About
Michelle Marji is a dance artist, choreographer, and rock climber.
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Arizona State University
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dance, Arizona State University
- Master of Science, Social Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- PhD, Social Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison (in progress)
Research Description
Michelle Marji investigates physical and movement based elements of social psychology—namely bodily movement through space and interpersonal synchrony—while exploring the intersections between movement, emotion, and issues of equity and social justice. Marji also works with big data and is interested in answering questions about emotion based language use on social media platforms.
Affiliations
- National Science Foundation - Doctoral Fellow of INTEGRATE (Integrating Robots into the Future of Work) - Training Program in Emotion Research Fellow (TPER), National Institutes of Health - Antiracism Learning and Action in Neuroscience Group, UW-Madison - UW-Madison Psychology Department Climate & Diversity Committee, 2021 - Society for Affective Science Member - Society for Personality and Social Psychology Member - The Hitterz Collective LLC
Honors
- National Science Foundation - Doctoral Fellow of INTEGRATE (Integrating Robots into the Future of Work) - Diversity Graduate Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2023 - Training Program in Emotion Research (TPER), Institutional National Research Service Award (T32 Grant), funded by the National Institutes of Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022, 2023 - Menzies and Royalty Research Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2021, 2022, 2023 - Graduate School Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2021, 2022