Beth Deitch has a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Tulane University and has retired as a professor in the Department of Management at the University of New Orleans. Her main areas of research were workplace discrimination and employee well-being. She’s involved in a wide variety of local organizations, including Mardi Gras krewes, charitable endeavors, and political organizations. Hobbies include graphic design and reading as much as possible about everything (but especially physics, politics, social psychology, identity, and cognition).