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Center for Psychology and Law Faculty

Elizabeth E. Cauffman

Associate Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior and Education
Ph.D. Temple University
Phone: 
(949) 824-4075
Email: 
cauffman@uci.edu
Office: 
4308 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Specializations: 
adolescent development, mental health, juvenile justice, legal and social policy
Department: 
Psychology and Social Behavior

Simon A. Cole

Associate Professor & Chair
Ph.D. Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University
Phone: 
(949) 824-1443
Email: 
scole@uci.edu
Office: 
2357 Social Ecology II
Specializations: 
science, technology, law, and criminal justice
Department: 
Criminology, Law and Society

Peter H. Ditto

Department Chair and Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior
Ph.D. Princeton University
Phone: 
(949) 824-8168,1844
Email: 
phditto@uci.edu
Office: 
4209 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Specializations: 
social cognition, motivated judgment and decision-making process, social psychology
Department: 
Psychology and Social Behavior

C. Ronald Huff

Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Sociology
Ph.D. Ohio State University
Phone: 
(949) 824-6094
Email: 
rhuff@uci.edu
Office: 
300G SEI
Specializations: 
criminology and public policy
Department: 
Criminology, Law and Society

Elizabeth F. Loftus

Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology, and Professor of Law, and Cognitive Science
Ph.D. Stanford University
Phone: 
(949) 824-3285
Email: 
eloftus@uci.edu
Office: 
2393 Social Ecology II
Specializations: 
cognitive psychology, human memory, psychology and law
Department: 
Criminology, Law and Society
Department: 
Psychology and Social Behavior

Mona Lynch

Associate Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
Ph.D. Psychology, UC Santa Cruz
Phone: 
(949) 824-0047
Email: 
lynchm@uci.edu
Office: 
2311 SE II
Specializations: 
law and society, psychology and law, punishment and society, race and criminal justice
Department: 
Criminology, Law and Society

Salvatore R. Maddi

Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior
Ph.D. Harvard University
Phone: 
(949) 824-7045
Email: 
srmaddi@uci.edu
Office: 
4302 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Specializations: 
personality, psychopathology, health psychology, creativity
Department: 
Psychology and Social Behavior

Candice L. Odgers

Assistant Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior
Ph.D. University of Virginia
Phone: 
(949) 824-8911
Email: 
codgers@uci.edu
Office: 
4312 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Specializations: 
developmental psychopathology; longitudinal analysis of growth and change; effects of externalizing disorders on health
Department: 
Psychology and Social Behavior

Jodi Quas

Associate Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior
Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Phone: 
(949) 824-7693
Email: 
jquas@uci.edu
Office: 
4328 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Specializations: 
memory development, children's involvement in the legal system
Department: 
Psychology and Social Behavior

Jennifer L. Skeem

Associate Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior
Ph.D. University of Utah
Phone: 
(949) 824-3782
Email: 
skeem@uci.edu
Office: 
4322 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Specializations: 
psychopathology and violence, mandated psychiatric treatment, psychology and law
Department: 
Psychology and Social Behavior

William C. Thompson

Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society and Psychology & Social Behavior
Ph.D. Stanford University, J.D. University of California, Berkeley
Phone: 
(949) 824-6156
Email: 
wcthomps@uci.edu
Office: 
2340 SE II
Specializations: 
psychology and law, criminal justice, human judgment and decision making, use of social science in appellate litigation
Department: 
Criminology, Law and Society