Biography:
Dr. Piccorelli joined the University of Wyoming in 2015. Before his academic career
he worked as a Vice President for PNC Bank building quantitative models for decision
making and managing a mortgage portfolio. He also authored tech-based economic development
plans when working as a consultant for Battelle Memorial Institute. This work experience
as an analyst led to an interest in the role of judgment in research. This interest
further grew during his doctoral studies when he was trained as a phenomenologist
in the literature of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Martin Heidegger, and Hannah Arendt.
A large portion of his research uses qualitative interviews to understand the human
experience with technology, and how technology can change how we think. He has applied
projects related to the development of a human-centered AI-based learning tool, virtual
reality and weight management with UW’s 3D Visualization Center, and the transmission
of the sensation of touch over a network with the Human Fusions Institute.
Dr. Piccorelli teaches graduate courses in the Master of Public Administration program
in the areas of organizational theory and behavior, personnel, ethics, technology
and society, and policy analysis and program evaluation.
He holds a Ph.D. in public administration and MPA in economic development from Cleveland
State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, and a BA from Loyola
Marymount University.
A detailed listing of his research publications can be viewed on his Google Scholar
Page:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=P-QXoPYAAAAJ&hl=en
