Director
Professor of Psychology
For over a decade, Margaret has had
continuous funding from the National Science Foundation for her research on jury
decision-making and eyewitness identification. She received a B.A. in
psychology from Northwestern University (with departmental honors) and her PhD
in Social Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Before coming to
John Jay, she held positions at Reed College and Florida International
University, where she was Director of the Legal Psychology Ph.D. program.
She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American
Psychology-Law Society, and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social
Issues. She has received a number of awards, including the
1994 Dissertation Award, the 2000 Saleem Shah Award for Early Career Achievement
in Psychology and Law and the 2004 Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award, all
from the American Psychology-Law Society (APLS/Division 41 of the American
Psychological Association). She is the immediate Past-President of the American
Psychology-Law Society. She also serves as the
Associate Editor of the journal, Law and Human Behavior.
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Doctoral Students
M.A.
Boston University
Research Interests: false confessions, generic
prejudice
B.A. University of Kansas
Research Interests: juror decision making, expert
testimony
Research Interests:
B.A., Williams College
Research Interests: Jury selection and decision making,
double-blind lineup administration; juvenile waiver
B.A., Western Illinois University, M.S. Florida International University
Research Interests: Cross-examination, jury decision
making, double-blind lineup administration
B.A., California Polytechnic, M.S. San Francisco State
University
Research Interests: Race, discrimination, and the legal
system; jury behavior; false confessions
B.S., Georgia State
University
Research Interests: trial consulting, race and jury
decision making
B.A., Mills College
Research Interests: false confessions, expert testimony
B.A. Beloit College, M. A. John
Jay College of Criminal Justice
Research Interests: juror decision making, eyewitness
testimony
B.A., M.A. University of Dayton
Research Interests: Eyewitness identification, jury
decision making
B.A., University of Victoria, M. A. John Jay College of
Criminal Justice
Research Interests: competency, jury decision making
B.A., Emory University, M.A. University of North
Carolina at Wilmington
Research Interests: Jury decision making
Master's Students
Research Interests:
Former LAW Laboratory Members
Research Associate, University of Miami
Tracey L. Carpenter, Ph.D.
Trial Consultant, Strategic Advisor
Stacie A. Cass, M.S., J.D.
Judicial Law Clerk, Court of Appeals of Virginia
Trial Consultant, Trial Partners, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Montclair State
University
Trial Consultant, Dispute Dynamics, Los Angeles, CA
Lora M. Levett,
Ph.D. (APLS Dissertation
Award, Third Place)
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society,
University of Florida
Bradley D. McAuliff, J.D., Ph.D. (APLS Dissertation
Award, First Place)
Assistant Professor of Psychology, California State
University at Northridge
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Roger Williams
University
Law Student, Florida State University
