Rita Dytell

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		Professor of Psychology Ph.D., The City University of New York B.A., City College of New York

Contact Information Phone (718) 405-3788 Fax (718) 405-3249 rita.dytell@mountsaintvincent.edu Founders Hall 413		Areas of Expertise Genocide (Armenian genocide, Holocaust, Rwanda) Behavioral medicine Stress and stress reduction, work and family stress Gender and cultural differences in health behaviors Parental Influences on adolescent health care practices

Courses

PSYC 103 Intro to Psychology
PSYC 321 Social Psychology
PSYC 344 Group Dynamics
PSYC 342 Psychology of Health and Stress
PSYC 429 Research in Psychology
INTG 391 Topics: Sex and Literature
INTG 494 Topics: Genocide

Recent Presentations
"What Really Defines Genocide?" Presented at The Greater Metropolitan New York Social Studies Conference on Feb.2, 2013

"History is Mystery: What's in the Suitcase?" Presented at The Holocaust Center at Queesborough Community College, 2012

Dytell with College of Mount Saint Vincent student Stephanie L. Widmer & E.M. Brady. Parental Influence on the Health Care Practices of Young Adults. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association in Cambridge, MA. 2011

Dytell, R., Brady, M. & Fuller, M. C. (2004, May). Predicting delay behavior: Ethnicity or acculturation? Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL

Dytell, R., Brady, M. & Fuller, M. C. (2004, March). Women: Symptom appraisal and treatment seeking. Presented at the annual conference of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, MD