Mian Wang is a Professor in the Department of Education. From 2017-2019, he served as Faculty Director of the University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) China Programs. Dr. Wang was appointed Chair of the Department of Education at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School in July 2021. He received Ph.D.s from the University of Patras, Greece, in Applied Developmental Psychology with an emphasis on Cognitive Development of Children with Intellectual Disabilities, as well as from the University of Kansas in Special Education with an emphasis on Family and Disability Policy. Before his 12 years working experience in the field of disability and special education in several countries such as Canada, China, Greece, and USA, he completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in Psychology in China. Dr. Wang’s research interests include: child and family outcomes of early childhood services, family-professional partnership, atypical child development, positive behavioral support in cultural context, and disability policy. In recent years, his research has primarily focused on examining family outcomes of early childhood services (e.g., early intervention programs and early childhood special education programs), particularly in the areas of family quality of life and family-professional partnership.

Dr. D.Dimitriou is a Neurodevelopmental Pediatrician with a Ph.D. in Developmental Pediatrics from the University of Athens. For the past ten years, Dr. Dimitriou has focused in Autism and PDDs, and he has translated many relevant tests in Greek. Moreover, he attended Yale University for his Post-Doc studies. He also attended post doc courses on Neurometabolic diseases at Robert Debre Hospital-Paris, France. Additionally, he holds degree in Political Sciences and in Oriental and Middle Eastern Studies with specialization in Migration. Dr. Dimitriou has acted as a lecturer at the Police Academy of Cyprus on Migration and Oriental Studies-Islam. He is President of the Cyprus Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Society and has a private clinic in Nicosia Cyprus and Athens Greece, where he works and evaluates children for about two weeks every month. Also, he offers a special evaluation program, for children all throughout Greece and he delivers numerous lectures nationwide. He speaks 17 languages and was distinguished in the European Language Contest in 2000. For the past 12 years, he has been training with Drs. Koegel for PRT Certification and is a Certified Trainer of Trainers (PRT Certification Level V). He currently serves as International Program Coordinator and Marketing Director for Koegel Autism Consultant. He is the author of the first Greek book on Typical Child Development, in a total of 13 publications. He has organized numerous Congresses in Athens Greece and Nicosia Cyprus.

Dr. Sunny Kim received her Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis in Special Education, Disability, and Risk Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She is a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) and is certified in Pivotal Response Treatment (level VI). She currently provides behavior consultation to schools throughout Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Additionally, Dr. Kim is the ABA program manager for UCSB’s professional and continuing education department. For the past 10 years, Dr. Kim has provided exceptional behavioral services and consultation to over 100 individuals throughout the world. She has published in the areas of social development, inclusion for children with autism, staff training, and cultural diversity. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and traveling the world.

Savannah Phelan is a BCBA Supervisor and VCS instructor at UCSB PaCE. In addition to teaching and serving as a BCBA supervisor at UCSB, Savannah is passionate about helping to support Special Education students in an inclusion model as a Lead Behavior Intervention Developer (BID) for charter schools at a Non-Public Agency in Los Angeles, CA. In her spare time, Savannah likes to cook, go to the beach and camp at National Parks.

Originally from the East Coast, Chris started his career teaching in Special Education. Chris' classroom focused on supporting learners with extreme problem behavior. After a few years of teaching, he transitioned into providing 1:1 provision with children who have autism. While working with this population, he served in an outpatient multidisciplinary pediatric clinic, conducted social skills groups with adolescents and teens and provided intensive in-home early intervention (EIBI). Once Chris received his BCBA, he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a Behavior Intervention Developer (BID) for Charter Schools and LA Unified School District. Chris now resides in Atlanta GA with his partner and fur baby. Chris owns a private practice where he continues to live his passion providing EIBI. He is also on the board of directors for a newly formed non-profit located in New York that focuses on expanding behavior services to foster care, low income families and populations otherwise not typically served by ABA. Throughout Chris' journey in the field, he's had the extreme pleasure of being trained by some incredibly talented Behavior Analysts. It is Chris' mission to pay it forward by training the next generation of Behavior Analyst.