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Center for Psychology and Law Faculty

Elizabeth Cauffman

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

Simon A. Cole

Associate Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
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

Peter H. Ditto

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 psychology, judgment and decision making, political and moral reasoning

C. Ronald Huff

Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Sociology
Ph.D. The Ohio State University
Phone: 
(949) 798-9281
Email: 
rhuff@uci.edu
Office: 
3309 Social Ecology II
Specializations: 
criminology and public policy; wrongful convictions; gangs

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

Mona Lynch

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

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

Candice L. Odgers

Associate Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior, Education and Nursing Science
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

Jodi Quas

Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior and Nursing Science
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

Jennifer L. Skeem

Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior
Ph.D. University of Utah
Phone: 
(949) 824-3782
Email: 
skeem@uci.edu
Office: 
4322 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Specializations: 
mental illness, criminal behavior, policy/intervention

William C. Thompson

Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society and Psychology & Social Behavior and Law
Ph.D. Stanford University, J.D. University of California, Berkeley
Phone: 
(949) 824-6156
Email: 
wcthomps@uci.edu
Office: 
3301 SE II
Specializations: 
forensic science; expert evidence; human judgment and decision making