Erin McMichael

erin.mcmichael.52@csun.edu 

EDUCATION:

2008 -

B.A., Psychology - California State University, Northridge (in progress)

Minor: Queer Studies 

AFFILIATIONS:

American Psychological Association (student)

Graduate Students for Psychological Interventions

Western Psychological Association (student)

Association for Psychological Science (student)

Social Psychology Network (student)

Society for Personality and Social Psychology (student) 

RESEARCH INTERESTS: LGBT identification and stigma; transpersonal psychology: combining Eastern and Western philosophies; personality and social psychology; positive psychology; human sexuality; anthrozoology: the impact of animal and human interaction. 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

2008

Wild Dolphin Project - Jupiter, Florida

      Assisted/volunteered with data collection, field watches and field participation on a ten-day trip with non-profit research organization dedicated to long-term research of a specific group of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella Frontalis), located in the Bahamas.  

AWARDS:

Dean’s List, Los Angeles Valley College 

VOLUNTEER WORK:

2007 -

Heal the Bay, Santa Monica, California 

2002 - 2004

Good Samaritan Pet Center - Denver, Colorado