Melissa entered the Psychology in the Public Interest program in Fall 2013. She currently serves as Lead TA and GrASP President. Melissa’s research interests center on intergroup processes and social identity theories, and what leads those with power and privilege to move beyond sympathy to identification with those with less power and privilege. Specifically, she is interested in males who identify as feminists, in order to understand what leads men to join in unity with women in the movement for gender equality.