Connections in Action
Roman Perrotto ’26
Through coursework, research, global study and community engagement, Roman built an academic path around psychology, Japanese and the study of intergenerational trauma.
HometownAlbany, New York
MajorsPsychology and East Asian Studies
CenterToor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts
FocusIntergenerational trauma in atomic bomb survivor families
First Year
Explored language, culture and global questions
- First-Year Seminar: Refugees: Law, Politics, Representation
- Began studying Japanese
- Started connecting psychology with Japanese language and culture
Sophomore Year
Turned questions into funded research
- Funded Sophomore Summer Research Program grant
- Independent study on atomic bomb literature
- Intensive summer language study at Senshu University in Tokyo
Junior Year
Connected coursework with global experience
- Studied abroad at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan
- Internship with ANT-Hiroshima in Japan
- Interviewed survivors and descendants in Japanese
Senior Year
Integrated research, thesis work and future plans
- Presented at the All-College Symposium
- Honors thesis on trauma, memory and narrative identity
- Prepared for graduate study in clinical psychology
“My goal is to become a clinician, researcher and professor who studies, treats and teaches about trauma.”
Future Plans
Pursuing a clinical psychology Ph.D. at the University at Albany
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