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DR Alexia Georgakopoulos

Dr. Alexia Georgakopoulos has extensive experience as an educator, trainer, researcher, and practitioner. She is a Florida Supreme Court County Certified and family mediator who delivers primary training programs through the Florida Supreme Court Certification in County Mediation. She earned her B.S. in psychology and her M.S. in communication, both from Illinois State University. She completed part of her M.S. studies at CURTIN University in Perth, Australia and later attended Arizona State University for her doctoral studies. She presently teaches in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) at Nova Southeastern University. Her research focus has been on nonverbal communication and effective pedagogy. Dr. Georgakopoulos is the co-director for Nova Southeaster University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) Quality Enhancement Plan for institutional effectiveness and program accreditation. She has been performing assessments of student learning outcomes for the school and exploring ways to create cutting edge curricula in the programs. In addition to her role as a professor, Dr. Georgakopoulos also serves as the Director of the Institute of Conflict Resolution and Communication (ICRC), where she regularly leads conflict resolution and communication-based workshops. She delivers educational workshops for multinational organizations, school systems, healthcare organizations, governmental agencies, religious organizations, community-based organizations, and international institutions. As a Florida Supreme Court County Certified Mediator and a practicing mediator, she regularly offers mediation and facilitation workshops based on a variety of models. Dr. Georgakopoulos is the director of DCAR’s annual Common Ground Film Festival at Nova Southeastern University in which documentaries and films exploring conflict around the world are open to the public annually. DCAR faculty and students engage in facilitated dialogue with audience members after each film. The Common Ground Film Festival allows individuals to see and feel the destructive nature of conflict, but the films also show individuals that following the despair of conflict there can be hope.