Campus Feature
Fresh Faculty Faces
By Michelle Blackerby—Student Writer
Alli Cipra is Part
of a Host of New
Faculty Members
at SHU This Fall
S
iena Heights University searched nationwide for a new psychology
professor. They found Alli Cipra.
Cipra, a developmental psychologist with a strong research background,
comes to SHU from Indiana University, where she completed her doctorate and worked as an associate instructor for five years. Her research has
been centered around brain development and the impact of developmental issues on the brain’s formation.
Cipra prefers teaching over research. Cipra said, “I enjoy research quite a
bit, but I love teaching.”
A northwest Indiana native, Cipra is an U.S. Army veteran who operated
as an air traffic controller from 2001-03. She attended the Aviation Academy at Fort Rucker in Alabama and served as the PTNCOIC (physical
training noncommissioned officer-in-charge).
Cipra also worked as a social worker during her educational years. She was
the regional coordinator for a private company that was contracted out by
the Department of Child and Family Services in the state of Indiana.
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