2010 PhD Ecological-Community Psychology, Michigan State University
2005 MA Ecological-Community Psychology, Michigan State University
2003 BS Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• BCORE 107 Gender under Construction
• BIS 212 Introduction to Human Sexuality
• BISPSY 343 Community Psychology
• BIS 438 Prevention and Promotion
• BIS 490 Community Projects

I want students to feel personally and/or professionally empowered as researchers, educators, and/or activists for social justice. There are many ways of knowing and learning; my intention is to encourage open dialogue, critical examination, and thoughtful engagement with diverse perspectives. My classrooms tend to be compassionate, curious, playful, and reflective.

Improving equity and belonging in higher education
Promoting healthy, loving, compassionate networks of care
Preventing and intervening on sexual and relationship violence
Participatory action research to improve organizations and communities

LGBTQIA+ (queer) publications (a selection)

• Lichty, L. F. & Harner, V. (in press). From Betrayal to Support: Towards Trans Refuge in Higher Education. In Special Issue: American Trans Psychology Amid Anti-Transgender Legislation, American Psychologist.
• Lichty, L. F. & Zapata, E. (2024*). Who Counts? Who Gets Served? Examining Online Aromantic and Asexual Inclusion in Queer-Serving Organizations. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. *advanced online release
• Lichty, L. F. & Belmont, J. (2023). On Working with Poison: Reflections on Painful Empowerment in Queer-Trans-Intersex Faculty-Student Participatory Action Research. American Journal of Community Psychology, 72(3-4), p.486-503.

Sexual and Relationship Violence

• Nnawulezi, N., Rieger, A., Shaw, J., Greeson, M., Lichty, L.F. & Nicole Allen.* (2022). Reflecting and Rejuvenating Our Work, Together: One Team’s Consideration of AJCP Publications on Gender-Based Violence. American Journal of Community Psychology, 70(3-4), 255-264. DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12603
• Lichty, L. F. & Gowen, L. K. (2021). Youth response to rape: Rape myths and social support. Journal of interpersonal violence, 36(11-12), 5530-5557.
• Lichty, L. F., Rosenberg, K., & Laughlin, K. (2018). Before there is a Table: Small Wins to Build a Movement against Sexual and Relationship Violence in the University Context. Journal of Family Violence, 33(8), 629-645.
• Lichty, L. F. & Campbell, R. (2012). Targets and witnesses: Middle school students’ sexual harassment experiences. Journal of Early Adolescence, 32(3), 414-430.

Scholarship of Teaching and Research Methods

• Harner, V. & Lichty, L. (under review). Teaching note: An active learning approach to teaching about physical disability in the social work classroom. Social Work Education.
• Lichty, L. F. & Pedersen, A. (2025). Constructing Sacred Containers for Participatory Action Research: A Mindfulness, Arts-based Practice. Violence against Women, 31(1), 79-101.
• Lichty, L. F. & Belmont, J. (2023). On Working with Poison: Reflections on Painful Empowerment in Queer-Trans-Intersex Faculty-Student Participatory Action Research. American Journal of Community Psychology, 72(3-4), p.486-503.
• Lichty, L. F. & Rosenberg, K. (2020). Ideology through process and slow-start pedagogy: Co-constructing the path of least resistance in the social justice writing classroom. In Richards, D. P. & Phelps, L. W. (Eds.) On Teacher Neutrality: Politics, Praxis, Performativity. University Press of Colorado.
• Lichty, L. F., Kornbluh, M. E., Mortensen, J., & Foster-Fishman, P. (2019). Claiming Online Space for Empowering Methods: Taking Photovoice to Scale Online. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 10(3), 1-26.
• Lichty, L. F., Parks, E. C., & Nelson, A. (2018). Shifting Lenses to Deepen Reflection and Connection in Human Sexuality Education. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 13(2), 232-244.
• Lichty, L. F. & Palamaro-Munsell, E. (2017). Pursuing an Ethical, Socially Just Classroom: Searching for Community Psychology Pedagogy. American Journal of Community Psychology, 60(3-4), 316-326.
• Lichty, L. F. (2013). Photovoice as a pedagogical tool in the Community Psychology classroom. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 41(2), 89-96.
• Foster-Fishman, P., Law, K., Lichty, L. F., & Aoun, C. (2010). Youth ReACT for social change: A method for youth participatory action research. American Journal of Community Psychology, 46(1-2), 67-83. DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9316-y

Improving equity and belonging at UW (a selection)

• 2025-Present Member, Office of Civil Rights Steering Committee
• 2025-Present Chair, Faculty Council for Gender Equity and Justice (FCGEJ)
• 2023-Present Co-chair, Tri-campus Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Expansive (TNBGE) Technology Advisory Committee (TAC).
• 2022-Present Faculty representative for UW and Member of Prevention Working Group, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics (NASEM) Action Collaborative to Prevent Sexual Harassment in Higher Education.
• 2022-Present Member, Tri-campus Diversity Council, representing FCGEJ, University of Washington.
• 2022-2025 Co-Chair, FCGEJ, Tri-campus Faculty Senate
• 2023-2024 Member, Prevention Sub-Group, UW Bothell Coordinated Community Response Team
• 2019-2021 Member, Tri-campus Title IX Education and Training Working Group, led to launch of custom student and employee facing prevention and response course, Husky Prevention and Response.
• 2018-2019 Member, Tri-campus Title IX Strategic Planning Employee Responsibilities Work Group
• 2018-2019 Consultant, Tri-campus Title IX Strategic Planning Education & Outreach Work Group
• 2017-2019 Co-Chair, UWB Committee Against Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence (CASARV)
• 2017-2019 Member, UWB Diversity Council, representative for CASARV