Jane Betchley is a second-year student in the Political Science PhD program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She holds a BA in modern history and MA in political economy from the University of Essex, and she has previously held various roles working for the British government in the U.S. With a strong interest in political psychology, her primary research focus is cognition, particularly implicit social cognition, and how the information environment interacts with general and individual tendencies in information processing. She seeks to better understand how people’s internal experiences can influence their real-world political attitudes and behavior, using both psychophysiological and implicit measurement methods. She also intends to explore how neurodiversity may play a role in political cognition, particularly in terms of emotional and moral reasoning, and how this may connect to ideology or political values. Jane is currently serving as a graduate representative on the Association of Politics and the Life Sciences (APLS) Council.
The APSA Diversity Fellowship Program (DFP), formerly the Minority Fellowship Program, was established in 1969 as a fellowship competition to diversify the political science profession. The DFP provides support to students applying to, or in the early stages of, a PhD program in political science. Since its inception, the DFP has designated more than 600 fellows and contributed to the successful completion of doctoral political science programs for over 100 individuals. APSA has once again awarded a new cycle to provide support for PhD students currently in their first or second year as of Spring 2024. Please join us in congratulating the 2024-2025 class of fellows.
- Learn more about DFP at https://apsanet.org/dfp