New and Familiar Faces

New Face

Job Description:

Research associate with interest in game studies

Worked at KSU since:

January 2015

Employment Prior to Kent State University:

Associate Researcher at the Luiss Guido Carli, Rome, Italy

Likes Most About Kent State University:

People, energy, curiosity, horizons

Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:

Same as the previous entry ;-)

Resides in:

Kent, Ohio

Hometown:

Parma, Italy

Education:

Bachelor's degree in sociology of communication, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy; master's degree in political sciences, Luiss Guido Carli, Rome, Italy; Ph.D. in social theory and research, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Hobbies:

Karate, traveling, playing video games, building models about everything, writing scientific and absurd stuff, and since my arrival here, squirrel watching

Familiar Face

Job Description:

I teach both lower- and upper-division courses in psychology, supervise undergraduate students conducting research, advise students, participate in university service and maintain my own research laboratory. My research focuses are working memory and student success.

Worked at KSU since:

January 2010

Employment Prior to Kent State University:

Graduate School

Likes Most About Kent State University:

I’m happy to be part of a large system of campuses, where I can connect with students and faculty from different places.

Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:

The Kent State University at Salem campus and the university as a whole encourage both active research and teaching excellence. There is a culture of constant growth and development, which I think inspires our students to greater accomplishments in their own lives.

Resides in:

Alliance, Ohio

Hometown:

East Rochester, Ohio

Education:

Master’s and Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Case Western Reserve University; B.A. in biology from Mount Union College

Hobbies:

Hiking, photography, gardening