Ms. Laurie Grosik
Title: Assistant Professor
School: Health Sciences
Academic Department: Health Science
Academic Department: Medical Science
Department: MMS/MHS Programs
Phone: 814-472-3164
E-mail: lgrosik@francis.edu
Office Location: 3rd Floor, Library and Learning Commons
Biography
Ms. Grosik is a part-time Instructional Designer at Saint Francis University and a Ph.D. Candidate in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Communications Media and Instructional Technology program. A former Assistant Vice President and Manager of Loan Administration at Ameriserv Financial Bank, her passion for higher education lead her to academia. She earned a master’s degree in Adult Education and Communication Technology which initiated a career change. As an Instructional Technologist at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, she worked with faculty to incorporate educational technologies into the classroom and was also responsible for all distance education endeavors. Recognizing her educational journey was not complete, she began her doctoral studies in the fall of 2009 at which time she accepted a part-time Instructional Designer position at Saint Francis University. With her doctorate coursework now finished, she is carrying out her dissertation titled “The Diffusion of Facebook in Rural, Southwestern Pennsylvania Adults.”
Ms. Grosik resides in Jerome, PA with her husband Tom, and children, Ryan, Jacob, Nicholas, and Olivia.