Postdoctoral Fellows & Graduate Student Researchers

 

Doctoral &
Postdoctoral Alumni

Denise Baker
Missouri University of 
Science & Technology

Carly Giffin
Federal Judicial Center

Bethany Growns
University of Canterbury

David Lovis-McMahon
Facebook

Ashley Votruba
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Keelah Williams
Hamilton College

Logan BusseyLogan Bussey
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests:individual and group influences on juror decision making, eyewitness memory, juror instructions
Allison CrossAllison Cross
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: juvenile's perceptions of the law and legal actors, legal socialization
Emily DenneEmily Denne
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: broad effects of stereotyping, racism, and prejudice at every level of our legal system
Rose Eerdmans
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: racial disparities and discrimination in the legal system
Megan Lawrence
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: implicit bias in the legal context, suspicion in the early stages of an investigation
Taylor LebensfeldTaylor Lebensfeld
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: Memory and the law, eyewitness memory, eyewitness identification
Kristen McCowanKristen McCowan
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: juror decision making, and the general role expert and juror biases play within the justice system
Breanna OlsonBreanna Olson
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: juror and jury decision making; use and influence of evidence and intergroup dynamics in jury deliberation processes
Hannah PhalenHannah Phalen
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: the ways in which gender, expressed emotions, and emotionally evocative evidence influences legal decision-making
Kathleen PadillaKathleen Padilla
Ph.D. Program in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Research Interests: policing, with a focus on police officer mental health and wellness; training and technology; and qualitative methodologies.
Emma Saiter
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: jury decision making, perception of evidence among jurors, expert testimony & bias
Justin SanchezJustin Sanchez
Ph.D. Program in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Research Interests: Policing, Organizational Justice, Procedural justice & Legitimacy.
Colleen SullivanColleen Sullivan
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: child sexual abuse, methods used to interview children, family law, and legal decision-making in cases involving children
Kelsey TomKelsey Tom
Ph.D. Program in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Research Interests: juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice, race, correctional interventions, and the psychological consequences of criminal justice system contact

Taylor Bettis
M.S. Program in Psychology

Research Interests: juror/jury decision making, implicit bias, law and human behavior

Kylie Kulak
M.S. Program in Psychology

Research Interests: Eyewitness misidentification, procedural suggestion, jury decision-making, perceptions of evidence among jurors, and racial-bias assessment tools.



Angeline Ma
M.S. Program in Psychology

Research Interests: Memory in eyewitnesses, information processing amongst jurors, machine learning and its applications in the court/people's perceptions of AI vs. human assessments

Elizabeth Mathers
M.S. Program in Psychology

Research Interests: legal decision making, expert and lay judgment, bias and the bias blind spot, neuropsychological assessment evidence

Ali McCoy
M.S. Program in Psychology

Research Interests: The Intersection of Psychology and Law, specifically in looking at sex crimes, IPV, and the different assessment tools used in the legal system.