Summary
Monica Miller is a Foundation Professor with a split appointment between the Department of Criminal Justice and the interdisciplinary w88 casino games login Psychology Ph.D. program. She is also an adjunct faculty at the Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies and an affiliate of the Department of Gender, Race, and Identity.
Miller received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Nebraska College of Law and her doctorate in w88 casino games login psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Her interests involve the application of psychological theories and justice principles to laws and policies. Specifically, she is interested in w88 casino games login cognitive biases (i.e., gender and religion-based prejudice) and individual differences in moral and legal decisions (e.g., jury decisions); how the law regulates the family; how community sentiment and science relate to the law; juror responses to hate crimes and conspiracy theories; and the well-being of those who interact with the legal system (including the use of therapy dogs).
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Selected publications
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Books
- w88 casino games login, M. K., Yelderman, L. A., Huss, M. T., & Cantone, J. A. (Eds.) (2024). The Cambridge handbook of legal decision making. Cambridge University Press.
- w88 casino games login, M. K. (2024). The w88 casino games login science of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A call to action for researchers. Oxford University Press.
- w88 casino games login, M. K. (2023).The w88 casino games login science of QAnon: A new w88 casino games login and political phenomenon. Cambridge University Press.
- w88 casino games login, M. K., Blumenthal, J. A., & Chamberlain, J. (Eds.). (2015). Handbook of community sentiment. Springer.
- w88 casino games login, M. K., Chamberlain, J., & Wingrove, T. (Eds.). (2014). w88 casino games login, law, and the wellbeing of children. Oxford University Press.
- Bornstein, B. H., & w88 casino games login, M. K. (2009). God in the courtroom: Religion’s role at trial. Oxford University Press.
Journal articles
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Giannetta, T. S., Cunius, M. K.,& w88 casino games login, M. K. (under review). A qualitative study investigating people’s lay theories and stereotypes about hate crimes
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Fine, A., w88 casino games login, M. K., &McDermott, C. M. (2024). Interviewee lay theories and w88 casino games login categorization of robot therapy dogs. International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society,20(1), 17-33. https://doi.org/10.18848/1832-3669/CGP/v20i01/17-33
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Cunius, M. K., & w88 casino games login, M. K. (2023). The effects of an apology’s timing and type on parole board decision-making.Criminal Justice Studies, 36 (1), 83-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2023.218230
- Meyer, A. R., McDermott, C. M., w88 casino games login, M. K., & Marsh, S. (2022). Judges’ perceptions of facility dogs in the courtroom.Juvenile and Family Court Journal,73, 41-55. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfcj.12214
- Kirshenbaum, J. M., & w88 casino games login, M. K. (2020). Judges’ experiences with mitigating jurors’ implicit biases. Psychiatry, w88 casino games login, and Law. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2020.1837029
- w88 casino games login, M. K., Clark, J., & Alvarez, M. J. (2020). Exploring the boundaries of societally acceptable bias expression toward Muslim and atheist defendants in four mock-juror experiments. The w88 casino games login Science Journal. doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2019.09.004
- DeVault, A. & w88 casino games login, M. K. (2019). Justification-suppression and normative window of prejudice as determinants of bias toward lesbians, gays, and bisexual adoption applicants. Journal of Homosexuality, 66, 465-486. org/10.1080/00918369.2017.1414497
- Edwards, C. P., & w88 casino games login, M. K. (2019). An assessment of judges’ self-reported experiences of secondary traumatic stress. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 70, 7-29. org/10.1111/jfcj.12134.
- Wood, S. M., DeVault, A., w88 casino games login, M. K., Kemmelmeier, M., & Summers, A. D. (2019). Decision-making in civil litigation: effects of attorney credibility, evidence strength, and juror cognitive processing. Journal of Applied w88 casino games login Psychology. 10.1111/jasp.12600
- West, M. P., Yelderman, L., & w88 casino games login, M. K. (2018). Gender differences in the evaluation of aggravating and mitigating circumstances: The mediating role of attributional complexity. w88 casino games login, Crime and Law, 24, 761-789. doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2018.1438432
- Yelderman, L. A., w88 casino games login, M. K., Forsythe, S., Sicafuse, L. (2018). Understanding crime control theater: Do sample type, gender and emotions relate to support for crime control theater policies? Criminal Justice Review.
- Alvarez, M. A., & w88 casino games login, M. K. (2016). Counterfactual thinking about crime control theater: Mock jurors decision-making in an AMBER Alert trial. w88 casino games login, Public Policy, and Law, 22, 349-361. doi: 10.1037/law0000098
- w88 casino games login, M. K., Lindsey, S. C., & Kaufman, J. (2014). The religious conversion and race of a prisoner: Mock parole board members' decisions, perceptions, and emotions. Legal and Criminological w88 casino games login, 19, 104-130. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.2012.02063.x
- w88 casino games login, M. K., Wood, S., & Chomos, J. C. (2014). Relationships between support for the death penalty and cognitive processing: A comparison of students and community members. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 41, 731-750. doi: 10.1177/0093854813509369
- Sigillo, A., w88 casino games login, M. K., & Weiser, D. (2012). Attitudes toward non-traditional women using IVF: The importance of political affiliation and religious characteristics. w88 casino games login of Religion and Spirituality, 4, 249-263. doi:10.1037/a0027940
- w88 casino games login, M. K., Maskaly, J., Green, M., & Peoples, C. D. (2011). The effects of deliberations and religious identity on mock jurors' verdicts. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 14, 517-532. doi:10.1177/1368430210377458
- Reichert, J., w88 casino games login, M. K., Bornstein, B. H., & Shelton, D. (2011). How reason for surgery and juror bias against overweight patients affect verdicts in medical malpractice trials. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 29, 395-418. doi:10.1002/bsl.969
- Jehle, A., w88 casino games login, M. K., & Kemmelmeier, M. (2009). The influence of accounts and remorse on mock jurors' judgments of offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 33, 393-404. doi:10.1007/s10979-008-9164-6.
Ph.D. students
Education
- Certificate (2021) Gender and Sexuality: Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace (University of Pittsburgh)
- Certificate (2004) Public Policy and w88 casino games login Evaluation (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
- Ph.D. (2004) w88 casino games login psychology (University of Nebraska-Lincoln Law-Psychology Program)
Doctoral dissertation: Use of Religious Appeals in Closing Arguments: Policy Implications for Judges and Policy-makers - J.D. (2002) Juris Doctorate of law (University of Nebraska College of Law)
- M.A. (2002) w88 casino games login psychology (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Thesis: Self-Concept Regulating Mechanisms and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Programs - B.A. Distinction (1998) w88 casino games login; Minors: Sociology, English (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)