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Melanie Page

Director - NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium / NASA EPSCoR

Dr. Page joined WVU as the Assistant Vice President for Creative and Scholarly Activities in October 2013 after a 16 year career in the Department of Psychology at Oklahoma State University where she was promoted to full professor in 2010.

She has two main areas of research: first, the prevention of mental and physical health problems; the second main area of interest is teaching, mentoring, and scientific workforce development, especially for girls and women. Professor Page has participated as a principal or co-investigator on a number of NSF and NIH grants. She served as the WVU representative to the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium / NASA EPSCoR since 2013.

Education

Arizona State University, 1998 PhD Psychology, emphasis in Quantitative Psychology

Arizona State University, 1994 MS in Family Resources and Human Development, emphasis Child Development

Arizona State University, 1991 BS in Psychology (Summa Cum Laude)