Postdocs and Graduate Student Researchers

 

Doctoral & Postdoctoral Alumni

Denise Baker
Missouri University of Science & Technology

Emily Denne
Griffith University

Carly Giffin
Federal Judicial Center

Bethany Growns
University of Canterbury

David Lovis-McMahon
Facebook

Kristen McCowan
Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences

Hannah Phalen
University of Wyoming

Ashley Votruba
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Keelah Williams
Hamilton College

 

Postdoctoral Scholars

Alia Wulff

 

Alia Wulff
Postdoctoral Scholar

Research Interests: False eyewitness memory, eyewitness memory failures, and addressing faults within the criminal justice system.

 


Doctoral Students

Allison Cross

 

Allison Cross
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: Juvenile's perceptions of the law and legal actors, legal socialization.

 

 


Sarai Garcia

 

Sarai Garcia
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests:  Explore how environmental, systemic, and psychological factors shape juveniles' exposure and responses to adversity. Inform community-inspired policy and interventions that mitigate antisocial behaviors and justice involvement.

 


Disha Kotecha

 

Disha Kotecha
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: Develop and evaluate interventions to reduce conflict and support family well-being during parental divorce/separations. Evaluate and design tailored interventions to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for justice-involved youth.


Amber Heemskirk
Amber Heemskerk

Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: eyewitness memory, interrogation procedures, perception of evidence among jurors

 


Royce Hill
Royce Hill

Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: Applying psychological science in the legal context to develop effective policies and interventions for at-risk adolescents and justice-involved populations

 


Phoebe Kane

 

Phoebe Kane
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: courtroom processes, jury and judicial decision-making, and the influence of biases in the courtroom.

 

 


Taylor Lebensfeld

 

Taylor Lebensfeld
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: Memory and the law, eyewitness memory, eyewitness identification.

 


Trevor Morris

 

Trevor Morris
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: treatment and preventative programs for juveniles and mental health of the youth who are impacted by the justice system.

 


Sydney Parker

 

Sydney Parker
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: development and evaluation of interventions/programming for children interacting with the legal system


Hannah Rath

 

Hannah Rath
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: miscarriages of justice, social biases, police interrogation

 


Justin Richardson

 

Justin Richardson
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: how to motivate youth and their families to engage in different interventions and understand the relationships between delinquency and youths' environment

 


Riley Samarzja

 

Riley Samarzja
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: Perceptions in the legal system, plea decision making, waivers of constitutional rights.

 


Lea Sobrislky

 

Lea Sobrilsky
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: My current study interest are focused Implicature used in CSA trials

 


Colleen Sullivan

 

Colleen Sullivan
Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Research Interests: Methods to improve investigation and decision-making processes when children are involved in criminal or family court proceedings; investigations of child maltreatment; child interviewing

 

 


Master's Students

 

Sara Thomas

 

Sara Thomas
MS Program in Psychology

Research Interests: racial disparities in the legal system, perception of wrongful convictions, and race and gender bias