12 Facts About Dorothy Riddle

Dorothy Riddle was born on January 12,1944 and is an American-Canadian psychologist, feminist and economic development specialist.

Dorothy Riddle is known as the author of the Riddle homophobia scale and published work on women's studies, homophobia, services and metaphysics.

Dorothy Irene Riddle was born on January 12,1944, in Chicago, United States.

Dorothy Riddle started school in 1950 at Woodstock School, a boarding school in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India, where her grandfather, Allen Parker, had been principal.

Dorothy Riddle graduated it as the valedictorian of her class in 1960 and moved back to United States to attend college.

Dorothy Riddle became a founding member of the Association for Women in Psychology, and introduced feminist analysis in the seminar 'Psychology of Social Issues' at the College of William and Mary where she was hired as an assistant professor of psychology.

Dorothy Riddle co-founded a feminist counseling service in 1973 in Tucson, Arizona where she conceptualized the empowerment model used in feminist therapy, and introduced the use of political analysis in psychotherapy.

Dorothy Riddle is currently a Research Associate with the University of British Columbia Centre for Women's and Gender Studies where she continues to focus on women services business entrepreneurs.

In parallel with her work on the APA Task Force on the Status of Lesbian and Gay Male Psychologists, Dorothy Riddle developed a scale for measuring homophobia while a professor in the Psychology Department of the University of Arizona.

Dorothy Riddle showed in her studies that lesbians, gays and bisexuals have the potential to be positive role models of nontraditional gender roles, individual relationships and individual diversity, she investigated the psychological effects of negative self-image caused by society's stigmatization of homosexuality and the lack of same-sex support systems, and argued that lesbian patients need lesbian psychotherapists free from heterosexual bias to better understand their problems.

In 1981, Dorothy Riddle joined the faculty of the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona where she developed the first courses on international services trade and international services management.

Dorothy Riddle is listed in the Who's Who of American Women, the World Who's Who of Women, and the International Who's Who of Professionals.