Jeff Ciesla received
his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from the State University of
New York at Buffalo, working under the mentorship of Dr. John Roberts. He
completed his predoctoral clinical internship at the Cincinnati Veteran’s
Affairs Medical Center. After this, he did a three year post-doctoral
internship at Vanderbilt University under the mentorship of Dr. Judy Garber
and Dr. David Cole. He joined the faculty of Kent State University in 2007
and is currently an Associate Professor. He is also the Director of the Applied
Psychology Center in the Department of Psychological Sciences. He has expertise in
cognitive and behavioral theories of depression. In particular, his
research has focused on the influences of ruminative thought. More
recently, this research has focused on the relationships among depression,
rumination, and sleep. Further, this research has examined how mindfulness
can help to improve sleep and depression. Jeff also has expertise in the
use of Structural Equations Modeling and Hierarchical Linear Modeling in
the study of psychopathology. Jeff lives with his
wife Dr. Shannon Ciesla (also faculty at KSU) in Munroe Falls, Ohio. The
Cieslas are owned by (let’s be honest – it sure isn’t the other way around)
their four cats, Lorelai, Arthur, Leela, and Nessie. When not working or
being harassed by a house full of cats, Jeff can be found making sawdust
out of otherwise useful lumber.
Drs. Jeff and Shannon
Ciesla
The
Ciesla Clowder:
Arthur Nessie Leela Lorelai
Trivia:
The last name “Ciesla” is an occupational name from the Polish for “carpenter”
Technically
pronounced “Chez – la” but it got Americanized to “Sees – la”
A
few of my attempts to live up to the family name:
