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 Radford University
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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02100-z
*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. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2023.2208878
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. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211053095
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12701
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. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219900418
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. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000392
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