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Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
M.A., East Tennessee State University
B.S., Christopher Newport University

Social Psychology

Dr. Berry earned his B.S. at Christopher Newport University, his M.A. in Experimental Psychology from East Tennessee State University and his Ph.D. in Experimental Social Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to joining °ÄÃÅÀÏÆæÈËÂÛ̳ in 2023, Dr. Berry worked as an Assistant and Associate Professor at California State University San Marcos. As a social psychologist, Dr. Berry’s research program focuses on empathy, intergroup relations, resilience, and psychophysiology with a special interest in self-regulation interventions.

Selected Publications or Presentations (*indicates student author)

*Zheng, D. Berry. D. R., & Brown, K. W. (2023). Effects of brief mindfulness meditation and

compassion meditation on parochial empathy and prosocial behavior toward ethnic out-group members. Mindfulness.

*Rodriguez, K., *Plascencia Ibarra, I., *Musick, A., *Hoerr, J. P., *Napoli, D., & +Berry, D. R.

(2023). Event-related correlates of compassion for social pain. Social Neuroscience 18(2), 91-102.

Berry, D. R., *Wall, C. S. J., *Tubbs, J. D., Zeidan, F., & Brown, K. W. (2023). Short-

term training in mindfulness predicts helping behavior toward racial ingroup and outgroup members. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 14(1), 60-71.  

Behler, A. M. C., & Berry D. R. (2022). When empathy creates conflict: A review of the current state

of parochial empathy research and its role in intergroup relations. Social Psychology and Personality Compass, 16(9), e12701.

Berry, D. R., *Hoerr, J. P., *Cesko, S., *Alayoubi, A., *Carpio, K., *Zirzow, H., *Walters, W., *Scram,

G., *Rodriguez, K., & *Beaver, V. (2020). Does mindfulness training without explicit ethics-based instruction promote prosocial behaviors? A meta-analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(8), 1247-1269.

Berry, D. R., Cairo, A. H., Goodman, R. J., Quaglia, J. T., Green, J. D., & Brown, K. W. (2018).

Mindfulness increases prosocial responses toward ostracized strangers through empathic concern. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(1), 93-112.  

Courses taught in the Psychology Department

• PSYC 623 – Advanced Social Psychology (Graduate)
• PSYC 611 – Methodology and Program Evaluation in Psychology (Graduate)
• PSYC 610 – Analysis of Behavioral Data (Graduate)
• PSYC 491 – Topical Research in Psychology 
• PSYC 301 – Analysis of Psychological Data