Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
May 2020 Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Central Michigan University (CMU)
Dissertation: Just as I expected? Experimentally testing the influence of expectancies on behavior and perceptions related to interrogations.
Committee: Dr. Kyle Scherr, Dr. Deb Poole, Dr. Emily Bloesch, Dr. Matt Prewett
May 2015 M.A., Experimental Psychology, Towson University
Thesis: Planting the seeds of doubt: How memory reactivation and interrogation tactics influence internalized false confessions
Committee: Dr. Kerri Goodwin, Dr. Justin Buckingham, Dr. Jeff Kukucka
May 2013 B.A., Psychology, magna cum laude, Bloomsburg University
Minor: Criminal Justice
Undergraduate Thesis: Facial feedback: Buffering against social rejection
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Johnson
Introductory Psychology, Research Methodology, Applied Research Methods, Introductory Statistics, Advanced Statistics, Psychology and Law, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
oOnline Course
Spring 2023 Legal Psychology, Allegheny College (PSYCH 469)
Statistical Methods in Psychology, Allegheny College (PSYCH 207)
Fall 2022 Intermediate Statistics, Allegheny College (PSYCH 307)
Junior Seminar (Psychology of False Confessions), Allegheny College (PSYCH 565)
Spring 2022 Foundations of Psychology, Allegheny College (PSYCH 110)
Statistical Methods in Psychology, Allegheny College (PSYCH 207)
Academic Discourse II (Wrongful Convictions & Exonerations), Allegheny College (FS 102)
Fall 2021 Statistical Methods in Psychology, Allegheny College (PSYCH 207)
Junior Seminar (Psychology of False Confessions), Allegheny College (PSYCH 565)
Spring 2021 Statistical Methods in Psychology, Allegheny College (PSYCH 207)
Academic Discourse II (Wrongful Convictions & Exonerations), Allegheny College (FS 102)
Fall 2020 Statistical Methods in Psychology, Allegheny College (PSYCH 207)
Spring 2020 Social Psychology, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (PSY 220)
Psychology of Learning, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (PSY 100)
oSocial Psychology, CMU (PSY 330)
Fall 2019 oIntro to Psychology, CMU (PSY 100)
Psychology of Learning, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (PSY 100)
Spring 2019 oIntro to Psychological Statistics, CMU (PSY 211)
Fall 2018 Applications of Research Methods, CMU (PSY 385)
Spring 2017 Intro to Psychological Statistics, CMU (PSY 211)
Fall 2017 Research Methods, CMU (PSY 285)
Bettens, T. & Normile, C. J. (2023). Concerns and recommendations regarding the training of school administrators in interrogating students. Psychology, Crime, & Law. Advanced Online Copy. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2023.2196424
Scherr, K. C., & Normile, C. J. (2022). False confessions predict a delay between release from incarceration and official exoneration. Law and Human Behavior, 46, 67-80. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000479
Scherr, K. C., Normile, C. J., Luna, S., Redlich, A. D., Lawrence, M., & Catlin, M. (2020) False admissions of guilt associated with wrongful convictions undermine people’s perceptions of exonerees. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 26, 233-234. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000238
Mindthoff, A., Evans, J. R., Perez, G., Woestehoff, S. A., Olaguez, A. P., Klemfuss, J. Z., Normile, C. J., Scherr, K. C., Carlucci, M. E., Carol, R. N., Meissner, C. A., Michael, S. W., Russano, M. B., Stocks, E. L., Vallano, J. P., & Woody, W. D. (2019.). Juror perceptions of intoxicated suspects’ interrogation-related behaviors. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 47, 222-246. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854819888962
Normile, C. J., Bloesch, E., Davoli, C., & Scherr, K. C. (2019). Introducing the new statistics in the classroom. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 5, 162-168. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000141
Catlin, M., Scherr, K. C., Barlett, C., Jacobs, E., & Normile, C. J. (2019). Bounded self-blame: The effects of relationship and victimization on judgments of sexual assault. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, NP8800-NP8823. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519846863
Mindthoff, A., Evans, J. R., Perez, G., Woestehoff, S. A., Olaguez, A. P., Klemfuss, J. Z., Normile, C. J., Scherr, K. C., Carlucci, M. E., Carol, R. N., Meissner, C. A., Michael, S. W., Russano, M. B., Stocks, E. L., Vallano, J. P., & Woody, W. D. (2018). A survey of potential jurors' perceptions of interrogations and confessions. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 24, 430-448. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000182
Normile, C. J. & Scherr, K. C. (2018). Police tactics and guilt status uniquely influence suspects’ physiologic reactivity and resistance to confess. Law and Human Behavior, 42, 497-506. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000306
Scherr, K. C., Normile, C. J., & Putney, H. (2018). Perpetually stigmatized: False confessions prompt underlying mechanisms that motivate negative perceptions of exonerees. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 24, 341-352. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000163
Scherr, K. C., Normile, C. J., Bierstetel, S. J., Franks, A. S., & Hawkins, I. (2018). Knowingly but naively: The overpowering influence of innocence on interrogation rights decision-making. Law and Human Behavior, 42, 26-36. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000265
Scherr, K. C., Normile, C. J., & Sarmiento, M. C. (2017). Reluctant to embrace innocence: The influence of persevering culpability judgments on people’s willingness to support reintegration services for exonerees. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 14, 529-538. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11292-017-9306-2
2024 Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Grant Faculty Stipend ($1,500)
-Stipend given to faculty whose students received the highest scoring applications
2023 Demmler Grant (Learning/Teaching R; $4,806)
2022 Demmler Grant (Experimental Philosophy; $2,740)
Academic Support Committee Grant ($3,333)
2021 Demmler Grant, Allegheny College ($4,840)
-Grant designed to help with the cost of transitioning the department from using SPSS to JASP statistical software
2020 AP-LS Student Travel Award ($500)
- Award given to the Top 20 students presenting a paper at AP-LS
2019 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, CMU
-Competitive award given to graduate instructors in honor of their exemplary service as an instructor and mentor to psychology undergraduate students
Graduate Presentation Travel Grant, CMU ($500)
CLASS Student Presentation Grant, CMU ($250)
Psychology Student Presentation Grant, CMU ($150)
2018 Dissertation Research Support Grant, CMU ($1,200)
- Competitive grant awarded to select doctoral students to assist in data collection for dissertations.
AP-LS Student Travel Award ($500)
- Award given to the Top 20 students presenting a paper at AP-LS
Graduate Assistant Conference Grant, CMU ($200)
Psychology Student Presentation Grant, CMU ($100)
2017 Graduate Presentation Travel Grant, CMU ($500)
CHSBS Student Presentation Grant, CMU ($250)
Graduate Student Research and Creative Endeavors Grant, CMU ($375)
-Competitive internal grant to provide research support
Graduate Assistant Conference Grant, CMU ($200)
2016 Experimental Psychology Summer Grant, CMU ($780)
-Competitive grant awarded to students to design, analyze, and report the Experimental Psychology program’s alumni survey
Outstanding Experimental Psychology Thesis Award, Towson University ($375)
Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award, Towson University ($250)
Graduate Presentation Travel Grant, CMU ($500)
CHSBS Student Presentation Grant, CMU ($250)
Psychology Student Presentation Grant, CMU ($100)
2015 Graduate Student Fellowship, CMU ($13,112)
Outstanding Graduate Student in Experimental Psychology, Towson University
2014 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Towson University ($4,000)
2013 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Towson University ($4,000)
Distinguished Student in Psychology Award, Bloomsburg University
Student Travel Grant, Bloomsburg University ($425)
2012 Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Award ($4,500)
-Competitive grant awarded to assist students in designing and implementing an undergraduate summer research project.
* indicates undergraduate mentee
*Jyachosky, N. P., & Normile, C. J. (2025, April). Biases in Jury Decision-Making: Autism versus Down Syndrome. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Council of Undergraduate Research, Pittsburgh, PA
*Eshleman, E., & Normile, C. J. (2025, March). Verdicts and Victim Blame: The Impact of Victim Race and Sexuality. Data blitz to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico
*Boudreau, M., & Normile, C. J. (2025, March). The Lawful Removal of Children from Home. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico
*Hinterleiter, H., & Normile, C. J. (2025, March). Difference in the Perceptions of School and Custodial Interrogations. Data blitz to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico
*Quevillon, M., *Chow, E., *Jimerson, C., *Gilbert, E., Catlin, M., Scherr, K., & Normile, C. J. (2025, March). Examining the Influence of Entirely Opposing Confession and DNA Evidence on Mock-Jurors’ Perceptions. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico
*Eshleman, E., & Normile, C. J. (2024, March). Juror decision-making in gun violence cases: The impact of victim race and sexuality. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Los Angeles, CA
*Lowthert, W., & Normile, C. J. (2024, March). Talking with the mic off: The passage of interrogation recording laws. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Los Angeles, CA
*Hinterleiter, H., *Thorman, S., *McAndrews, C., *Chow, E, *Lowthert, W., *Eshleman, E., & Normile, C. J. (2024, March). Beauty, bribes, and bias: The impact of jailhouse informant testimony on jury decision-making. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Los Angeles, CA
Hellgren, J., Scherr, K. C., & Normile, C. J. (2024, March). The effect of accumulated false admissions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Los Angeles, CA
*Sunseri, S., Normile, C. J., & Eckstein, L. (2023, April). Statistical understanding of undergraduate students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference (WPUPC), Greenville, PA
*Williams, E., Caballero, S., & Normile, C. J. (2023, April). Impact of literature on Allegheny College students’ perceptions of undocumented immigrants. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference (WPUPC), Greenville, PA
*Hinterleiter, H., *Kabazie, W., *Lunney, E., *Thorman, S., *Whyte, A., Gonzalez, L., Scerbo, R., & Normile, C. J. (2023, March). Exoneree identity influences support for exonerees. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Philadelphia, PA
*Kabazie, W., & Normile, C. J. (2023, March). Effects of training and the cognitive interview on deception detection accuracy. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Philadelphia, PA
Normile, C. J., Catlin, M. C., Scherr, K. C., Bellafaire, B., & Clow, K. A. (2022, March). Your silence is deafening: Miranda decisions influence perceptions of suspects and interrogations. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Denver, CO
*Kathman, F. & Normile, C. J., Scerbo, R., & Gonzalez, G. (2022, March). Effects of race and gender on perceptions of exonerees: An intersectional approach. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Denver, CO
Catlin, M., Clow, K. A., Scherr, K. C., Normile, C. J., & Ralph, B. (2022, March). The influence of suspects' decision-making on the investigation process. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Denver, CO
Normile, C. J., Scherr, K. C., Kahmark, A. L., & Lanfear, N. J. (2020, March). Experimentally testing the influence of interrogation induced expectations on perceptions of exonerees. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
Normile, C. J., Khairall, A., Cutler, B .L., & Scherr, K. C. (2020, March). Relations among wrongful conviction causes, minority status, and cold case status in 1,270 exoneration cases. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
Scherr, K. C., Normile, C. J. (2020, March). A persevering potency: False confessions increase delays between release and official exoneration. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
Normile, C. J., Houle, N., Chapman, C., Evans, J., Wegenke, E. R., Catlin, M., & Scherr, K. C. (2019, March). Experimentally testing the influence of interrogation induced expectations on juror decision-making. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Portland, OR.
*Steele, S., Normile, C. J., Fleming, A. C., O’Brien, K. E., & Scherr, K. C. (2019, March). Working alibis: How physical evidence and crime severity influence perceptions of work-related alibi. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Portland, OR.
Catlin, M., Jacobs, E., Barlett, C., Normile, C. J., & Scherr, K. C. (2019, March). Victim-perpetrator relationship and victimization uniquely influence judgments of sexual assault. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Portland, OR.
Krell, S., Catlin, M., Vallano, J. P., Normile, C. J., & Scherr, K. C. (2019, March). An Exploration of prototypical sexual assault attribution stability. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Portland, OR.
Piggott, D., Catlin, M., Lawrence, M., Bettens, T., Benemann, H., Normile, C. J., & Scherr, K. C. (2019, March). Faith-in-intuition and perspective-taking uniquely predict judgments of sexual assault. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Portland, OR.
Perez, G., Mindthoff, A., Evans, J. R., Woestehoff, S. A., Olaguez, A. P., Klemfuss, J. Z., Normile, C. J., Scherr, K. C., Carlucci, M. E., Carol, R. N., Meissner, C. A., Michael, S. W., Russano, M. B., Stocks, E. L., Vallano, J. P., & Woody, W. D. (2019, March). Examining juror demographics and beliefs as predictors of interrogations and confessions perceptions. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Portland, OR.
Normile, C. J., Scherr, K. C., Catlin, M., Domagalski, K. A. (2018, March). Police tactics and guilt status uniquely influence suspects’ physiologic reactivity and resistance to confess. Paper talk at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Memphis, TN.
*Domagalski, K. A., Taylor, H., Normile, C. J., Catlin, M., & Scherr, K. C. (2018, March) Only time will tell: The effects of interrogation length on juror decision-making. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Memphis, TN.
Mindthoff, A., Perez, G., Evans, J. R., Woestehoff, S. A., Olaguez, A. P., Klemfuss, J. Z., Normile, C. J., Scherr, K. C., Carlucci, M. E., Carol, R. N., Meissner, C. A., Michael, S. W., Russano, M. B., Stocks, E. L., Vallano, J. P., & Woody, W. D. (2018, March). Examining Jurors’ Perceptions of Interrogations and Confessions: Are Jurors Finally Starting To Believe that False Confessions Exist? Paper talk at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Memphis, TN.
Normile, C. J., & Scherr, K. C. (2017, November). Physiologic reactivity, police tactics, and resisting confession: The unique experiences of innocent and guilty individuals during the interrogation process. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of Psychonomics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Normile, C. J., Scherr, K. C., Sarmiento, M. C. (2016, March). Holding on to guilt: The influence of persevering guilt beliefs on people's willingness to support reintegration services for exonerees. Poster Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Atlanta, GA.
Goodwin, K. A., Normile, C. J., & Boone, S.A. (2015, June). The role of jury deliberation instructions on collaborative memory and jury decision making. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Normile, C. J., Goodwin, K. A., & Kukucka, J. (2015, May). Planting the seeds of doubt: How memory reactivation and interrogation tactics influence internalized false confessions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Normile, C. J., Johnson, J. A., & Dandeneau, S. D. (2013, March). A facial feedback training task to buffer against social rejection. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Ad hoc Reviewer:
-Psychology, Crime, and Law
-Criminal Justice and Behavior
-Law and Human Behavior
-Behavioral Sciences and the Law
-Journal of European Psychology Students
-Translational Issues in Psychological Science
-Student reviewer for the Association for Psychological Science Student Caucus (APSSC) Student Grant Competition
-Reviewer for American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Conference submissions
The Psychonomic Society
American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS)
Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC)
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
American Statistical Association (ASA)
Eastern Psychological Association (EPA)