Student Awards and Achievements Since 1994 

        This page is a compilation of our students' awards and achievements. Graduate student authors are indicated in italics. You may scroll through the entire page, or jump to Grants, Honors and Awards, Psychology and Law Related Publications, Psychology and Law Related Conference Presentations,
Other Publications and Presentations, or Student Editorial Board Memberships.
 

 Grants:

American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Grant-in-Aid of Research Award

     Davis, S. L. (1997), Ellis, L. (1997), Haegerich, T. (1998), Schklar, J. (1996a, 1996b), Schmidt, E. (1997), Schnopp-Wyatt, N. (1998), Nysse, K. L. (1998).

National Institute of Mental Health, Dissertation Improvement Grant

     Epstein, M. A. (1997).

Sigma Xi Society Grant-in-Aid of Research Award.

     Davis, S. L. (1994, 1997), Epstein, M. A. (1994), Nysse, K. L. (1998).

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Grant-in-Aid of Research Award.

     Davis, S. L. (1997), Epstein, M. A. (1997).

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Honors and Awards:

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Dissertation Award.

     Davis, S. L. (1999)

Department of Psychology's Leonard Eron Award for Outstanding Scientific Contribution.

     Haegerich, T. M. (2000), Schklar, J. (1998), Davis, S. L. (1996).

American Psychological Foundation/Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology Graduate Research Scholarship.

     Davis, S. L. (1997).

Harry S. Upshaw Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching.

     Schnopp-Wyatt, N. (1997).

UIC Dean's Scholar Fellowship.

     Davis, S. L. (1997-1998).

UIC University Fellowship.

    Nysse, K. L. (2000, 1999, 1998).

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Psychology and Law Related Student Publications:

    Bottoms, B. L., Repucci, N. D., Tweed, J., & Nysse, K. L. (in press). Children, psychology, and law: Reflections on past and future contributions to science and policy. In J. Ogloff (Ed.) Psychology and Law in the 21st Century.

    Diamond, S. S., & Ellis, L. (in press). Jury Selection. In N. Rafter et. al (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Crime, Onyx Press.

     Veldhuis, C. B. (in press). The trouble with power. Invited article for Women and Therapy, to be simultaneously released as a book chapter.

     Haegerich, T. M., & Bottoms, B. L. (2000). Empathy and jurors' decisions in patricide trials involving child sexual assault allegations. Law and Human Behavior, 24, 421-448.

     Schklar, J. & Diamond, S. S. (1999). Juror reactions to DNA evidence: Errors and expectancies. Law and Human Behavior, 23, 157-182.

     Veldhuis, C. B., & Freyd, J. J. (1999). Groomed for silence, groomed for betrayal.  Invited chapter for M. Rivera (Ed.), Fragment by fragment: Feminist perspectives on child sexual abuse and memory. Gynergy Books.

     Davis, S. L. (1998). Social and scientific influences on the study of children's suggestibility: A historical perspective. Child Maltreatment, 3, 186-194.

     Diamond, S. S., & Schklar, J. (1998). The jury: How does law matter? In B. F. Garth & A. Sarat (Eds). How does law matter? (pp. 191-226). Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.

     Epstein, M. A., & Bottoms, B. L. (1998). Memories of childhood sexual abuse: A survey of young adults. Child Abuse and Neglect, 22, 1217-1238.

     Schklar, J. (1998). Juror reactions to DNA evidence: A social-psychological perspective. In M. Freeman & H. Reece (Eds). Science in Court. (pp. 109-123). Aldershot, England: Dartmouth Publishing Company Limited.

     Bottoms, B. L., & Davis, S. L. (1997). The creation of satanic ritual abuse. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 16, 112-132.

     Bottoms, B. L., Diviak, K. R., & Davis, S. L. (1997). Jurors' reactions to satanic ritual abuse allegations. Child Abuse and Neglect, 21, 845-859.

     Diamond, S. S., Ellis, L., & Schmidt, E. (1997). Realistic responses to the deficiencies of Batson. Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, 7(1), 77-95.

     Newman, L. S., Duff, K. J., Schnopp-Wyatt, N., Brock, B., & Hoffman, Y. (1997). Reactions to the Simpson verdict: "Mindless tribalism" or motivated inference processes? Journal of Social Issues, 53, 547-562.

     Bottoms, B. L., & Schklar, J. (1995, December). The role of experts in child sexual assault cases: When is expected-characteristics testimony appropriate? The APA Monitor.

     Bottoms, B. L., & Epstein, M. A. (1994). Taint hearings for suggestible witnesses? The case of Kelly Michaels. The APA Monitor, 25, 9.

     Bottoms, B. L., & Schklar, J. (1994, December). Client therapist confidentiality versus defendants' right to a fair trial. The APA Monitor.

     Davis, S. L., & Bottoms, B. L. (in press). Social support and children's eyewitness testimony. In M. L. Eisen, G. S. Goodman, & J. A. Quas (Eds.) Memory and suggestibility in the forensicinterview. Erlbaum.

     Diamond, S. S., & Schklar, J. (forthcoming). Expert witnesses. In A. Kazdin (Ed). Encyclopedia of Psychology. APA/Oxford University Press.

     Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Davis, S. L., & Qin, J. (in press). Individual differences in maltreated children's memory and suggestibility. In L. M. Williams (Ed.), Trauma and Memory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

     Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Qin, J., & Davis, S. L. (in press). Memory andsuggestibility in maltreated children: New research relevant to evaluating allegations of abuse. In S. Lynn (Ed.), Truth in memory. New York: Guilford.

     Landsman, S., Diamond, S. S., Dimitropoulos, L., & Saks, M. J. (in press). Be careful what you wish for: The paradoxical effects of bifurcating claims for punitive damages. Wisconsin Law Review.
 

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Psychology and Law Related Student Conference Presentations:

    Bottoms, B. L., Nysse, K. L., Tolou-Shams, M., Shaver, P. R., Goodman, G. S., & Qin, J. (2000, July). Religion-related child abuse: A survey of legal professionals. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, Chicago, IL.

    Nysse, K. L. (2000, April). Experts' and novices' abilities to detect deception in children. Presentation at the University of Illinois at Chicago Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Forum, Chicago, IL.

    Bottoms, B. L., Davis, S. L., Nysse, K. L., Haegerich, T. M., & Conway, A. (2000, March). Effects of social support and working memory capacity on children's eyewitness memory. In B. L. Bottoms & M. B. Kovera (Chairs), Individual and contextual influences on adults' perceptions of children's reports. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, New Orleans, LA.

    Diamond, S. S., Ellis, L., Saks, M., & Landsman, S. (2000, March). Caps and ad damnums: Assistance or merely influence? Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, New Orleans, LA.

    Haegerich, T. M., & Bottoms, B. L. (2000, March). Empathy and Jurors' decisions in patricide trials involving child sexual assault allegations. In B. L. Bottoms & M. B. Kovera (Chairs), Individual and contextual influences on adults' perceptions of children's reports. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, New Orleans, LA.

    Nysse, K. L., & Bottoms, B. L. (2000, March). Experts' and novices' abilities to detect deception in children. In R. C. L. Lindsay (Chair), Child witnesses: Competence and truth telling. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, New Orleans, LA.

     Haegerich, T. M., Nysse, K. L., Bottoms, B. L., Quas, J. A., & Walters, J. (1999, June). Gender and jurors' decisions in child sexual abuse cases.  Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.

    Kavanaugh, A., Scally, J., & Haegerich, T. (2000, March). The Juvenile Detention Alternative Mental Health Initiative use of the MAYSI. In A. Kavanaugh, D. Peuschold, & T. Grisso (Chairs), The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument. Development, use, and predictive validity of a mental health screening measure for youths in the juvenile justice system. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, New Orleans, LA.

     Nysse, K. L.,Bottoms, B. L., Brandstetter, D., & Prestidge, M. (1999, June). Children's nonverbal behaviors when lying:  Actual and perceived indicators of deception. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Denver, CO.

     Ellis, L. & Diamond, S. S. (1999, May). Citizens' perceptions of verdicts rendered by heterogenous and homogenous juries.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of Law and Society, Chicago, IL.

     Bottoms, B. L., Nysse, K. L., & Schwartz-Kenney, B. M. (1999, April). Understanding children's use of secrecy and adults' abilities to detect it. Presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

     Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Davis, S. L., & Qin, J. (1998, August). The impact of trauma and dissociation on maltreated children's memory for stressful and nonstressful events. Paper presented at the 24th International Congress of Applied Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

     Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Qin, J. J., & Davis, S. L. (1998, August). Examining the interactive effects of stress and dissociation on maltreated children's event memory. In G. S. Goodman & M. Eisen (Chairs), Effects of stress and trauma on children's memory and suggestibility. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

     Schklar, J. (1998, August). Smaller grants: The value of joining academic societies. In J. Schklar & L. Butts (Chairs), Grant getting opportunities for graduate students in psychology and law. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

     Davis, S. L., Bottoms, B. L., Guererro, R. B., Shreder, E. A., & Krebel, A. L. (1998, May). Attachment style, social support, and children's eyewitness reports. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Epstein, M. A., Bottoms, B. L., & Stevoff, N. S. (1998, May). Cultural suggestions and personal suspicions of repressed memories of abuse. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Bottoms, B. L., Schmidt, E., & Epstein, M. A. (1998, March). Effects of juror gender and verdict preference on persuasion during deliberations in child abuse trials. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, Redondo Beach, CA.

     Davis, S. L., & Bottoms, B. L. (1998, March). Effects of social support on children's eyewitness reports. In B. L. Bottoms & J. Quas (Chairs), Situational and individual sources of variability in children's suggestibility and false memories. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, Redondo Beach, CA.

     Diamond, S. S., Schklar, J., Harris, T. E., Lavery, T. A., Schnopp-Wyatt, N., & Xiao, M. (1998, March). Judicial reactions to expert testimony. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, Redondo Beach, CA.

     Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Qin, J., & Davis, S. L. (1998, March). Examining the effects of stress and psychopathology on the memory and suggestibility of maltreated children. In R. Fivush & M. L. Eisen (Chairs), Childhood trauma and memory. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, Redondo Beach, CA.

     Ellis, L., & Diamond, S. S. (1998, March). Lay persons' perceptions of verdicts rendered by racially homogeneous or heterogeneous juries. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, Redondo Beach, CA.

     Ghetti, S., Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Qin, J., & Davis, S. L. (1998, March). Predictors of child abuse substantiation. Paper presented at the biennial meeting fo the American Psychology and Law Society, Redondo Beach, CA.

     Schklar, J. (1998, March). Who ran over Mrs. Prob's dog? Drawing inferences from naked statistical evidence. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, Redondo Beach, CA.

     Schmidt, E., & Diamond, S. S. (1998, March). Controlling the jury by structuring the jury's task. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, Redondo Beach, CA.

     Diamond, S. S., Schklar, J., & Casper, J. D. (1997, August). Sources of error and opportunities for correction in responses to scientific evidence. In S. S. Diamond & J. Schklar (Chairs), Decisions about scientific evidence: Forensic scientists, expert witnesses, and laypersons. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Diamond, S. S., Schklar, J., Harris, T. E., Lavery, T. A., Schnopp-Wyatt, N., & Xiao, M. (1997, August). The experiences of scientific experts in the legal system. In S. S. Diamond & J. Schklar (Chairs), Decisions about scientific evidence: Forensic scientists, expert witnesses, and laypersons. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Davis, S. L., & Qin, J. (1997, August). Memory reports of maltreated children: Examining the relations between suggestibility and consistency. In M. Eisen (Chair), Suggestibility in Children's Eyewitness Memory: Controversy and Consensus. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Schklar, J. (1997, July). DNA evidence in the courtroom: A social psychological perspective. Paper presented at the University College London Law and Science seminars, London, England.

     Epstein, M. A., & Bottoms, B. L. (1997, May). Young adults' memories of childhood sexual abuse. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association,, Chicago, IL.

     Newman, L. S., Duff, K., & Schnopp-Wyatt, N. (1997, May). Reactions to the Simpson verdict. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Schnopp-Wyatt, N. (1997, May). Women's reactions to types of street harassment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Qin, J., Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Davis, S. L., & Tyda, K. S. (1997, April). The impact of trauma and dissociation on children's memory for stressful events in the context of child abuse investigations. In J. A. Quas & G. S. Goodman (Chairs), Individual Differences in Preschoolers' Suggestibility: New Research Findings and Directions. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.

     Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Qin, J., & Davis, S. L. (1996, August). Individual differences in suggestibility among maltreated children. In B. W. Boat (Chair), Understanding Children's Suggestibility in the Forensic Interview. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario (Canada).

     Diamond, S. S., Casper, J. D., Marshall, A., & Schklar, J. (1996, July). Deliberative processes and democratic decisionmaking: Listening to the jury. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law & Society Association, Glasgow, Scotland.

     Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Qin, J., & Davis, S. L. (1996, July). Individual differences in maltreated children's memory and suggestibility for events occurring during an anogenital examination. Paper presented at the Trauma and Memory Conference, Durham, NH.

     Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Qin, J., & Davis, S. L. (1996, July). Maltreated children's memory for invasive medical procedures. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), Chicago, IL.

     Schklar, J. (1996, July). Juror reactions to DNA evidence: Misperception and misaggregation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law & Society Association, Glasgow, Scotland.

     Schklar, J., Skitka, L. J., & Caffray, H. (1996, July). Political ideology, causal attributions, and attitudes toward the death penalty. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA.

     Bottoms, B. L., Sorenson, E., Schmidt, E., & Dwyer, S. (1996, June). Determinants of the perceived credibility and legal outcomes of child sexual sexual abuse cases. Paper presented at the Fourth National Colloquium of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, Chicago, IL.

     Caffray, H., Skitka, L. J., & Schklar, J. (1996, May). Males as victims: Gender effects in assessment of crimes. Paper presented as a winner of a Psi Chi Regional Award at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association convention, Chicago, IL.

     Schklar, J., & Skitka, L. J. (1996, May). Price, politics, and punishment preferences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Nysse, K. L.(1996, April). Preschoolers' responses to repeated questions. Presentation at the Hope College Sigma Xi Senior Research Awards, Holland, MI.

     Davis, S. L. (1996, March). The child as witness: What  current research tells us. Invited address at the Spring Training Conference of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association, Starved Rock State Park, IL.

     Epstein, M. A., & Bottoms, B. L. (1996, March). Gender differences in child sexual abuse case judgments:  What happens after deliberation and why. In B. L. Bottoms and M. A. Epstein (Chairs), Jurors' decisions in child sexual assault cases. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, Hilton Head, SC.

     Schklar, J. (1996, March). Naive beliefs about science and reactions to DNA evidence. Paper presented at the biennieal meeting of the American Psychology and Law Society, Hilton Head, SC.

     Davis, S. L., & Bottoms, B. L. (1995, June/July). Effects of race on mock jurors' decisions in child sexual assault cases. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, New York, NY.

     Bottoms, B. L., Beety, K. R., Davis, S. L., Hopkins, B. D., & Vlahos, M. (1995, May). Mock jurors' beliefs about "ritualistic" sexual abuse allegations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Bottoms, B. L., Davis, S. L., Tyda, K. S., Johnsson, C., & Valenti-Hein, D. (1995, May). Perceptions of mentally retarded child sexual assault victims. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
 

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Other Publications and Conference Presentations of our Student Minors (Not Psychology and Law Related):

     Bernstein, G.A., Warren, S.L., Massie, E.D., & Thuras, P.D. (in press).  Disengagement and rigidity in families of anxious-depressed school refusers. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

     Bottoms, B. L., & Nysse, K. L. (in press). Applying to graduate school: Writing a compelling personal statement. Eye on Psi Chi.

