The Chief Editor of the Psychological and Pedagogical Search academic journal is Fomina Natalia Aleksandrovna, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education, Active Member of the International Academy of Pedagogical Sciences and the Academy of Imageology.

He is a member of the editorial board of peer-reviewed scientific journals “Human Capital”, “Personality in a Changing World: Health, Adaptation, Development”, “Man and Education”, included in the list of the Higher Attestation Commission; and is also a member of the foreign editorial board of the journals Psycholinguistics, included in WOS and Scopus, and the East European Journal of Psycholinguistics, included in the Copernicus database.

Fomina N. A. has published over 500 scholarly works and 15 methodological works including 5 research articles published in academic journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus, more 70 articles published in academic journals recommended by HAC, and 6 monographs (single and collective): “Character Traits and Speech Activities” (2002); “Systematic Research of Character Traits: Celebrating the 30^th Anniversary of A. I. Krupnov’s Academic School” (2014); “Language, Speech and Personality through the Prism of Psycholinguistics” (2014); “Character Manifestation through Speech” (2016); “Interhemispheric Asymmetry and Temperament in Students” (2017); “Methodology of Teaching the Russian Language (as a Foreign Language, as a Second Language): History, Modern State, Prospects of Development” (2017).

Fomina N. A. has published over 500 scholarly works and 15 methodological works including 5 research articles published in academic journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus, 70 articles published in academic journals recommended by HAC, and 6 monographs (single and collective): “Character Traits and Speech Activities” (2002); “Systematic Research of Character Traits: Celebrating the 30^th Anniversary of A. I. Krupnov’s Academic School” (2014); “Language, Speech and Personality through the Prism of Psycholinguistics” (2014); “Character Manifestation through Speech” (2016); “Interhemispheric Asymmetry and Temperament in Students” (2017); “Methodology of Teaching the Russian Language (as a Foreign Language, as a Second Language): History, Modern State, Prospects of Development” (2017).

Professor N. A. Fomina is a highly qualified and experienced educator and scholar. She has been teaching in higher education institutions for 40 years. In 2004 she was one of the founders of the Department of Personality Psychology, Social Psychology and Correctional Pedagogy at Ryazan State University of S. Yesenin; from 2004 to 2016 she headed the abovementioned department. Professor Fomina N. A. supervises postgraduate studies in the sphere of Psychological Sciences (the General Psychology, Personality Psychology and History of Psychology program and the Personality Psychology program).

Fomina N. A. has successfully supervised 15 PhD theses in Psychology.

1. A. Fomina is a founder and manager of the school of the systematic research of character manifestation through speech.
2. A. Fomina has been given awarded for her significant contribution to the development of the university, an Honorary award of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in recognition of her teaching excellence, she has received numerous awards from Ryazan State University named for S. Yesenin, from the Institute of Psychology, Pedagogy, and Social Work, from the International Academy of Pedagogical Sciences.

Fomina N. A. is a member of the Academic Board of Ryazan State University named for S. Yesenin, a member of the Academic Council of the Institute of Psychology, Pedagogy and Social Work, a member of the Research and Methodological Council of the Department of Education and Youth Policy in Ryazan.