Lisa Rose Apramian (), also known as Dr. Lisa, is an

Armenian-American Armenian Americans () are citizens or residents of the United States who have total or partial Armenian ancestry. They form the second largest community of the Armenian diaspora after Armenians in Russia. The first major wave of Armenian immig ...

psychologist and

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most notable as the director, writer, and producer of the

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

film ''

Not Bad for a Girl ''Not Bad for a Girl'' is a documentary on women musicians of the 1990s from the indie rock music genre grunge and riot grrrl and celebrates madness, creativity, and gender play. It was written, directed, produced and shot by rock phenomenologist ...

''.

Career

Apramian studied at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...

where she received a B.S. in psychology, a B.S. in Critical Gender Studies, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and phenomenology. Apramian served as a psychological consultant for the 1994 Rafal Zielinski film ''Fun'' which received two special Jury awards from the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival has acted ...

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Enlightened Sexuality Pilot Survey - Dr Lisa Apramian Ph.D. (2008)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Apramian, Lisa Rose Riot grrrl Living people University of Southern California alumni American documentary film directors Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women scientists 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American psychologists American women documentary filmmakers

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