 with honors in Psychology and English Literature from Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey in 1996, her M.A.with highest distinction in Human Behavior and Organizational Psychology from Kean College of New Jersey in 1998, and a Dual PhD in Clinical Psychology and Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in 2003.Between 2003 - 2007, Dickson presented portions of her doctoral dissertation on employee perceptions of family responsibilities discrimination at 17 national  and international conferences including the II International Work and Family Conference at IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain.