Collaborations

Lila started working on research in the Fall of 2024. She helped analyze existing data on people's recall of judge's instructions on alibis. This qualitative analysis involved creating and using decision rules as well as calculating inter-rater reliability. She then started work on a new study on alibis and confessions. Data collection is in progress. Lila is majoring in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice Studies.

Anna started working on research in the spring of 2025 as part of the Elon College Fellows program. She is working on a project on alibi believability, corroborative evidence, and police investigations. She will study abroad in Germany in Spring 2026 and is a Psychology major, with Criminal Justice Studies and German Studies minors.

Dr. Sandy Jung is a Professor of Psychology at MacEwan University. She is an active researcher and educator who had published research on sexual and violent offenders, risk assessment, and criminal justice decision-making. Prior to her current academic position, she was employed as a forensic psychologist at an outpatient forensic clinic. Her clinical practice has been in the field of assessment, treatment, and risk management of violent and sexual offenders, where she has often provided expert testimony on cases related to sexual offending and criminal responsibility. In addition to supervision, teaching, and consulting/training work, she maintains an active research program and has numerous peer-reviewed publications in the field of forensic psychology, often co-authored with her students.  Her research has focused on the perpetration prevention and risk assessment with regards to sexual assault and intimate partner violence. She is an Editorial Board Member for Sexual Offending: Theory, Research, and Prevention, Psychology of Violence, and Canadian Psychology. 

Dr. Jennifer Gerwing studies clinical communication between health care providers and patients, using Microanalysis of Clinical Interaction. She also continues a line of basic research looking into the resources (e.g., speech and visible action) and processes (e.g., calibrating sequences) that interlocutors use in face-to-face dialogue. Current collaborations include researchers from Norway, Canada, The Netherlands, and the US.

Dr. Scott Culhane is a professor of criminal justice and chair of the department of criminal justice at Austin Peay State University. He studies jury decision-making, alibis, serial homicide, and police shootings.

Grace Chester (now at John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
Wenona Taiping-Moccia (now at Baruch College)
Grace Caluri (now at John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
Sophia Solan (now at Auburn University)
Jeppe Jordoson (completed masters degree at Jacksonville University)
Courtney Kollar (completed masters at the University of New Haven)
Ashlynn Hawes (completed J.D. at the College of William and Mary)
Amanda Benjamin (completed Ph.D. at John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
Tucker Kelly (completed masters degree at Utrecht University)
Erin Martin (now at SaaS Consulting Group)
Cecily Basquin (completed Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
Marissa Semon (completed  masters degree at Columbia University)
Laura Sweeney (completed masters degree at the University of South Carolina)
Alice Smith (completed masters degree at Northeastern University)
Kyla Mathews (completed masters degree at Drexel University)
HyeMan Choi (completed Ph.D. at Ohio University)
Stephen Michael (completed Ph.D. at the University of Texas-El Paso)
Madeline Bronstein
Meghan Braun
Manuel Maccou
Beth Cohen