
Dr. Beck joined the faculty at the University of Memphis is 2008. Previously, she was professor and associate department chair at the University at Buffalo, a campus of the State University of New York system. Her research focuses on the mental health consequences of intimate partner violence. She is the director of the University of Memphis’ Athena Project, a research clinic that provides free services to victims of domestic violence.
Professor Beck is a graduate of Brown University. She earned a Ph.D. at the University at Albany.


