Axton Betz-Hamilton

Axton Betz-Hamilton, Ph.D.,  is an assistant professor of consumer affairs at South Dakota State University and an accredited financial counselor. Her research focuses on financial abuse within families, specifically familial identity theft and elder financial abuse perpetrated by family members.  A victim of familial identity theft herself, her personal story is chronicled in the book, “The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity.”