Professor Jodi Quas recently collaborated on the development of a fact sheet on improving trafficking victim identification.
Fighting Fentanyl Together – A Community Forum
The Center for Psychology & Law and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office sponsored a community forum, attended by more than 600 people Nov. 4. Titled “Fighting Fentanyl Together: Education, Prevention and Intervention for OC,” the forum’s speakers, who included Professors Elizabeth Cauffman and Jason Schiffman, offered prevention strategies and resources.
Congratulations 2022 APLS Travel Award Recipients!
Jordan Beardslee, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar
Dr. Beardslee is interested in learning more about the factors that prevent youth violence and other serious antisocial behavior, the consequences of heavy substance use during adolescence, and interventions and support systems that promote desistance and community reintegration among youth with prior involvement with the justice system.
Marie Gillespie, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar
Dr. Marie Gillespie is a clinical psychologist and post-doctoral scholar working with Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman. With experience in trauma-informed and family-based treatments and neuropsychological and forensic assessment, she is interested in program evaluation and intervention development for justice-involved youth.
Joanna Peplak, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar
Dr. Peplak’s research interests lie in the area of moral-emotional development, and her current research focuses on examining how parent-child conversations influence children’s understanding, regulation, and experience of emotions in social conflict situations.
Colleen Brown, Doctoral Student, Psychological Science
Colleen is interested in adolescent and young adult experiences in justice facilities, and the role of sleep in mental health and criminal behavior.
Katie Hardin, Doctoral Student, Psychological Science
Katie aims to understand the root causes of violence and strategies to reduce the consequences of violent behavior—she currently is doing so with victims of youth sex trafficking.
Imani Randolph, Doctoral Student, Psychological Science
Imani’s research interests include exploring intergenerational transmission of justice system perceptions and their impact on adolescents’ long-term criminal, legal and health outcomes.
Kirsten Domagalski, Doctoral Student, Psychological Science
Kirsten’s research interests broadly include the malleability of memory, and youth’s experiences in the justice system.
Emily Kan, Doctoral Student, Psychological Science
Emily’s research interests include adolescent and young adult risk taking with a focus on examining the predictors of substance use and criminal offending.
Emily Slonecker, Doctoral Student, Psychological Science
Emily’s research aims to identify sociocultural predictors of cognitive development across a diverse range of contexts, with the primary goal of providing an empirical basis for policy decisions that impact child well-being.
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