John Jay/CUNY Psychology and Law PhD Program
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The official twitter account of the Psychology and Law PhD program at John Jay College/Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Joined November 2020
Interested in Psychology & Law? Come learn more about our @JJ_PsychLawPhD program at our virtual open house November 3rd, 2022 at 6pm EST. To register, please use the following link:
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RT @MargaretKovera: Headed to the @APA convention to meet with my fellow APA Council Representatives to make APA policy. Starting tomorrow…
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Kudos to our faculty member @MargaretKovera for giving psychology away in this landmark litigation over the use of facial recognition technology in police investigations. Read the research underlying her analysis in this case: (article is open access!)
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Checkout one of our former PhD students @DrJHellgren talking about the dangers of Alford pleas (when a defendant accepts a plea deal resulting but maintains their innocence) on @Radiolab. Our alumni do amazing work! @JohnJayResearch @GC_CUNY
A while back, I joined @Radiolab to discuss the outrageous nature of Alford pleas. 🎙️ These controversial legal tools need more scrutiny. Stay tuned for my upcoming research on this topic! Listen to the episode here:
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We are so proud of our PhD student @Kris_andsn for receiving this grant from @StudentSARMAC. Read about what she plans to do with this grant. @JohnJayResearch @GC_CUNY
Congratulations to the recipients of the Student Research Grants 2023-2025! Read more about @Kris_andsn 's exciting research below ⬇️ We can't wait to see their research presented at SARMAC 2025! :)
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Congratulations to two of our former PhD students - @_DavidZimmerman and Dario Rodriguez - on their new paper in @lhb_apls! Check it out below.
Legal stakeholders value eyewitness ID differently but show consistent policy preferences, sometimes diverging from science. Yet, all support using research to guide policy on eyewitness evidence. Zimmerman & Rodriguez explains more here- @apls41 @aplssc
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Check out this new article on defendant's perceptions of the voluntariness of their pleas by former PhD student @mbfessinger and faculty member @MargaretKovera!
How do large plea offers affect defendants' perceptions of the voluntariness of their guilty pleas? Find out in our new paper based on @mbfessinger's dissertation work just published in @lhb_apls! More information is available at @JohnJayResearch
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New #OpenAccess paper from our faculty member @MargaretKovera. Facial recognition matches lack evidentiary value when searches are conducted on large databases, like state driver's license photos, despite low error rates. @JohnJayResearch
New open access article. Police practices for suspect development likely explain racial disparities in mistaken identifications better than memory failures (e.g., facial recognition matches; identifications elicited with coercive interrogation techniques).
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Interested in earning a PhD in Psychology and Law? Join us for an open house with our faculty and students, Wednesday 11/1 at 5-6:30PM EDT. Register at More information about the program at
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Our own @MargaretKovera has been nominated for President-Elect of the @APA! She certainly has our #1 vote. And if you want an experienced leader who understands how to produce science and advocate for reform based on that science, she should be your candidate too! #MBK4APA
I'm on the ballot for APA President-Elect to ensure that we advocate for justice using our best psychological science and to improve access to mental health care for all. If you are an APA member, your ballot will be in your email on August 1. I would appreciate your #1 vote!
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We are delighted to announce that @katzmanjackie will be joining our faculty as an Assistant Professor this fall. To learn more about her, check out this interview :
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RT @AletheiaFX: Project Aletheia Coordinator and 5th year @JJ_PsychLawPhD @BradenCampbel16 presents empirical findings on knowledge culture…
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RT @MargaretKovera: @mbfessinger is competing in the Graduate Center's Dissertation Showcase TODAY! Hear her talk about factors that influe…
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Come support our and @GC_BASP's PhD student @mbfessinger who will present her research on the role of voluntariness in plea bargaining in just 3 minutes at the Dissertation Showcase at @gc_cuny on 5/17! You can attend in-person or virtually! Register at
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Kudos to PhD student (soon to be faculty at John Jay) @katzmanjackie and faculty member @MargaretKovera on this important work exploring the role that policing might play in racial disparities in mistaken identifications.
SO excited that this is out w/ @MargaretKovera ! Our paper (in @lhb_apls) argues that the over policing of Black people is a better explanation for racial disparities in eyewitness misidentifications than is the own-race bias. Read #OpenAccess here:
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@mbfessinger, our PhD student (and @GCBASP's), won the 2023 Outstanding Student Research Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology for her research on what makes a plea decision voluntary. Your future is very bright, Melanie! @GC_CUNY @JohnJayResearch @SPSPnews
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Belated congrats to @EllaMerriwether for also receiving a travel award to @APLS41 for having a top 20 student first-authored presentation at the upcoming conference. If you hide your light under a bushel, we cannot share the good news! Proud of you! @GC_CUNY @JohnJayResearch
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Congratulations to our student Jennifer Jones (@henjones_ ) for receiving a travel award from @APLS41 for having one of the top 20 student first-authored presentation proposals at the upcoming conference in Philly. We are so proud of you! @GC_CUNY @JohnJayResearch
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RT @JJ_PsychLawPhD: Interested in Psychology & Law? Come learn more about our @JJ_PsychLawPhD program at our virtual open house November 3r…
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Check out this new research on how the interaction between defense attorneys and defendants affects perceptions of the voluntariness of a plea by one of our PhD students @mbfessinger and her advisor @MargaretKovera, published in Law and Human Behavior!
How do actors and observers perceive voluntary guilty pleas? Find out in the new article @MargaretKovera and I published in Law and Human Behavior!
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We are hiring TWO assistant professors at John Jay - CUNY to work with the Psychology and Law PhD Program. Apply to work with us! We are especially interested in applicants who want to help us diversify the field!
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