We are one of the largest groups of law and psychology scholars in the world.
Our faculty hold editorial positions in top journals, leadership positions in our scholarly societies, are winners of myriad national and international awards for their scholarly contributions to the field, and have extensive experience with obtaining funding from top agencies. The diversity of our faculty specializations spanning Psychology, Law, Criminology, and Social Work creates a truly interdisciplinary environment to investigate the intersection of Behavioral Sciences and the Law.
 | Andrea Arndorfer Associate Teaching Professor, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences andrea.arndorfer@asu.edu Current Research: Eyewitness lineup identification and procedures; interrogation and confessions; investigative interviewing; experiences and consequences of wrongful conviction |
 | Jose Ashford Professor, School of Social Work jose.ashford@asu.edu Current Research: Forensic and correctional mental health; criminal justice diversion & sentencing alternatives; managing and treating violence risks; community prosecution; procedural justice; death-penalty mitigation |
 | Brian Bornstein Professor, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Brian.Bornstein@asu.edu Current Research: juror decision making, in both civil and criminal cases, and eyewitness memory. He also conducts research on jailhouse informants and the history of psychology and law. |
 | Linda Demaine Professor, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law demaine@asu.edu Current Research: deceptive advertising; undue influence; evolutionary theory of law; celebrity entertainers' participation in public policy |
 | Ira Ellman Professor Emeritus, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law ira@asu.edu Current Research: examining the factors, both substantive and methodological, that influence individual judgments about appropriate legal rules |
 | Adam Fine Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice adfine@asu.edu Current Research: Juvenile justice; transitional age youth (TAY) justice; procedural justice; youth perceptions of law enforcement and the justice system; development within the justice system context |
 | Hank Fradella Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Hank.Fradella@asu.edu Current Research: Judicial use, acceptability, and understanding of forensic and behavioral evidence; mental health issues in correctional populations; social psychology of media depictions of law and justice-related issues |
 | Max Guyll Associate Professor, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences guyll@asu.edu Current Research: Police interrogation, false confession, suspect decision making under stress, human factors in forensic examination, forensic laboratory procedures, forensic technique validity |
 | Alissa Knowles Assistant Teaching Professor, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences arknowl1@asu.edu Current Research: juvenile delinquency and antisocial behavior, individual-level predictors of delinquency (future expectations, maturity); effect of juvenile justice system involvement on adolescent outcomes. |
 | Stephanie Madon Professor, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences madon@asu.edu Current Research: social influence processes, psychological biases, police interrogation; false confessions; human factors in forensic science |
 | Karey O'Hara Assistant Professor, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences klohara@asu.edu
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 | Dustin Pardini Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Dustin.Pardini@asu.edu Current Research: biopsychosocial factors underlying the development of criminal behavior and psychopathic personality; evaluating the impact that early psychosocial interventions can have on these problems. |
 | Tess Neal Associate Professor, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences tneal6@asu.edu Current Research: reasoning, inference, and decision making among forensic experts, jurors, and judges; effectiveness and validity of expert testimony; forensic and correctional psychology |
 | Michael Saks Regents' Professor, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law saks@asu.edu Current Research: decision-making within the legal system (especially regarding the use of expert evidence) and legal policy designed to reduce medical error |
 | Jessica Salerno Associate Professor, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences jessica.salerno@asu.edu Current Research: emotion, intergroup dynamics, diversity, bias (gender, racial, LGBT, weight), legal decision making, jury deliberation processes; stereotyping and prejudice. |
 | Nick Schweitzer Director, Law and Behavioral Science Associate Professor, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences njs@asu.edu Current Research: juries, legal decision making, the understanding and use of scientific evidence, civil litigation |
 | Laura Smalarz Assistant Professor, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences Laura.Smalarz@asu.edu Current Research: Eyewitness identification and testimony; perceptions of the wrongfully convicted; police interrogation and false confessions; social biases in the criminal justice system |
 | Stacia Stolzenberg Associate Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Stacia.Stolzenberg@asu.edu Current Research: Children’s reports of maltreatment in legal settings, especially contemporary practices for interviewing children that simultaneously develop novel methods for increasing accurate reports without increasing false allegations |
 | Rick Trinkner Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice rick.trinkner@asu.edu Current Research: Broadly speaking, my research seeks to understand why people follow rules and defer to authority and how regulatory agencies can best foster support from those they serve. |
 | Lesley Zannella Assistant Teaching Professor, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences lesley.zannella@asu.edu Current Research: wrongful convictions; exonerees' reintegration and post-release experiences; stigma and wrongful conviction; teaching and learning |