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thumbnail Jennifer Lukomski
Associate Professor of School Psychology

Fields of Expertise:
Deaf Issues > General Deaf Issues
Social Sciences > Behavioral Science
Social Sciences > Psychology


Dept/Division: College of Liberal Arts
E-Mail: jalgsp@rit.edu
News Contact: Vienna Carvalho, vnccom@rit.edu, 585-475-4952
Website: http://www.rit.edu/cla/schoolpsychology/


Jennifer Lukomski serves as an associate professor and internship coordinator for the Department of School Psychology.

An expert on the needs of deaf children, Lukomski's research focuses on the socialization of deaf kids in main stream settings and the use of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing psychotherapy techniques in school settings. She has also studied socialization issues among deaf college students.

On top of her work at RIT, Lukomski is also a licensed child psychologist and through her private practice consults with schools and works with both children and adolescents. She holds a Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of Arizona.


thumbnail Esa Rantanen
Associate Professor

Fields of Expertise:
Social Sciences > Behavioral Science
Social Sciences > Psychology


Dept/Division: Psychology/College of Liberal Arts
E-Mail: emrgsh@rit.edu
News Contact: Vienna Carvalho, vnccom@rit.edu, 585-475-4952
Website:


Rantanen hails from Finland, where he started his aviation career by training as a commercial pilot with Finnair, the national carrier of Finland. He also worked for seven years (1984-1991) as an air traffic controller and was active in a number of technical and operational task forces with the Finnish Civil Aviation Administration and the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations. His research interests lie in the areas of human factors in complex and dynamic systems, human performance measurement and modeling, mental workload, decision making, and human error and reliability. His primary research focus is on the role of time and temporal mental models in human performance. He primarily teaches courses in the MS program in Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology and supervises graduate students’ thesis research. He earned his Bachelor of Science (1992) and Master of Aeronautical Science (1993) degrees from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida.I also have a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering degree from the Pennsylvania State University (1996), with specialization in human factors/ergonomics engineering. His Ph.D degree is from Penn State in Engineering Psychology (2000). At Penn State, I did research on human visual performance and workload measurement and temporal characteristics of human motor control.


thumbnail Vincent Serravallo
Associate Professor of Sociology

Fields of Expertise:
Social Sciences > Behavioral Science


Dept/Division: College of Liberal Arts
E-Mail: vssgsp@rit.edu
News Contact: Vienna Carvalho, vnccom@rit.edu, 585-475-4952
Website:


Vincent Serravallo is an expert in labor relations issues and is currently conducting research on unionization in higher education. His additional areas of expertise include the sociology of work, work and community and the consequences of work on familial relations.

Serravallo also serves as director of the College of Liberal Arts' summer study abroad program in Kosovo, which includes a course on the society and culture of Kosovo and Eastern Europe.

Serravallo holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the City University of New York.