Speaker

Beth Schwartz

She/Her/Hers
Associate Director in the Office of Applied Psychology; APA Science Directorate
American Psychological Association
Manchester by the Sea, MA
United States

Beth M. Schwartz, PhD, is the Associate Director in the Office of Applied Psychology at American Psychological Association (APA) where her work focuses on applying psychological and behavioral science to promote human performance and well-being. Initiatives include workplace psychology, human-technology interaction, legal psychology, and climate change psychology. Working alongside experts across the field of psychology, Dr. Schwartz’s focus is to connect psychological science to real-world issues. She started her career in higher education, first as a faculty member at Randolph College (founded as Randolph-Macon Woman’s College) in the department of psychology where she was the Thoresen '23 Professor of Psychology, and the Assistant Dean of the College. She then served as Provost at Heidelberg University, and finally as Provost at Endicott College overseeing the division as Chief Academic Officer. Beth received her BA from Colby College, and her PhD in cognitive psychology from the SUNY at Buffalo. She is a long-standing member of APA and a Fellow of APA’s Division 2, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Her publications include articles in the Journal of Higher Education, and in Ethics & Behavior, and numerous books including Evidenced-Based Tools and Techniques for University Teaching, Optimizing Teaching and Learning: Practicing Pedagogical Research, and a series of books published by Sage that serve as resources for students learning the intricacies of APA style, research design, statistics, and presentations. Beth has been recognized for her excellence in teaching and in scholarship with the Gillie A. Larew Excellence in Teaching Award from Randolph, the American Psychology-Law Society Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award, the Katherine Graves Davidson Excellence in Scholarship Award at Randolph, and the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Certificate from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Contact:
bschwartz@apa.org
+1 434-942-2155


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