Melissa Cesarano Ph.D.

Cofounder, President, and Chief Learning Officer at ThinkHumanTV
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  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Professional working proficiency

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Credentials

  • EQ Certification Level 1
    Affectifi Inc.
    May, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Ashtanga Yoga Teacher 100 hr
    Lighthouse Yoga School
    Jul, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Reiki Level I
    Reiki (Usui System of Natural Healing
    May, 2020
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • Wellness and Fitness Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Cofounder, President, and Chief Learning Officer
      • Jan 2018 - Present

      ThinkHumanTV leverages streaming media (Netflix, Disney+, Peacock) to provide soft skills (EQ) training to students, educators, leaders, employees, and individuals seeking therapy. Affectifi has received seed funding from the National Science Foundation as a Small Business Innovation Research winner and backing from Startup Health Ventures. We're also finalists at the 2022 SXSW EDU Startup Launch Competition. ThinkHumanTV leverages streaming media (Netflix, Disney+, Peacock) to provide soft skills (EQ) training to students, educators, leaders, employees, and individuals seeking therapy. Affectifi has received seed funding from the National Science Foundation as a Small Business Innovation Research winner and backing from Startup Health Ventures. We're also finalists at the 2022 SXSW EDU Startup Launch Competition.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Adjunct Professor
      • Sep 2016 - Present

      I teach a class created by myself and my research partner, Ilya Lyashevsky, called The Cognition of Social Emotional Learning. Our students learn about the cognitive science principles that underlie human emotional functioning. Students also keep weekly journals of their emotional experiences and analyze them through the lens of the various emotion concepts from the curriculum. I teach a class created by myself and my research partner, Ilya Lyashevsky, called The Cognition of Social Emotional Learning. Our students learn about the cognitive science principles that underlie human emotional functioning. Students also keep weekly journals of their emotional experiences and analyze them through the lens of the various emotion concepts from the curriculum.

    • United States
    • E-learning
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Graduate Consultant
      • Sep 2016 - Present

      I coach students around the world who want to be admitted to top higher learning institutions in the United States. I provide help with candidacy building, application submissions, essay writing/editing, resume crafting, educational opportunity decision making, planning standardized test studying and scheduling. I also help clients conduct research on various Universities and Colleges so that students can ultimately find their perfect academic fit! I coach students around the world who want to be admitted to top higher learning institutions in the United States. I provide help with candidacy building, application submissions, essay writing/editing, resume crafting, educational opportunity decision making, planning standardized test studying and scheduling. I also help clients conduct research on various Universities and Colleges so that students can ultimately find their perfect academic fit!

    • United States
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Cognitive Consultant
      • Oct 2015 - Present

    • United States
    • Medical Equipment Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Associate
      • Mar 2013 - Jul 2016

    • United States
    • Media Production
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Intern
      • Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

      Content development/writer and research for the outreach department. Content development/writer and research for the outreach department.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • research assistant
      • Jan 2011 - May 2012

      University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychology, Professor Harvey Grill: Behavioral Neuroscience Worked with rodent models to discern the appetitive and cognitive effects of leptin and ghrelin signaling in the hippocampus. University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychology, Professor Nicole Rust: Perception and Cognition Designed an original experiment to test human visual memory capacity University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychology, Professor Harvey Grill: Behavioral Neuroscience Worked with rodent models to discern the appetitive and cognitive effects of leptin and ghrelin signaling in the hippocampus. University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychology, Professor Nicole Rust: Perception and Cognition Designed an original experiment to test human visual memory capacity

    • Director, Cast Member
      • 2009 - 2012

      Acted and Directed in America's first all-female musical sketch comedy troupe at the University of Pennsylvania. Acted and Directed in America's first all-female musical sketch comedy troupe at the University of Pennsylvania.

    • Intern
      • May 2009 - Aug 2009

      Rehabilitation of outpatients Rehabilitation of outpatients

Education

  • Columbia University in the City of New York
    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cognitive Science
    2012 - 2018
  • Teachers College of Columbia University
    Master of Education (M.Ed.), Cognitive Science
    2012 - 2015
  • University of Pennsylvania
    BA, Major in Cognitive Neuroscience (philosophy of mind concentration); Minor in English (Poetry)
    2008 - 2012
  • floral park memorial high school
    2002 - 2008

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