Andrew Simoncelli is an
associate professor
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Overview
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of
Mass communication
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at
Nicholls State University
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in
Thibodaux, Louisiana. He started with the school in 1999 when it began its
distance education
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office. Under his leadership, distance learning grew at
Nicholls State from offering correspondence courses to multiple online courses and degrees. Nicholls Online has been named to multiple rankings lists for either the best or affordable online programs in the country. In 2020 Simoncelli was awarded the Academic Affairs Award for Teaching Excellence at Nicholls State University for his work with faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Simoncelli formerly worked as a producer for
WWL-TV
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channel 4 in
.
He received his PhD from
Louisiana State University
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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. He taught at
Pôle universitaire Léonard-de-Vinci
Leonardo de Vinci University Center (French: ''Pôle universitaire Léonard de Vinci''), is a French private university cluster located at La Défense.
History
The Leonardo de Vinci University Center, a higher education University center, has ...
in
Paris
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,
France
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in 2011 and 2013 for the school's International Week programming. In 2020 Simoncelli was selected again to teach at Pole University for his topic “Digital Transformation in Higher Education and other Traditional Business Models”. In 2009 he has also studied in
Italy
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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
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,
Twitter
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, and
YouTube
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pages under the Roving Professor nom de plume. In 2018, Simoncelli was in Paris when France won the World Cup. His trip was featured in a local paper about residents experiencing the World Cup. In March 2022, Dr. Simoncelli once again taught in Paris at Pôle Universitaire Léonard De Vinci as part of their International Week. He was joined there by professors from around the world to be guest lecturers to the students at the university. The topic of Simoncelli's lectures was Digital Transformation in Higher Education and other Traditional Business Models.
References
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Living people
American educational theorists
Year of birth missing (living people)