     Conway, A. R. A., Bottoms, B. L., Davis, S. L., Nysse, K. L., & Haegerich, T. M. (1999, May). Working memory capacity is related to distractibility in children. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Glassman, R. B., Leniek, K. M., & Haegerich, T. M. (1998). Human working memory capacity is 7 plus or minus 2 in a radial maze with distracting interruption: Possible implication for neural mechanisms of declarative and implicit long-term memory. Brain Research Bulletin, 47, 249-256.

     Lahey, B. B., Pelham, W. E., Stein, M. A., Loney, J., Trapani, C., Nugent, K., Kipp, H., Schmidt, E.,Lee, S., Cale, M., Gold, E., Hartung, C. M., Willcutt, E., & Baumann, B. (1998). Validity of DSM-IV Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder for younger children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37, 695-702.

     Schklar, J. (1998, Winter). Scientific knowledge and peer review: Some notes for the student reviewer. APAGS Newsletter, 10 (1), 21-22.

     Bernstein, G.A., Massie, E.D., Thuras, P.D., Perwien, A.R., Borchardt, C.M., & Crosby, R.D. (1997). Somatic symptoms in anxious-depressed school refusers. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36, 661-668.

     Kushner, M.G., Massie, E.D., Gaskel, S., Mackenzie, T.B., Fiszdon, J., & Anderson, N. (1997).  Alcohol effects on the facial expressions of anxiety patients undergoing a panic provocation. Addictive Behaviors, 22, 275-280.

     Larson, J. R. Jr. & Lavery, T. A. (1997, May). Evidence for a discussion-induced primacy effect. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Lavery, T. A., Franz, T. M., Winquist, J. R., & Larson, J. R. Jr. (1997, August). Does discussion matter: The role of member judgments and group discussion in determining group accuracy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Kushner, M.G., Anderson, N., Massie, E.D., & Mackenzie, T.B. (November 1996).  The association of self-consciousness to alcohol use and individuals with panic disorder.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York.

     Leathers, S., Kelley, M. A., & Schnopp-Wyatt, N. (1996, November). Pregnancy intendedness: Antecedents and consequences among primiparous women and their partners. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY.

     Leathers, S., Kelley, M. A., & Schnopp-Wyatt, N. (1996, November). Mental health consequences of unintended pregnancy: The importance of considering the context of the couple. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY.

     Hernandez-Jarvis, L., Deer, T., Eschelman, A., Kasiminski, R., & Nysse, K. L. (1996, April). Effect of hearing phonologically similar words on four-year olds' disambiguation of novel object name. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Bernstein, G.A., Massie, E.D., Crosby, R.D., & Borchardt, C.M. (October 1995). Somatic symptoms in adolescents with comorbid anxiety and depressive disorders. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New Orleans.

     Foa, E.B., Riggs, D.S., Massie, E.D., & Yarczower, M. (1995).  The impact of fear activation and anger on the efficacy of exposure treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Behavior Therapy, 26, 487-499.

     Kushner, M.G., Massie, E.D., Gaskel, S., Mackenzie, T.B., Fiszdon, J., & Anderson, N. (November 1994).  Facial coding of affect-related signals following CO2 challenge: Effects of alcohol consumption and panic responding.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Diego.

     DiSavino, P., Turk, E., Massie, E.D., Riggs, D.S., Penkower, D., & Foa, E.B. (November 1993).  The content of traumatic memories; evaluating treatment efficacy by analysis of verbatim descriptions of rape scenes. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta.

     Massie, E.D. (March 1993).  The interaction of fear and anger expressions during therapy with PTSD victims. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salt Lake City.
 

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Student Editorial Board Memberhips:

     APAGS Newsletter--Science Editor (Schklar),
     Behavioral Sciences & the Law (Schklar),
     Law and Human Behavior (Davis, Ellis, Haegerich, Lavery, Schklar, Rudnicki),
     Child Maltreatment (Nysse),
     Law and Social Inquiry (Veldhuis).

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