Ms. Balidemaj holds a Ph.D. in International Community and Family Studies from Clemson University in South Carolina. She finished her undergraduate and graduate studies in Clinical Psychology at the University of Minnesota in Twin Cities and University of Prishtina respectively as a Gold Scholar and University of Minnesota Excellence Scholar. She is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), American Orthopychiatric Association (AOA), Association for Psychological Science (APS), American Psychological Association (APA), and Society for the Psychological Study of Social Sciences (SPPI). Her academic interests include: Developmental course, assessment, prevention, and treatment of adults with conduct problems; family based interventions, adult psychopathology, psychology of self-regulation, professional practice, personality theory, psychotherapy, social psychology, intergroup relations, and community interventions.