Marisa G. Franco, PhD
Dr. Marisa G. Franco holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Maryland. A former professor who has authored more than 20 research articles on loneliness, connection, and discrimination and has studied friendship all over the world, Dr. Franco is a friendship expert who is sought after weekly by media outlets. She has delivered talks about connection all over the country to private companies, the U.S. government, universities, and non-profit organizations. Dr. Franco currently works as science and technology policy fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her backing in both research and psychological practice allows her to address strategies for making friends that are couched in science, while also advising her readers to reflect on how their underlying psychological anatomy affects their friendships.
 
 
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