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Anne Noonan is a Professor of Psychology at Salem State University, where she has taught since 2007. Her office is located in Meier Hall 224, and she teaches courses including Psychology of Gender, Topics in Social and Cultural Diversity, and General Psychology with a focus on writing-intensive pedagogy and intersectional identity studies.
She earned her PhD (1996) and MA (1992) in Psychology from Boston University, and her BA in Psychology from Framingham State College (1984).
Her research examines narrative construction of identity through lenses of social class, gender, and marginalization. She investigates how individuals navigate meaning-making in contexts of intersecting social identities and systemic inequities, with particular emphasis on subjective class experiences and relational dynamics.
Her 2021 textbook establishes narrative methods as critical for understanding social class psychology, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach that bridges clinical insights with sociocultural analysis across her publication history.
As Principal Investigator, she secured federal funding including an NSF grant on urban STEM education and NIH studies on adolescent sexuality and older workers' relational resources. She has mentored students through PSY 421/520 internships and PSY 530 directed studies while leading research with diverse populations from refugee communities to adolescent substance abuse patients.