in refereed journals. A list of his publications is available at: http://www.um.edu.mt/emcer Email: ronald.sultana@um.edu.mt

Tassé, M.J., Ohio State University, USA

Marc J. Tassé, Ph.D. is the Director of The Ohio State University Nisonger Center, a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). He is also a Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at The Ohio State University. Dr. Tassé received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Université du Québec à Montréal (1994) and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at The Ohio State University Nisonger Center – UCEDD. He has over 25 years experience in conducting research and providing clinical services primarily in the area of intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). He has been PI or Co-PI on more than a dozen research grants/contracts. Dr. Tassé has conducted extensive research in the area of mental health, problem behavior, support needs, diagnostic issues, assessment, and health issues. A growing interest in Dr. Tassé’s teaching/training, practice, and research is in the area of support needs and health promotion/access to healthcare services for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He has over 85 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and books in the area of intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders and has given more than 150 national and international presentations, seminars, and workshops. He is a co-author of the 11th Edition of the AAIDD Terminology and Classification Manual (Schalock et al., 2010) and the AAIDD Supports Intensity Scale (Thompson et al., 2004) as well as the lead author on the development of the Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale. Dr. Tassé is a Fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, American Psychological Association, and International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities. He is also the recipient of the AAIDD Service Award (2007, 2009, & 2011). Dr. Tassé has also consulted and testified in several capital cases involving intellectual disability determination (i.e., Atkins v. Virginia). He is currently President of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Tracey, T. J. C., Arizona State University, USA

Terence J. G. Tracey received his PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1981. He has been employed as a Counseling Psychologist at the University Counseling Service at the University of Buffalo and as a Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is now a professor and Faculty Head of Counseling & Counseling at Arizona State University. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), The Association for Psychological Science (APS), and the American Educational Research Association (AERA), as well as the recipient of the Society of Counseling Psychology's Leona Tyler Award. He is currently serving as the Editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology. He is also certified by the American Board of Psychological Practice (ABPP). His scholarship has focused on the topics of the structure and development of vocational interests, client-therapist interaction in psychotherapy and its relation to outcome, interpersonal models of personality and psychotherapy, and minority student academic success. He has published over 150 refereed empirical studies and book chapters in these areas.

Van Esbroeck, R., Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Dr. Raoul Van Esbroeck is Professor Emeritus at the faculty of Psychology and Education of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) in Vocational Psychology and Career Guidance. He was awarded a PhD in Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). His research was initially on test construction (interest questionnaires) and has more recently focused on specific aspects within school psychology (drop out in higher education, etc.) and career guidance and counselling (career theory, values, cross-cultural career counselling). Dr Van Esbroeck has published a large number of articles, book chapters and books in several languages. He was also the editor of several multi-lingual (French-English) books. His most important contribution to international publications has been the Handbook on Career Guidance for which he served as the co-editor together with Jim Athanasou (Sydney, Australia). On the international level, he served as a board member of the International Association for Counselling (formerly IRTAC) and was a board member of IAEVG till 2011. It is in this capacity that he has served as the Editor of the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance from 1999 to the end of 2010 and that he organized the IAEVG-SVP-NCDA International Symposia in 2004, 2007 and 2010. His international commitment is also reflected in his membership of several editorial boards of journals as the Career Development Quarterly, the International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, and the French journal L’Orientation Scolaire et Professionnelle. He is also a Member of the International Advisory Board of the Spanish journal Revista Española de Orientación y Psicopedagogía. Dr. Van Esbroeck received for his international contributions in 2008 from the Society of Counselling Psychology (Division 17 of the American Psychological Association) the award for “Distinguished Contribution to the International Advancement of the Counseling Profession” and in 2010 the “NCDA International Award” granted to him by National Career Development Association (USA).

van Vianen, A. E. M., University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Annelies E. M. van Vianen is Full Professor Organizational Psychology, and Chair of the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Leiden, Netherlands. Her research interests are career development, person-environment fit, adaptability, aging, organizational culture, and leadership. Her work has been published in journals such as Personnel Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Group and Organization Management, Journal of Vocational Behavior, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Leadership Quarterly, and Psychological Science. She served as a member of several journal review boards, as guest editor, and as editor of the Dutch journal Gedrag & Organisatie (Behavior & Organization). She is a member of several academic societies or groups, among which the European Society for Vocational Designing and Career Counselling, the Società Italiana per l'Orientamento, and the Life design International Research Group.

Wang, C. D. C., University of North Texas, USA

Chiachih D.C. Wang, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Texas, USA. His research interests include cross-cultural variation of adult attachment behavior, acculturation and adjustment issues faced by immigrant individuals and families, and self-identity development of minority populations. Dr. Wang is the Director of the Cross-Cultural Attachment Research Lab at UNT conducting grant funded cross-cultural comparison attachment research in the US, China, and Taiwan. He is also a licensed psychologist providing bilingual counseling/psychotherapy services as well as professional consultation to local communities. He is currently serving as a Co-Chair (during the 2012-2014 term) for the International Section of the Society of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association.

Watson, M., Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

Mark Watson is a professor in the Psychology Department of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa. He specialises, researches and practises in child and adolescent career development, narrative career counseling, and qualitative career assessment. Mark has published extensively in international journals and has contributed chapters to international career texts. He is on the editorial advisory board of several international career journals and is a co-editor of the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. In addition, Mark has co-edited a book on career psychology in the South African context. Mark is an Honorary Professor at The University of Queensland, Australia and a Research Associate at the Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick. He is particularly interested in the development of culturally appropriate approaches to career guidance and counseling.

