MEET THE FACULTY – Melissa Schroeder

Melissa Schroeder

Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Psychologist – Rochester College Psychology and Counseling Center

M.A., University of Detroit Mercy
B.A., Oakland University

School: School of Natural and Behavior Sciences
Office: RC Psychology and Counseling Center
Email: mschroeder@rc.edu

 

COURSES TAUGHT:

  • General Psychology
  • Abnormal Psychology
  • Child Development
  • Adolescent Development
  • Adulthood and Aging

 

HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS:

  • Member, Psi Chi Honor Society in Psychology

 

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

  • Certified in Animal-Assisted Therapy, Oakland University

 

PERSONAL:

Melissa is a lifetime resident of the Detroit area – except for two interesting years in Munich, Germany. There she changed her major to psychology due in part to weekly conversations with a psychoanalyst. (She was a private English instructor, not a patient, but probably should have been). In her free time, Melissa does not enjoy analyzing friends and family but rather running with her dog, taunting her cats, reading, juicing produce just about to expire, and working in wildlife rehabilitation.

 

PRESENTATIONS:

  • Guest speaker:  “Depression,” “Crisis Management and Suicide Prevention; DBSA Metro Detroit; April 2011, September 2011.
  • Presentations in local high schools on mood disorders and suicide in adolescents – Joseph J. Laurencelle Memorial Foundation.