Elena Borisovna Vesna (; born 12 November 1962) is a Russian

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and explanation, interpretatio ...

. Since 2011 she works as a Vice-rector on Educational Affairs in National Research Nuclear University MEPhI.

Early life and career

Graduated from Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University (former Kamchatka State Pedagogical University), earning diploma with honors in

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

and Russian language and literature. Received a

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in Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education.

Professional experience

Elena Vesna started her professional career at Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education working as

research assistant A research assistant (RA) is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university, research institute, or privately held organization to provide assistance in academic or private research endeavors. Research assistants work under ...

, senior lecturer,

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; worked as a head of Theoretical and Applied Psychology Department in Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University. Between 1999 and 2008 she held several administrative positions in Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University including: Vice-rector on educational affairs, Vice-rector on educational and international affairs, First Vice-rector, Vice-rector on educational affairs, innovative and international activities. Her career in MEPhI started in 2008. In the period between 2008 and 2011 she served as the head of Modern educational technologies development center and head of Educational office (as a Vice-rector of MEPhI). In 2011 she was officially appointed the Vice-rector on educational affairs.

Scientific career

Elena Vesna is the author of 76 scientific papers, including 8

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s and 4

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s. The scope of her scientific interests includes various areas of psychology (

personality psychology Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals. It aims to show how people are individually different due to psychological forces. Its areas of focus include: * Describing what per ...

, general psychology, ethnopsychology,

developmental psychology Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development ...

(in extreme conditions),

industrial psychology Industrial and organizational psychology (I-O psychology) "focuses the lens of psychological science on a key aspect of human life, namely, their work lives. In general, the goals of I-O psychology are to better understand and optimize the effec ...

), university management and university's research, educational and innovative activity governance. Under her supervision 20 PhD theses and 1 Doctoral thesis on psychology were successfully presented.

Awards

Elena Vesna is a

doctor of science A Doctor of Science (; most commonly abbreviated DSc or ScD) is a science doctorate awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. Africa Algeria and Morocco In Algeria, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia, all universities accredited by the s ...

in the field of psychology, Professor, member of Expert council on pedagogics and psychology of

Higher Attestation Commission Higher Attestation Commission (, , abbreviated Cyrillic: ВАК, Latin: VAK) is a name of a national government agency in Russia, Ukraine and some other post-Soviet states that oversees awarding of advanced academic degrees. Due to translation diff ...

. She is a laureate of the following awards: * Honoured Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation * Honoured Worker of science and technology of the Russian Federation * The

order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" () is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree 442. Until the re-establishment of the Order of St. Andrew in 1998, it was the highest order of ...

, II class * Diploma of Merit, Ministry of Education and Science * Diploma of Merit, Federal Service for Financial Monitoring * Medal for contribution to the development of nuclear industry

References

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