Michele Lease
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Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Interests
- social networks
- popularity
- friendship
- social influence in middle/late childhood
Education
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PhD in Clinical Psychology, 1995
University of Illinois -
M.A. in Clinical Psychology, 1992
University of Illinois -
B.A. in Psychology, 1988
Indiana University
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Research Summary
My research focuses on the characteristics of children who have acquired high social status within the peer social network and the ways in which they influence peers to conform to academic, behavioral, and social norms.