Dr. Sara Mcclelland

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Biography

Sara McClelland is a professor at the University of Michigan, where she focuses on Gender & Feminist Psychology as well as Personality & Social Contexts. Her research centers on how social and political environments impact individuals' intimate reproductive lives, particularly regarding issues of fairness and expectations around experiences such as abortion. McClelland has developed new quantitative methods for studying the effects of racism and sexism in society. She received her Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology from the Graduate Center, City University of New York, in 2009 and has served as a postdoctoral scholar for the Michigan Society Fellows program from 2009 to 2012. McClelland has published extensively on topics related to sexual health and critical feminist research methods and has received several awards for her teaching and mentoring, including the Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award and the APA Division 5 Distinguished Contributions Teaching and Mentoring Qualitative Inquiry Award.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

— Present

University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI

Teaches courses on gender and feminist psychology, focusing on the ways social and political environments shape people's intimate reproductive lives.

Awards

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Class 1923 Memorial Teaching Award

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Distinguished Contributions Teaching and Mentoring Qualitative Inquiry Award

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Mary Walsh Roth Teaching the Psychology of Women Award

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Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award

Requirements for University of Michigan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:84
GRE General
Verbal
Required:155
Verbal Percentile
Required:50
Quantitative
Required:168
Quantitative Percentile
Required:50
Analytical Writing
Required:3.6
Writing Percentile
Required:50
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics Calculus Physics
Application Checklist
  • Rackham Graduate School Application
  • Official Transcripts
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science