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Lauren Lichty
MA Cognitive and Social Psychology
Program: Ecological-Community Psychology

Student Affliates > Lauren Lichty

My research interests include primary prevention of gendered violence, promoting the health and well-being of youth, comprehensive sex education, youth as social change agents, and raising critical consciousness of systemic oppression and specifically rape culture. My master's thesis focused on middle school students' experiences of gendered violence, titled "Being a target and a witness: Exploring middle school students' sexual harassment experiences."

Research and Consulting Experience
Michigan Evaluation of School-Based Health (MESH)
(2006 Ð 2009) Project Coordinator, PI: Miles McNall; Michigan State University
Dr. Rebecca Campbell's Sexual Assault Research Team
(2003 Ð 2006) Research Assistant, Michigan State University
Task Force on Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence
(2004 Ð 2005) Graduate Assistant, Michigan State University
Dr. NiCole Buchanan's Sexual Harassment Research Team (2003 - 2005)
Gendered Bullying Project Coordinator, Michigan State University
Dr. Louise Fitzgerald's Sexual Harassment Research Team (2002 - 2003)
Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Community involvement

I am currently participating and assisting in the development of the Capital Area Sexual Assault Response Team (CASART). I work with law enforcement, individuals from the criminal justice system, sexual assault nurse examiners, and advocates in the Lansing area to improve the community services and responses to sexual assault. I have taken an active role in the development of CASART's policies and procedures, as well as the development of tools to evaluate the coordinated response and participation in sexual assault prevention efforts and violence against women community awareness efforts.

Publications
Campbell, R., Lichty, L.F., Sturza, M., & Raja, S. (2006).
The gynecological health impact of sexual assault.
Research in Nursing & Health, 29, 399-413.
Campbell, R., Patterson, D., & Lichty, L.F. (2005).
The effectiveness of sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) program: A review of psychological, medical, legal, and community outcomes.
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse: A Review Journal 6(4), 313-329.
Lichty, L.F., Buchanan, N.T., & Torres, J.M.C. (2005).
Exploring Homophobia and Gender Expression in Peer-to-Peer Youth Sexual Harassment.
The Community Psychologist, 38(4), 10-12.
Lichty, L.F., Campbell, R., & Schuiteman, J. (in press).
Developing a university-wide institutional response to sexual assault and relationship violence.
Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community.
Lichty, L.F., Torres, J.M.C., Valenti, M.T., & Buchanan, N.T. (under review).
Title IX and sexual harassment policies in K-12 schools: Where do we stand?
American Educational Research Journal.
Lichty, L.F., Torres, J.M.C., & Buchanan, N.T. (in preparation).
Get back in your gender box: Coercive gender socialization via gender harassment.
(To be submitted to the Journal of Adolescence)
Conference Presentations
Lichty, L.F. & Campbell, R. (2006, March).
Being a target and a witness: Middle school studentsÕ sexual harassment experiences.
Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
Patterson, D., Campbell, R., Lichty, L.F., Adams, A.E. & Greeson, M. (2005, September).
Planning and implementing program evaluation for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs.
International Forensic Nursing Scientific Assembly, Arlington, Virginia
Lichty, L.F., Torres, J. M. C., and Buchanan, N. T. (2005, August).
Harassment in High School: Coercing Gender Roles via Gender Stereotyping. In Ormerod, A. J. and Collinsworth, L. L. (chairs), New Issues in High School Sexual Harassment.
Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Lichty, L. F., Torres, J. M. C., Tatebe, D., Dworkin, E., Humbad, M. N., Pollick, B. P., and Buchanan, N. T. (2005, August).
A Qualitative Exploration of Youth Sexual Harassment. In N. T. Buchanan (chair), Expanding Sexual Harassment Research to Include Diverse Populations and Intersecting Forms of Harassment.
Symposium presented at the meeting of the International Coalition Against Sexual Harassment, Philadelphia, PA.
Lichty, L. F. (2005, June).
Direct and Indirect Sexual Harassment Experiences of Middle School Youth.
Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Community Action and Research Biennial, Champaign, IL.
Lichty, L.F., Torres, J.M.C., Valenti, M.T., Rederstorff, J.C., & Buchanan, N.T. (2004, August).
Title IX and Sexual Harassment Among Youth: A Policy Analysis.
Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
Technical Reports
Report of the MSU Task Force on Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence (April, 2005).
East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.
Lichty, L. F. (2005).
Bath High School Student Harassment Survey Findings.
East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.
Lichty, L. F. (2004).
Teacher, staff, and student feedback on the anti-bullying program at Alaiedon Elementary School.
East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.
Campbell, R., Adams, A. E., Lichty, L. F., Patterson, D., Smith, A., & Sturza, M. (2004).
Institutional ethnography of the MSU Sexual Assault Crisis and Safety Education Program.
East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.
Campbell, R., Patterson, D., & Lichty, L. F. (2004).
Process evaluation of the MSU Sexual Assault Crisis and Safety Education Program.
East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.
Honors/Awards
  • University Distinguished Fellowship Michigan State University
  • Department of Psychology Community Action Award 2003 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign