Jessica M. Salerno is an assistant professor in the Social and Behavioral Sciences division of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. She is a founding member of the ASU program on law and behavioral science and a fellow of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics. She received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Middlebury College in 2003 and her doctorate in social psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2012.
Salerno’s research interests include several lines of inquiry that apply social psychological theory and experimentation to legal contexts. For example, she investigates (a) the effect of emotion and intergroup dynamics in legal decision making, (b) how moral outrage drives biases against stigmatized groups in ambiguous legal contexts, and (c) how jurors evaluate the quality of scientific evidence presented by expert witnesses in court. She also explores how these decision-making processes might differ for individuals versus groups. For example, she investigates how extra-legal factors influence both individual jurors’ and juries’ decisions, with a strong emphasis on the group deliberation process.
Salerno's work has been published in empirical journals and has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the American Psychology-Law Society, the American Bar Foundation, and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. She serves on the editorial board for Law and Human Behavior, and Psychology, Public Policy, & Law. She has won several research awards, including the New College for Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Outstanding Research Award and the American Psychology-Law Society's Saleem Shah Early Career Award.
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 468 | Psychology and Law |
PSY 545 | Advanced Legal Psychology |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 468 | Psychology and Law |
PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PSY 493 | Honors Thesis |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
PSY 792 | Research |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 468 | Psychology and Law |
PSY 545 | Advanced Legal Psychology |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 350 | Social Psychology |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 468 | Psychology and Law |
PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PSY 493 | Honors Thesis |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 350 | Social Psychology |
PSY 493 | Honors Thesis |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 350 | Social Psychology |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 468 | Psychology and Law |
PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PSY 493 | Honors Thesis |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Spring 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PSY 493 | Honors Thesis |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2015 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 468 | Psychology and Law |
PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Spring 2015 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 350 | Social Psychology |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 468 | Psychology and Law |
PSY 493 | Honors Thesis |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2014 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 330 | Statistical Methods |
PSY 350 | Social Psychology |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 580 | Practicum |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
PSY 599 | Thesis |