Kine Dorum, Research Assistant, Student Retention and Success Project, University of Leicester

Kine is employed as a research assistant on the Student Success and Retention Project. Her main responsibilities are collection and analysis of quantitative data. Kine has a degree in visual communications, and worked for a number of years as a graphic designer in the advertising industry. With a particular interest in the social and cognitive aspects of computer mediated communication, she went on to do a BSc at the School of Psychology at the University of Leicester. She is currently undertaking a PhD in the same department, focusing on human-computer interaction.