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Lelia Chilarescu

Lelia Chilarescu

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Department of Telecommunications

lchilare 'at' indiana 'dot' edu

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Biography:
Lelia came to IU in 2007 after having studied Journalism/ Philology (BA), Sociology (MA) and Philosophy (MA) at University of the West – Timisoara and at University of Massachusetts– Boston. While studying for her graduate degrees, she got the opportunity to be involved in various teaching, grants and research projects, which lead to an Assistant Lecturer position at University of the West – Timisoara.

Yet, her interest in learning more about how people process media messages brought her to the Department of Telecommunications, IU. Here, she's completing her Major in mass communication and Minors in cognitive sciences and human sexuality.

Her main research investigates how various elements of identity (especially age-, sexuality- and gender-related factors) interact with media content during information processing.

When she is not studying, she enjoys to read 'for fun', to explore the outdoors and to just observe various manifestations of humanity as she travels around the globe.