Faculty

       Here is a list of the faculty members involved in the Psychology and Law Minor at UIC.  The list includes instant email as well as links to their web pages (if available).  The web pages provide a more detailed biography and a selected list of recent publications.  Faculty web pages can be accessed by clicking on the faculty member's name on this page.

Core Psychology and Law Faculty in the UIC Department of Psychology and Affiliated UIC Faculty:

• Bette L. Bottoms, Department of Psychology, Core

(PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1992): Psychology and law, children's eyewitness testimony, child abuse, jury decision-making, detecting children's deceit, repressed memory allegations
 
• Rebecca Campbell, Department of Psychology, Core

(PhD, Michigan State University, 1996): Violence against women (sexual assault, domestic violence), feminist theory and research methods, integrating qualitative and quantitative methods
 
• Michael Fendrich, Institute for Juvenile Research, Affiliated

(PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1985): Risk identification for substance abuse, delinquency, violence, depression, and psychological distress in youth
 
• Stephanie Riger, Department of Psychology, Core

(PhD, University of Michigan, 1973): Women in organizations and community settings, violence against women, women and the law

• Linda J. Skitka, Department of Psychology, Core

(PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1989): Distributive and retributive justice, political psychology, ideology, scarcity, accountability
 
• Patrick H. Tolan, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated

(PhD, University of Tennessee, 1983): Prevention of anti-social behavior; risk models
 
• Sarah E. Ullman, Department of Criminal Justice, Affiliated

(PhD, Brandeis University, 1990): Stress and coping in adjustment to traumatic events, rape victimization, posttraumatic stress disorder, social reactions to victims

Selected Faculty Honors and Awards:

     1999 President Elect, Section on Child Maltreatment of APA Division 37 (Professor Bottoms)

     1998 Amoco Silver Circle Teaching Excellence Award Nomination (Professor Campbell)

     1998 Saleem Shah Early Career Award for Contributions to Psychology and Law Research, Sponsored by the American Psychology/Law Society (APA Division 41) and the American Board of Forensic Psychology (Professor Bottoms).

     1998 UIC Teaching Excellence Award (Professor Bottoms).

     1997 Amoco Silver Circle Teaching Excellence Award (Professor Bottoms).

     1997 UIC Teaching Recognition Program Award (Professor Bottoms).

     1997 American Psychological Association Division of Community Psychology Dissertation Award (Professor Campbell).

     Ruth Cousins Psi Chi Chapter of the Year, Faculty Advisor, 1997 (Professor Skitka).

     Great Cities Scholar, 1995-96 (Professor Tolan), 1997-98 (Professor Riger), 1998-99 (Professor Campbell).

     B. Kenneth West University Scholar, 1995-1998 (Professor Diamond).

     Distinguished Publication Award, Association for Women in Psychology, 1993 (Professor Riger).

     Midwestern Regional Vice-President, Psi Chi, 1993-1995 (Professor Skitka).

     1992 American Psychology/Law Society Dissertation Award (Professor Bottoms).

     American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy, 1991 (Professor Diamond).

     Editor, Law & Society Review, 1988-1991 (Professor Diamond).

     President, American Psychology-Law Society, 1987-1988 (Professor Diamond).
 

Editorial Board Memberships of our Faculty: