Bethany Teachman

Bethany Teachman is a Professor, the Director of Clinical Training, and the co-Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Virginia in the Department of Psychology. She received her PhD from Yale University, and her BA from the University of British Columbia. Her lab investigates biased thinking that contributes to the development and maintenance of psychopathology, especially anxiety disorders. She received her PhD from Yale University, and her BA from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Teachman has been awarded an American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Early Career Award, multiple national mentoring awards, and she is a Fellow of multiple associations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Currently, Dr. Teachman is Chair of the Coalition for the Advancement and Application of Psychological Science, Director of the public web sites MindTrails and Project Implicit Health, and she is past president of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology. She received a 2019 Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association.