Psychology Graduate Students
- Title
- PhD Candidate
- Division Social Sciences Division
- Department
- Psychology Department
- Website
- Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, Room 201
- Mail Stop Psychology Faculty Services
Summary of Expertise
Mike has done research regarding masculinity, gender, authoritarianism, and political psychology more broadly. He also has expertise on conspiracy belief.
Research Interests
Mike's research focuses upon authoritarianism, masculinity, conspiracy belief, and how they are related.
Biography, Education and Training
Michael Vallerga is currently a social psychology PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
He earned his MA in experimental psychology at San Jose State University in 2010 with a thesis titled 'Pure Authoritarianism: A New Approach to Authoritarianism'.
Honors, Awards and Grants
Mike has recieved research grants from the UCSC Psychology department, the UCSC gradutate student association, as well as a Dissertation Preperation Development grant from the Social Science Research Council.
Mike passed his qualifying exam with honors.
Teaching Interests
Gender and Sexuality, Political Psychology, Research Methods
