Alumni Dr. Heather Agazzi, ’97 BA International Studies, ’03 MA School Psychology, ’07 EDS Curriculum and Instruction, ’11 MS Medical Sciences, ’07 PhD School Psychology, is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics and the Section Chief of the Division of Child Development in the USF Morsani College of Medicine. She also serves as Internship Director for the USF Health Internship in Professional Psychology. Dr. Agazzi specializes in helping children with a range of neurodevelopmental challenges including disruptive behavior disorders, developmental delays, autism spectrum disorders, trauma exposures, and learning disabilities. She has also completed research focused on the implementation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, HOT DOCS, and Smart Start for young children and their families.
Dhalia Bumbaca, ’18 BA International Business, ’20 MBA, ’20 MS Finance, is currently working at IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL as a Student Engagement Coordinator. There she has largely focused her efforts on creating a Global Activism Program to engage students in social justice issues as well as sustainable initiatives such as an inaugural Farmers Market. She is also currently performing work on two different research projects, one on sports and sustainability, and another working with USF professors investigating gender-based and race-based microaggressions. She has recently started a nonprofit called WellFed Community working with the Well, located in Tampa Bay. Her organization is committed to building healthier communities through sustainable food systems. Christopher Allemang, ’16 BS Electrical Engineering, is a Ph.D. candidate studying electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan and has secured a position at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His research interests include microfabrication for scalable and customizable manufacturing of thin-film electronics. His work spans deposition and characterization of oxide semiconductor materials and devices, including atomic-layer deposition of multi-component semiconductor materials. The work he has performed with atomic layer deposition of zinc-tin-oxide semiconductors and aluminum oxide passivation layers has contributed to record high-performance zinc-tin-oxide thin-film transistors with process temperatures compatible with flexible electronics and back end of line 3D monolithic integration.
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