Avidan is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Avidan earned a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology (2002, Florida International University), an M.S. in Developmental Psychology (2000, Florida International University) and a B.L.S. in Behavioral Sciences (1998, Barry University).  Additionally, he has graduate training in mental health counseling from FIU and Chestnut Hill College.

He teaches courses in child and adolescent development, educational psychology, and personality. His research interests are the compensatory and buffering effects of sibling support in adolescents and emerging adulthood, fatherhood, and the effects of religiosity on academic and psychological well-being.

While at FIU he received the GSA Social Sciences prize for his work on sibling relationships; currently, he is the director of the Siblings of Early Adolescents and Emerging Adults project. His research has produced over 50 scholarly papers presented at numerous conferences in the United States, Canada, and Europe. His work in the area of child and adolescent development has been the subject of interviews in local and national media.

Avidan was granted membership in the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and was featured in the 1995-1996 Who’s Who Among College Students and in the 1994-1995 National Dean’s List. He was born in Canada and grew up in Latin America and the Middle East, a background which has imparted a broad multicultural perspective to his research and teaching.

Avidan is an avid soccer player and enjoys travel. He lives in Allentown, PA and in Baltimore MD with his wife Ilana, daughters Liora and Tamar and sons Uzi and Matt.