IntechOpen Book Series Education and Human Development

## Volume 5

## Aims and Scope of the Series

Education and Human Development is an interdisciplinary research area that aims to shed light on topics related to both learning and development. This Series is intended for researchers, practitioners, and students who are interested in understanding more about these fields and their applications.

## Meet the Series Editor

Katherine Stavropoulos received her BA in Psychology from Trinity College, in Connecticut, USA and her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. She completed her postdoctoral work at the Yale Child Study Center with Dr. James McPartland. Dr. Stavropoulos' doctoral dissertation explored neural correlates of reward anticipation to social versus nonsocial stimuli in children with and without autism spectrum

disorders (ASD). She has been a faculty member at the University of California, Riverside in the School of Education since 2016. Her research focuses on translational studies to explore the reward system in ASD, as well as how anxiety contributes to social challenges in ASD. She also investigates how behavioral interventions affect neural activity, behavior, and school performance in children with ASD. She is also involved in the diagnosis of children with ASD and is a licensed clinical psychologist in California. She is the Assistant Director of the SEARCH Center at UCR and is a faculty member in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience.

## Meet the Volume Editors

Prof. Lee Waller is a Distinguished Professor of Education at the Baptist University of the Americas, Texas, USA. He previously served as the president of European University College, Dubai, UAE, and as an associate provost at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK), UAE. Prof. Waller earned his BS in Education and MS in Mathematics from Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas, USA. He completed a Ph.D. in Higher Education

Administration from the University of North Texas, USA. Prof. Waller was awarded the Effective Practice Award for Excellence in the Utilization of Emerging Technology by the Online Learning Consortium and the Excellence in Teaching Award by Sigma Alpha Pi, The National Society of Leadership and Success.

Dr. Sharon Waller is an associate professor at Abu Dhabi University, UAE, where she serves as the head of the Department of Education. She previously served as an assistant professor at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK), UAE. Dr. Waller earned a BBA at Texas Woman's University, a MEd from the University of North Texas, and a Ph.D. in Special Education from Texas Woman's University, USA. Dr. Sharon holds a Texas teaching

certification in All-level Generic Special Education and is also a certified educational diagnostician.

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