Professional Activity
During the last six years, the timeframe that this narrative covers, I have visited at least one international conference every year. In each and every one of these conferences, I have participated actively with an oral paper presentation. Given the nature of my recent research, most of the conferences had a focus on education.
- 17th Annual International of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI, Sevilla, Spain, November 2024) SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND MINIMUM WAGE. NEW AND OLD FACTORIES OF POLITICAL OPINION FORMATION
- 8th International Conference on Communication and Media Studies (Madrid, Sapin, Universidad Complutense, September 2003). Media Consumption Habits and Current Concerns.
- 17th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED, Valencia, Spain, March 2023) A MAP OF WORRIES – HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS IMPACTING THE PERCEIVED URGENCY OF ISSUES IN THE CURRENT COLLEGE GENERATION
- 15th Annual International of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI, Sevilla, Spain, November, 2022) THE CULTURAL QUOTIENT SCALE: IN SEARCH FOR A CONSISTENT PREDICTOR OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
- 14th Annual International of Education, Research, and innovation (ICERI, Sevilla, Spain, November, 2021) IMPACT OF MEDIA CONSUMPTION HABITS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
- 3rd International Conference on E-Education, E-Business and E-Technology (ICEBT, Madrid, Spain, 2019). Role and Impact of Social Media in the Latino Achievement Gap.
I have been a member of the WAPOR (World Association for Public Opinion Research) for several years. This association, founded by my mentor in Germany, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, is the most important forum for public opinion research in the world.
I have been a peer reviewer for several journals, including The Journal for Communication and Media Studies, Italian Studies, and The International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies.
Finally, working with one of our colleagues in our department, Dr. Kim, we carried through a research project for the Connecticut Democracy Center (CTDC), a non-profit organization with the mission to inspire people of all ages to engage in civic life and strengthen their communities: specifically, promoting civics education, functional citizenship, civic engagement at all levels, and history awareness as a means to understanding the present. The CTDC is planning to launch an audiovisual streaming service that will help them fulfill its primal mission. Our two-step (qualitative and quantitative) research project yielded valuable information about the nature of the contents preferred for the potential users, the most effective formats and delivery methods, as well as the most frequently used access devices. We added to our research team two of our students: Mark Bissoni and Isabella Alfano.