Education
- B.A. (Psychology & Spanish) - Drew University
- Ph.D. (Social Psychology) - University of Michigan
Courses Taught
- PY 101 - Introductory Psychology
- PY 201 - Social Psychology
- PY 291 & 292 - Research Methods I and II
- PY 711/886 - Special Topics: Stereotypes and Prejudice
- PY 813 - Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior
- PY 832 - Research Methods in Clinical Psychology I
Publications
- Betz, D. E. (2026). Find the cause: Critical historical education affects racism attributions and policy support. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 29(2), 197-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302251378036
- Liss, M., & Ramsey, L. R. (2026). Not the solution we proposed: Feminist psychological insights into the tradwife phenomenon. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 50(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843261442440
- Sabik, N. J., *Paras, K., & Betz, D. E. (2026). Social media use and appearance pressure among midlife women: Associations with fat talk and old talk. Body Image, 57, 102066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2026.102066
- Betz, D. E., & DiDonato, T. E. (2024). Downward-punching disparagement humor harms interpersonal impressions and trust. HUMOR, 37(3), 439-458. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2023-0158
- Betz, D. E., *Deegan, K., & *Gomes, A. (2024). Men’s hostile sexism predicts skepticism of sexual assault statistics. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 48(2), 195-208. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843231215373
Areas of Specialization
Stereotyping and prejudice are a core theme running through my diverse research interests. I have studied stereotypes’ effects on people’s self-views (e.g., the effect of “fitspiration” on women’s body image) and their goals or aspirations (e.g., work on implicit bias affecting women in math and science). I have studied how prejudice affects interpersonal interactions, from flirting with sexist humor to perceiving racism in everyday events. And I am interested in how people think about social justice challenges, including sexual assault and institutional racism.