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Ginger Osborne

Education:
Ginger Osborne received her B.A. degree in psychology with honors at the University of California, Santa Barbara and her graduate training at the University of Southern California. There she earned a Masters of Arts degree with a specialization in physiological psychology and a Doctor of Philosophy degree with an emphasis on adult development. For her research on the effects of exercise on the moods of older adults, she was awarded an Administration of Aging Dissertation Research Fellowship. Additionally, she has received post-graduate clinical training at the Psychiatry/Mental Health Unit, UCI Medical Center; the Andrus Older Adult Center, USC; and the Sex Research Institute, a part of the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA.

In 2003 Dr. Osborne was recognized by students and faculty for her contributions to Santa Ana College with the Distinguished Faculty Award. The address that she gave as part of the award was entitled, Successful Aging: Mind, Body and Spirit. She was also the recipient, with colleague Chi-Kwan Shea, of an Instructional Improvement Grant awarded by the state Community College Chancellor's Office. The project's title was Integration of Academic and Vocation Education in a Course on Psychology of Adulthood and Aging. In all of her classes, she is interested in helping students to develop as scholars and as human beings and to apply psychological principles to more effective living.