Summary
Monica Miller is a Foundation Professor with a split appointment between the Department of Criminal Justice and the interdisciplinary Social Psychology Ph.D. program. She is also an adjunct faculty at the Grant Sawyer Center for Justice w88 casino games 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 psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Her interests involve the application of psychological theories and w88 casino games principles to laws and policies. Specifically, she is interested in social 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, 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, M. K. (2024). The w88 casino games science of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A call to action for researchers. Oxford University Press.
- w88 casino games, M. K. (2023).The w88 casino games science of QAnon: A new w88 casino games and political phenomenon. Cambridge University Press.
- w88 casino games, M. K., Blumenthal, J. A., & Chamberlain, J. (Eds.). (2015). Handbook of community sentiment. Springer.
- w88 casino games, M. K., Chamberlain, J., & Wingrove, T. (Eds.). (2014). Psychology, law, and the wellbeing of children. Oxford University Press.
- Bornstein, B. H., & w88 casino games, 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, 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, M. K., &McDermott, C. M. (2024). Interviewee lay theories and w88 casino games 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, M. K. (2023). The effects of an apology’s timing and type on parole board decision-making.Criminal Justice w88 casino games, 36 (1), 83-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2023.218230
- Meyer, A. R., McDermott, C. M., w88 casino games, 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, M. K. (2020). Judges’ experiences with mitigating jurors’ implicit biases. Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2020.1837029
- w88 casino games, 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 Science Journal. doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2019.09.004
- DeVault, A. & w88 casino games, 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, 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, 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 Psychology. 10.1111/jasp.12600
- West, M. P., Yelderman, L., & w88 casino games, M. K. (2018). Gender differences in the evaluation of aggravating and mitigating circumstances: The mediating role of attributional complexity. Psychology, Crime and Law, 24, 761-789. doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2018.1438432
- Yelderman, L. A., w88 casino games, 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 w88 casino games Review.
- Alvarez, M. A., & w88 casino games, M. K. (2016). Counterfactual thinking about crime control theater: Mock jurors decision-making in an AMBER Alert trial. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 22, 349-361. doi: 10.1037/law0000098
- w88 casino games, 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 Psychology, 19, 104-130. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.2012.02063.x
- w88 casino games, 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 w88 casino games and Behavior, 41, 731-750. doi: 10.1177/0093854813509369
- Sigillo, A., w88 casino games, M. K., & Weiser, D. (2012). Attitudes toward non-traditional women using IVF: The importance of political affiliation and religious characteristics. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 4, 249-263. doi:10.1037/a0027940
- w88 casino games, 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, 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, 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 Program Evaluation (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
- Ph.D. (2004) w88 casino games 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 psychology (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Thesis: Self-Concept Regulating Mechanisms and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Programs - B.A. Distinction (1998) Psychology; Minors: Sociology, English (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)