Amber M. Gaffney (Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University) is an Assistant Professor of Social Psychology at Cal Poly Humboldt. Her program of research focuses on social identity and categorization processes in social influence. She researches the ways in which both marginal and prototypical group members and those traditionally lacking the ability to exert influence (e.g., minority groups, outgroup members) can change and extremitize group norms and political identities. Amber currently serves as an associate editor for Group Processes and Intergroup Relations and on the editorial boards for Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy and the Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology.
Teaching: Social Psychology (Undergraduate), Advanced Social Psychology (Graduate), Social Influence (Undergraduate), Professional Development Seminar (Graduate)
Graduate Students & Researchers
Grace Belt
Amanda DeSimone
Jazmin Delgado
Enicia Fegurgur
Devin Flynn
Aaron Foster
Jeff Frederick
Samantha Gardner
Sage Gill
Cozy Hunter
Rachael Kee
Radhika Kothari
Michael Loza
Alicia Martin
Juliana Molony
Heather Reynolds
Edwin Rosales-Vijil
Brian Taylor
Sophie Timin
Kira Trinity
Joshua Worthington
Ingrid Zulgis
Clara Allen
Associate Behavioral Health Clinician at Open Door Community Health Clinic
Jack Allen
Lecturer at Humboldt State University & Family Medicine Residency Program Coordinator at Open Door Community Health Centers
Zoe Griffith
Health Psychology Ph.D. Student at University of California, Merced
Isaac Huicochea
Research Assistant for San Diego State Research Foundation
Desiree Ryan
Social psychology Ph.D. student at University of California, Santa Cruz
Josue Rodriguez
Quantitative Psychology Ph.D. student at University of California, Davis
Ben Skillman
Lecturer at Humboldt State University
Tamera Stapp
Special Education Moderate to Severe Teacher with the Oceanside Unified School District at Stuart Mesa Elementary School
Amanda Tarin
Master's student at California State University, Fullerton
Jamiee Rawlins
Substance Abuse Counselor I at Aegis Treatment Centers
Delilah Cervantes
Program Assistant/Health Information Specialist for the Ventura Wrap/FURS programs at Seneca Family of Agencies
Shelley Magallanes
Graduate Student of Counseling Psychology at Humboldt State University
Sam Lilienthal
School Psychology Graduate Student at The College of Saint Rose