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Remembering Michele Alexander

December 16, 2003 at 6:30 pm · Comments (1)

I don’t seem to have much luck around finals time and car accidents. In high school Val Morin, an overall great student at Hampden Academy, was killed in one. I hoped that something like that would never happen again.

My favorite psychology professor died today following a car accident. Michele Alexander was a wonderful person in an almost infinite number of respects; she was the head of UMaine’s Psy Chi chapter, did numerous studies in the fields of social psychology, gender and race stereotypes, and group dynamics, knew a number of other respected psychologists in her field, and was loved by most of her students as a teacher who really enjoyed her work and enjoyed teaching. Her baby Camden, a few months old, was apparently with her but was not hurt in the accident, according to an e-mail from psychology professor G. W. Farthing sent out to psych students earlier today.

I was lucky enough to have PSY 100 (General Psychology) and PSY 330 (Social Psychology) with Michele. It goes without saying that those were by far my two favorite psychology classes so far; she’s the one who really got me interested in the topic.

Thanks for everything you did for me, Michele… and for everything you did for everyone.

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Steve Alexander February 9, 2004 at 3:31 pm #

Justin,

Thanks for your post on Michele. I read it soon after the accident, and again just now. I can tell you it helps to know you, and others like yourself, felt about her as I did. Be well. -Steve

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