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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 sexual health and well-being of youth, comprehensive sex education, youth as social change agents, and raising critical consciousness of systemic oppression (e.g., 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." My dissertation focuses on identifying ecological factors (i.e., parents, peers, schools, and individual behaviors) that predict early sexual initiation.

Research and Consulting Experience
Michigan Evaluation of School-Based Health (MESH)
(2006-2009) Project Coordinator, PI: Miles McNall; Michigan State University
Dr. Rebecca Campbell's Sexual Assault Research Team
(2003-2006) Research Assistant, Michigan State University
Task Force on Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence
(2004-2005) 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
Publications
Anagnostopoulos, D., Buchanan, N. T., Pereira, C., & Lichty, L. F. (in press).
School Staff Responses to Gender-Based Bullying as Moral Interpretation: An Exploratory Study.
Educational Policy.
Foster-Fishman, P., Law, K., Lichty, L. F., & Aoun, C. (in press).
Youth ReACT for Social Change: A Method for Youth Participatory Action Research.
Submitted to the American Journal of Community Psychology.
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, 36 ½, 5-22.
Lichty, L. F., Torres, J. M. C., Valenti, M. T., & Buchanan, N. T. (2008).
Sexual Harassment Policies in K-12 Schools: Examining Accessibility to Students and Content.
Journal for School Health, 78(11), 607-614.
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.
Conference Presentations
McNall, M. A., Lichty, L. F., & Mavis, B. (2008, June).
A comprehensive statewide evaluation of the impact of school-based health centers in Michigan.
A presentation at the convention of the National Assembly of School-based Health Care, Los Angeles, CA.
Foster-Fishman, P., Law, K., Lichty, L. F., & Droege, E. (2008, May).
Data Analysis as a Tool for Promoting Critical Consciousness.
Symposium presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Campbell, R., Lichty, L.F., & Schuiteman, J. (2007, August).
Developing a university-wide institutional response to sexual assault and relationship violence. In C. Senn (Chair), Sexual assault prevention and resistance education: Bringing together approaches at varying levels of intervention.
Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Adams, A. E., Lichty, L. F., & Campbell, R. (2007, June).
Prosecutorial decision making in childhood sexual abuse cases. In R. Campbell (Chair), Institutional Legal Responses to Sexual Violence Against Women & Children.
Symposium presented at the Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action, Pasadena, CA.
Lichty, L.F. & Campbell, R. (2006, March).
Being a target and a witness: Middle school studentsŐ 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, August).
Indirect Sexual Harassment Experiences of Middle School Youth.
Paper presented at the meeting of the International Coalition Against Sexual Harassment, Philadelphia, PA.
Patterson, D., Campbell, R., Lichty, L.F. & Adams, A.E. (2005, July).
Planning and implementing program evaluation for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs.
Michigan Coalition against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Okemos, Michigan
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.
Torres, J. M. C., Lichty, L. F., & Buchanan, N. T. (2004, July).
Gendered Bullying: Exploring Sexual Harassment in Our Schools.
Poster session presented at the meeting of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program, Iowa City, IA.
Rederstorff, J. C., Lichty, L. F., Torres, J. M.C., & Buchanan, N. T. (2004, February).
Gendered Bullying: Childhood Experiences of Sexual Harassment. In N. T. Buchanan (Chair), Examining psychological well-being and health among targets of harassment: Investigations across contexts and populations.
Symposium presented at the meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
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