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Michele Tugade earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan. After earning her doctorate, she then completed a National Research Service Award (NRSA) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (from NIMH) in the Emotional Experience Laboratory of Boston College. She joined the faculty of Vassar College in 2004 and she is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Tugade’s research focuses on positive emotions, emotional experience, and emotion regulation. She investigates the function of positive emotions in the coping process and the mechanisms that promote resilience in the face of stress and adversity. She also examines the structure and dynamics of emotional experience and emotion regulation. Her program of research incorporates multiple research methodologies, including laboratory-based experiments, experience-sampling methodology, and psychophysiological measurement procedures. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation.	home papers cv links contact
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