Kasey Hagedorn recruits participants to engage with our research projects involving simulators and automated vehicles. Kasey has also been engaged in transitioning record-keeping to be more streamlined and increase the overall effectiveness for our employees and participants. She hopes to carve new avenues into engaging potential research participants in the surrounding communities. She actively engages in the IRB application process, staff protocol training, and data integrity.

Kasey received her bachelor's degree in environmental studies and sociology from Iowa State University. After graduation, she worked in logistics for a plastic injection company out of Des Moines. She got her master's degree in education with a focus on higher education and educational technology from the University of Maine. While working on this degree, she worked with online degree programs recruiting students and developing innovative curriculum.