Michelle Martin Author

Dr. Michelle Martin is an Assistant Professor in the MSW program at California State University, Fullerton. She has previously taught at DePaul University and Dominican University. Dr. Martin has an MSW from the University of Illinois, Chicago, with an emphasis in school social work, a masters of social science in policy studies from the University of Bristol, and a PhD in global peace studies from the University of Bradford. Dr. Martin has over 30 years of experience in the human and social services, having worked in child welfare, adolescent services, victim advocacy, hospice, school social work, and refugee services. Dr. Martin’s research interests focus on how social media is used to express identity and trauma among refugee and migrant groups. Dr. Martin has written three textbooks in the human services/social work areas, as well as other publications focusing on a range of issues, including social media, identity development, wellbeing, middle age and active aging. Dr. Martin is a regular blogger for the Huffington Post where she writes about women and middle age.