Dr. Peter-Hagene is currently an assistant professor in the Applied Psychology Program in the Department of Psychology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Dr. Peter-Hagene received her M.A. in Social and Personality Psychology and in Criminology, Law and Justice from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and her doctorate from the UIC Department of Psychology.

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Her research interests are the effects of gender and racial composition of a jury on the process and outcomes of jury deliberation, including regulatory depletion, heuristic processing, and one's ability to resist persuasion during group deliberations. Dr. Peter-Hagene is also interested in how the verdicts in cases that are morally ambiguous are affected by moral attitudes, and how the processes of emotion regulation and emotional evidence affect jurors' understanding of evidence and verdicts. 

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claudia.peter-hagene@siu.edu

Dr. Najdowski is currently an assistant professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York, in the School of Criminal Justice. Dr. Najdowski received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Her research interests involve working to better the public policy that affects disadvantaged and victimized populations via making contributions to the field of social science. Dr. Najdowski's research interests also involve the problems associated with racial disparities in the criminal justice system, abuse and trauma victims' coping and their recovery, and perceptions of juvenile offenders.  

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cnajdowski@albany.edu 

Dr. Salerno is currently an assistant professor in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, at Arizona State University. Dr. Salerno received her B.A. in Psychology, and in Film and Media Studies from Middleburg College. She received her M.A. and Ph. D. in Social Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. 

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Her research interests involve applying the theory of social psychology to legal contexts. They also involve social judgement, decision process, and how the processes may differ for individuals versus a group. 

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jessica.salerno@asu.edu

Dr. Stevenson is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Evansville. Dr. Stevenson received her B.S. in Psychology and her B.A. in From from Ohio State University; she received her M.A. and Ph. D. in Social Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. 

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Her research interests include the intersection of children, psychology, and law. She completes her research with the purpose of ensuring that justice is served for children, and to make theoretical contributions to the field of psychology. 

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ms446@evansville.edu

Dr. Wiley is currently a social psychologist and Health Scientist Administrator in the Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research, Services Research Branch at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Dr. Wiley received her B.S. in Psychology and Business Administration- Marketing from Truman State University. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. 

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While working with Dr. Bottoms, Dr. Wiley's research interests involved the dynamic processes that affect vulnerable populations in social and legal contexts, specifically, children, ethnic and cultural minority groups, and victims of violence and maltreatment. 

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wileytr@nida.nih.gov

Dr. Haegerich is currently the Associate Director for Science, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevent. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Lake Forest College, and she received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. 

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While working with Dr. Bottoms, Dr. Haegerich's research interests involved the role of empathy in determining juror verdicts, sexual abuse as a mitigating factor in child parricide cases, ideology and attributions of responsibility in rape cases, jurors' stereotypes of juvenile offenders. Her research interests also involved court processes and reform, decision making in child welfare cases, mental health needs of juvenile offenders, and delinquency prevention. Currently, Dr. Haegerich is specialized in the fields of violence and unintentional injury prevention, adolescent risk behavior, evaluation, implementation science, and evidence- based practice guidelines. 

Dr. Carris is currently the Vice President, Health Sciences, at NORC at the University of Chicago. She had attended the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, but received her B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from Hope College; she received her Ph. D. in Social Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. 

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The research that Dr. Carris currently engages in consists of analytic research projects and large scale data collection, and cultivating and maintaining client relationships. It also includes providing substantive input and direction, in reference to research and survey design, questionnaire content, and data analysis, to project directors. 

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carris-kari@norc.org

Dr. Epstein is currently a clinical psychologist and an on- air media contributor to WGN- TV Morning News and WGN Radio at 7:20 a.m. Dr. Epstein received her B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, and she obtained her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Epstein also completed a predoctoral internship in Clinical Psychology at Harvard Medical School. 

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While working with Dr. Bottoms, Dr. Epstein's research interests included how jurors' decisions in child abuse cases are affect by victim race, victim age, juror gender, and juror race; gender differences in jurors' decisions and in persuasive behaviors exhibited during mixed- gender deliberations; psychological mechanisms responsible for avoidance of traumatic memories, and allegations of repressed memories of sexual abuse. Currently, Dr. Epstein's clinical practice focuses on the challenges that one faces during the latter part of adolescence and through adulthood, with a special focus on problems that occur among women. 

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 drmepstein@hotmail.com

Dr. Davis is a social psychologist and was formerly a jury consultant with EDGE Litigation Consulting LLC. She received a B.A. in Psychology from Purdue University, and she received an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago. 

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While working with Dr. Bottoms, Dr. Davis' research interests consisted of repressed memories, children's eyewitness testimony, and adults' perceptions of sexual assault victims. While working as a jury consultant, Dr. Davis was able to provide advice about personal injury, insurance, toxic tort, the breaking of contacts, professional liability, and more to legal teams and corporate clients facing high stakes litigation. 

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suzanne@suzanneldavis.com