Watts, T., National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling, UK

Professor Tony Watts is a self-employed international policy consultant on career guidance and career development, based in Cambridge, England. He is a Founding Fellow and Life President of the National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling; Visiting Professor of Career Development at the University of Derby; and Visiting Professor at Canterbury Christ Church University. A joint-founder of CRAC, he was Director of NICEC from 1975 to 2001. He has published a large number of books and articles, has lectured in over sixty countries, and has carried out a number of comparative studies of career guidance systems around the world. He has also been a consultant to various international organizations including the Council of Europe, the European Commission, OECD, UNESCO and the World Bank. In 2001/02 he was a member of the OECD staff, working on a 14-country Career Guidance Policy Review; this has subsequently been extended through other bodies to cover 55 countries. He is a consultant to the European Commission’s European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network, a member of the Board of the International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy, and a member of the National Careers Council in England. His passions include his family, cricket, and early music.

Wehmeyer, M. L., University of Kansas, USA

Michael L. Wehmeyer, Ph.D. is Professor of Special Education; Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities; and Associate Director, Beach Center on Disability, all at the University of Kansas. Dr. Wehmeyer is the author of more than 275 peer-reviewed journal articles or book chapters and has authored or edited 29 books on disability and education related issues, including issues pertaining to self-determination, transition, access to the general education curriculum for students with severe disabilities, and technology use by people with cognitive disabilities. Dr. Wehmeyer is Past-President of the Board of Directors for and a Fellow of AAIDD; a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Division (Div. 33), a Fellow of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD), and former Editor-in-Chief of the journal Remedial and Special Education. Dr. Wehmeyer is a frequent speaker, including internationally, and holds undergraduate and Masters degrees in special education from the University of Tulsa and a Masters degree in experimental psychology from the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, where he was a Rotary International Fellow. He earned his Ph.D. in Human Development and Communication Sciences from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Whiston, S. C., Indiana University, USA

Susan C. Whiston received her Ph.D. in Counseling in 1986 from the University of Wyoming. She is a professor at Indiana University and teaches career counseling, assessment, and other courses in the counseling program. Her research has primarily focused on identifying effective methods for delivering career counseling interventions and she has written four books, several book chapters, and over 50 journal articles. She has presented at local, regional, national, and international conferences. She is currently the Chair of the Society of Vocational Psychology. She received the John Holland award from American Psychological Association in 2005, which recognized her research related to career counseling. In addition, she has been on the editorial boards of the Journal of Career Assessment, Journal of Counseling Psychology, and The Career Development Quarterly.

Young, R., University of British Columbia, Canada

Richard Young is Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia. He is a Fellow of both the Canadian Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association and a Registered Psychologist in British Columbia, Canada. His current research interests include the application of action theory and the qualitative action-project method to a variety of research topics, including the transition to adulthood, families, career development, counselling, health, and suicide. He is the author of over 80 articles published in scholarly journals, and a number of other publications, including five co-edited or co-authored books. His most recent co-authored book is Transition to adulthood: Actions, projects, and counseling (Springer-Science, 2011). He is the past-president of Division 16 (Counselling Psychology) of the International Association of Applied Psychology.

Zanetti, M. A., University of Pavia, Italy

She is Associate Professor in the University of Pavia. She took part in several research projects in the Developmental Psychology and Education area, at first as an adviser for the Guidance Centre of the same University and since 2001 as a representative of the Rector for the pre-university area. She is a permanent member of the European E.A.R. project (Education and Relation to fight against drop-out) within the COMENIUS 2.1. PROJECT. Since 2002 she collaborates with the computational linguistics Department of the CNR in Pisa and Genova, with which she developed research projects and collaborated for the implementation of interactive didactic softwares. She is the coordinator of the Pavia Unit of the project PRIN-prot.2007TPRP8N “Identità digitali e comunità virtuali, professionali e formative”. She is member/coordinator with the Department of Psychology of the European project - Life long Learning Programme (2009- EAC/31/08)- Trasversal Programme:KA3 ICT Multilateral Projects: Sharp “A platform for Sharing and Represent” (reference: 505503-2009-LLP-IT-KA3-KA3MP). Partner Project Comenius CMT- 526813-LLP 2012 MT “A Resilience Curriculum for Early and Primary Schools in Europe (RESCUR). Throughout the years, she developed research for the University of Pavia in the following areas: Cognitive development in the educational context; Teaching training and evaluation of competencies; Potential development (giftedness) in school and family; Language acquisition processes; Bullying and intervention plans to contrast bullying; Digital identities and cyberbullying; adolescence and risk behaviour; Text comprehension and analysis processes, both traditional and hypermedia; Teaching and learning technologies (use of hypermedia, construction of worlds and micro-worlds for the acquisition and development of L1, of conceptual maps, meaningful learning, learning and new technologies with implementation of new softwares, project supervision);Vocational guidance and decision-making processes. Member of the following organizations:AIP - Associazione Italiana Psicologia; SIO- Società Italiana di Orientamento(Italian society for vocational guidance);AERA - American Educational Research Association. She is author of numerous publications, both in national and international journals, and in textbooks dealing with the subjects of interest.