Assistant Professor

• B.A.  Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2004)
• M.A.  Intervention in Pedagogy and Psychopedagogy, University of Granada,
•          Spain (2006)
• PhD.  Communication Sciences, University of Lugano, Switzerland (2011)

Bio

Chrysi Rapanta is an Assistant Professor of Business Communication. She holds a PhD. degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Lugano, Switzerland, with a dissertation titled “Communication processes in e-learning design and development: an Interaction analysis approach”. Her research on e-learning institutions and team communication has been funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation from 2008 until 2011. Before that, Chrysi conducted a 2-year research in Spain focusing on the assessment of argumentative competences in pre-service teachers. She has participated in a number of international conferences related to various different fields, such as e-learning, design, and argumentation.

Office: Dubai Academic City, B wing – L2-042
Phone: 971 4 4021542
Email: chrysi.rapanta@zu.ac.ae

Teaching Areas

Bachelor of Science courses offered in Business Communication.

Research and Professional Activities

Team communication and collaboration; Computer-supported collaborative learning