Affiliated Faculty

Students in the J.D./Ph.D. program may have their master's and doctoral work supervised by any member of the department of psychology faculty. In addition, students will have the opportunity to work with any of the college of law faculty either separately, or in collaboration with psychology faculty.

The faculty below have specific research interests in law and psychology. You can click on each faculty member for more information.

Linda Demaine
J.D./Ph.D. Program Director
Professor of Law & Affiliated Professor of Psychology
demaine@asu.edu

Current Research: celebrity entertainers' participation in public policy; informed consent in the medical context; undue influence; evolutionary theory of law

Dawn McQuiston
Associate Professor, NCIAS
Graduate Faculty, Department of Psychology
dawn.mcquiston@asu.edu

Current Research: jurors' evaluation of expert evidence, extra-legal factors in courtroom decision-making, eyewitness testimony

Ira Ellman
Professor of Law
Affiliated Professor of Psychology
ira@asu.edu

Current Research: examining the factors, both substantive and methodological, that influence individual judgments about appropriate legal rules.

Michael Saks
Regents' Professor of Law and Psychology
saks@asu.edu

Current Research: decision-making within the legal system, especially regarding the use of expert evidence of various kinds

Jay Koehler
Professor of Law & Professor of Business
jay.koehler@asu.edu

Current Research: behavioral decision making; statistical evidence; the psychology of investment

Nick Schweitzer
Assistant Professor, NCIAS
Graduate Faculty, Department of Psychology
njs@asu.edu

Current Research: the emprical study of the rule of law, jurors' understanding of scientific evidence