Jessica Snowden

 

  • Position/Assistantship: Research Associate (Federal Judicial Center - FJC.gov)
  • Email Address: jsnowden@huskers.unl.edu
  • Joined the Research Lab: 
  • Research Interests: Jessica's research interests include social cognition and stereotyping; eyewitness memory; and jury decision making. 
  • Selected Presentations/Publications: 

Snowden, J. L., & Wiggins, E. (in press FJC). A survey of bankruptcy clerks of court on pro se activity in the bankruptcy courts. [Report to the Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System of the Judicial Conference of the United States].

Hunt, J. S., Armenta, B. E., Seifert, A. L., & Snowden, J. L. (2009). The other side of the diaspora: Race, threat, and the social psychology of evacuee reception in predominately White communities.  Organization & Environment, 22, 437-447.

Cohen, D., & Snowden, J. L.  (2008). The relations between document familiarity, frequency, and prevalence and document literacy performance among adult readers. Reading Research Quarterly, 43, 9-26.

Hunt, J. S., Seifert, A. L., Armenta, B. E., & Snowden, J. L.  (2006). Stereotypes and prejudice as dynamic constructs:  Reminders about the nature of intergroup bias from the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.  Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6, 237-253. 

Hannah Dietrich


  • Position/Assistantship: : Research Specialist (UNL Center on Children, Families, and the Law - www.ccfl.unl.edu)
  • Email Address: hdietrich@ccfl.unl.edu
  • Joined the Research Group: Fall 2007
  • Research Interests: Hannah's research interests include qualitative and quantitative research methods, decision making, distributive justice, and psychology and environmental sustainability. She is also interested in program evaluation and undergraduate research opportunities.
  • Selected Presentations/Publications: 

Bornstein, B. H., Gervais, S. J., Dietrich, H. L., Escamilla, J. (2011). "All Else Being Equal: Overcoming the Egalitarian Norm". Presented at the 2011 Program of Excellence Conference on Justice, Conflict, & Wellbeing: Interdisciplinary Work in the Social Sciences & the Law. 

Steblay, N. K., Dietrich, H. L., Ryan, S. L., Raczynski, J. L., & James, K. A. (2010). Sequential lineup laps and eyewitness accuracy. Law and Human Behavior, 35, 262-274. DOI: 10.1007/s10979-010-9236-2

Miller, M. K., Greene, E., Dietrich, H., Chamberlain, J., & Singer, J. (2008). How emotions can affect the trial process. Judicature, 92, 56-64.

Bornstein, B. H. &Dietrich, H. (2008). Fair procedures, yes. But we dare not lose sight of fair outcomes. Court Review, 44, 72-77.

Bornstein, B. H., Greene, E., & Dietrich, H. (2007). Granny (don't) get your gun: Competency issues in gun ownership by the elderly. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25, 405-423.

 
Hannah after her defense!!!!


Joseph Hamm

  • Position/Assistantship: Graduate Research Assistant (University of Nebraska-Public Policy Center - ppc.unl.edu)
  • Email Address: jhamm@unl.edu
  • Joined the Research Group: Fall 2008
  • Research Interests: Joe's research centers on conceptualizing, measuring and the outcomes of trust and confidence in institutions, but his work also investigates a number of law-and-society related questions including jury nullification, procedural fairness, regulation of natural resources and regulatory compliance, juror and public perceptions of the courts, and juror use of sensory witness testimony. His dissertation will propose and test a model of trust and compliance with a natural resources regulatory institution. 
  • Selected Presentations/Publications:

Hamm, J. A., Bornstein, B. H., & Perkins, J. (in press). Nullification: The myth revisited. In D. Fung (Ed.), Psychology of Policy-Making (forthcoming). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Hamm, J. A., PytlikZillig, L. M., Herian, M. N., Bornstein, B. H., Tomkins, A. J. & Hoffman, L. (2013). Deconstructing confidence in state courts. Journal of Trust Research, 3, 11-31.

Herian, M. N., Hamm J. A., Tomkins A. J., & Pytlik-Zillig L. M. (2012). Public participation, procedural fairness and evaluations of local governance: The moderating role of uncertainty. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 22, 815-840.

Hamm, J. A., PytlikZillig, L. M., Tomkins, A. J., Herian, M. H., Bornstein, B. H., & Neeley, E. M. (2011).  Exploring separable components of institutional confidence. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 29, 95-115.

 


Christopher Kimbrough

  • Position/Assistantship: Graduate Research Assistant - (University of Nebraska-Public Policy Center - ppc.unl.edu)
  • Email Address: Christopher.Kimbrough@huskers.unl.edu
  • Joined the Research Group: Fall 2010
  • Research Interests: Christopher’s research focuses on legal decision-making, both at the individual juror and larger jury levels; specifically, what sorts of factors go into a jury’s decisions, e.g., comprehension of judicial instructions, persuasiveness of attorney arguments, and small-group dynamics within the deliberation room, in addition to extralegal factors such as religion and social status.
  • Selected Presentations/Publications:

Kimbrough, C. D., Bornstein, B. H., & McAuliff, B. D. (2012). Effects of Plaintiff’s Recommendations, Cautionary Instructions, and Deliberation on Jury Awards for Pain and Suffering. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology Law Society in San Juan, PR.

Devenport, J. L., Kimbrough, C. D., & Cutler, B. L. (2009).  Effectiveness of traditional safeguards against erroneous conviction arising from mistaken eyewitness identification. In B. Cutler (Ed.), Expert Testimony on the Psychology of Eyewitness Identification. (51-68) New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Kimbrough, C.D. & Devenport, J.L. (2010). Reducing the effects of anchoring and adjustment in civil trials: Do low-end anchors and deliberation make a difference? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology Law Society in Vancouver, BC.

Devenport, J. L., Kimbrough, C. D., & Cutler, B. L.  (2009).  The cross-examination safeguard:  Are jurors sensitive to eyewitness identification factors? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology Law Society in San Antonio, TX.

Devenport, J. L., & Kimbrough, C. D. (2007). Assessing juror knowledge of eyewitness testimony using a new questionnaire. Presented at Western Psychological Association 88th Annual Conference, Irvine, CA.

 

Krystia Reed

  • Position/Assistantship: Teaching Assistant - Psychology of Social Behavior (Psyc288) and Psychology of Gender (Psyc421)
  • Email Address: Krystia.Reed@huskers.unl.edu
  • Joined the Research Group: Fall 2010
  • Research Interests: Krystia's research interests include how psychology can inform legal processes including legal decision making and legal policies. Particularly, Krystia is interested in how juries and judges make decisions in response to different legal procedures (such as joinder) or characteristics of trial participants (such as gender, attractiveness, the relationship between the accused and the victim, etc.) 
  • Selected Presentations/Publications:

Reed, K. & Bornstein, B. H. (in press). The experience of attorneys. In Miller, M. K. &  Bornstein, B. (Eds.), Trauma, stress and wellbeing in the legal system. New York: Oxford University Press. 

Reed, K. & Bornstein, B. H. (2012). Perceptions of Child Sexual Abuse Perpetrators. Society for Personality and Social Psychology in San Diego, CA.

Reed, K. & Groscup, J. (2011). Eye of the beholder: How attorney attractiveness and gender influence community members v. college students. American Psychology-Law Society Annual Meeting in Miami, FL. 

Reed, K. & Groscup, J. (2010). Hot or not? The effect of attorney attractiveness and gender on juror decision-making. American Psychology-Law Society Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC.

 

 

Kimberly Nielsen

  • Position/Assistantship: Teaching Assistant - Psychology of Personality (Psyc 287) and Psychology of Social Behavior (Psyc 288)
  • Email Address: Kimberly.Nielsen@huskers.unl.edu
  • Joined the Research Lab: Fall 2012
  • Research Interests: Kimberly's research interests focus primarily on eyewitness memory, more specifically the situations surrounding eyewitness testimony, eyewitness accuracy, and ways to assist triers of fact though the use of expert testimony and judicial instructions.
  • Selected Presentations/Publications: 

Nielsen, K. S. (2010). Expert testimony, judicial instructions, and eyewitness testimony.  Annual Northern Lights Conference in Grand Forks, ND.