Hector Betancourt

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Hector Betancourt
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Alma mater
  • University of Chile
  • University of California, Los Angeles
OccupationProfessor

Dr. Hector M. Betancourt, PhD, received a BA (equivalent) from the Catholic University of Chile and his Ph.D. in Social Psychology and Personality from UCLA. He is now Distinguished Professor at Loma Linda University, where he was Founding Chair of the Graduate Department of Psychology in 1993 and established the Culture and Behavior Laboratory in 1998 [1]. He is a Fellow of APA, including Divisions 1 (Society for General Psychology), 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race), 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, & Violence), and 52 (International Psychology). He has contributed to psychological organizations in leadership positions such as President of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence, member of APA Board of Scientific Affairs, Executive Council of Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), and Secretary General of the Inter-American Society of Psychology (SIP). He has also served in the Board of Editors for several journals such as Journal of Community Psychology and Journal of Personality and Psychology in the U.S., Journal of Social Psychology in Spain, Interdisciplinaria in Argentina, Psyke in Chile, and Psicologia Contemporanea in Mexico [2].

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