Occupation Associate professor | Name Andrew Simoncelli | |
Andrew Simoncelli is an associate professor of Mass communication at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Simoncelli started with the school in 1999 when it began its distance education office. Under his leadership, Distance learning grew at Nicholls State from offering correspondence courses to multiple online courses and degrees. Prior to coming to Nicholls State University, Simoncelli worked as a Producer for WWL-TV channel 4 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his PhD from Louisiana State University in 2005. His dissertation was titled Designing Online Instruction for Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities. Subsequent articles were published in various journals.
Roving Professor
Simoncelli has also become known as Roving Professor for his many travels as a teacher, learner, and vacationer. Dr. Simoncelli has taught at Pôle Universitaire Léonard De Vinci in Paris, France in 2011 and 2013 for the school’s International Week programming. He has also studied in Italy as part of the Rotary Club’s Group Exchange Program. Simoncelli and others spent a month in the Lombardy Region of Italy learning about their professions. Simoncelli also maintains a Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube pages under the Roving Professor nom de plume.