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University of Wyoming

Adolescent Development and Public Policy
 

Mindy Dahl, Graduate student in the lab, examines adolescent decision making using a betting paradigm.

Scientific Reasoning Study

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Current and Recent Research Activities

● Adolescent decision making
● Juror perceptions of juvenile defendants
● Scientific reasoning in junior high and high school students
● Practices and policies regarding STEM education at the junior high and high school level


Recent Publications/conferences

    Tang, C.M., Nunez, N., & Bourgeois, M.J. (in press) The effects of trial venue and pre-trial bias on the evaluation of juvenile defendants. Criminal Justice Review.     

    Nunez, N., Dahl, M.J. & Tang, C. M. & Jensen, B.L. (2007). Trial Venue and Verdict Decisions in Juvenile Cases: Mitigating and Extralegal Factors Count. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 12, 21-39.

     Tang, C.M. & Nunez, N. (2003). Effects of defendant age and juror bias on judgment of culpability: What happens when a juvenile is tried as an adult? American Journal of Criminal Justice, 28 (1), 37-52.

     Quas, J.A., Bottoms, B.L. & Nunez, N. (2002). Child maltreatment and delinquency: Framing issues of causation and consequences, Children's Services, 5(4), 245-248.
 

Papers in progress/under review

     Nuņez, N., Tang, C.M.*, Dahl, M.J.*, & Jensen, B.* Juveniles who commit homicide: The effects of age, defendant gender, and abuse history on juror and jury decisions. Child Maltreatment.

     Renken, M.D.*, & Nuņez, N. The effect of prior belief bias on conclusions from a simple physics experiment: Does it matter whether students conduct or read about the experiment? Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology.   

   

Grant Activity

"The Laramie Comunity Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative: Keeping children from falling through the cracks." Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Health and Human Services, and Department of Education; Safe Schools Healthy Students Grant.

"Adults perceptions of child witnesses who violate a stereotype." National Science Foundation.

"Science Posse: Enhancing Science Awareness & Understanding in Wyoming." A National Science Foundation K-12 Project
www.scienceposse.org