James Athanasou is a psychologist and in private practice since the 1980s. He specialises only in medico-legal vocational assessment following personal injury and is cited in more than 14 reported judgements in the AustLii. He is also an Associate Professor (0.4) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney, where he lectures in Applied Vocational Rehabilitation, Biopsychosocial Aspects of Disability and co-ordinates the Dissertation program. He is retiring in December 2018 but will continue in private practice and research on vocational interests and the return to work following accident or injury. He is an honorary professor in the Australian Collaboratory for Career Employability & Learning for Living at the University of Southern Queensland and a pro bono lecturer at the University of the Congo ‘Agios Athanasios the Athonite’. He is the author of more than 10 books in education, rehabilitation and psychology and was previously editor of the Australian Journal of Career Development.
Dr. Harsha N. Perera, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he leads the Educational and Career Pathways Lab. His research centres on the social-cognitive-based motivational processes involved in educational choice and achievement. In addition, he has interests and expertise in advanced latent variable modelling methods, including latent variable approaches to validity assessment. Dr Perera serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, School Psychology Quarterly, Journal of Career Assessment, Frontiers in Psychology, Australian Journal of Career Development, and the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance.