On Internship
Jennifer Serico
Dissertation: Clinical decision-making in the juvenile justice system: Effects of comorbidity on accuracy of diagnosis and treatment planning
Current Location: Terry Children's Psychiatric Center, New Castle, DE.
Goldstein Lab Alumni
PhD Alumni
Christina Riggs Romaine, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Juvenile decertification in Philadelphia County: a model for jurisdiction-specific research
Kathleen Kemp, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Characteristics of developmental immaturity: A cross-disciplinary survey of psychologists
Current Position: Forensic Psychology Fellow, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA.
Rachel Kalbeitzer, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Evaluating legal learning: The effects of time and development on adolescents' understanding of legal rights
Current Position: Clinical Psychology Supervisor, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Diagnostic and Evaluation Center, Lincoln, NE.
Doug Osman, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Relationship between academic acheivement and Miranda rights comprehension and false confessions
Current Position: Therapeutic Area Manager for Psychosis Studies, MedAvante, Trenton, NJ.
Martha Strachan, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Development of a theory-based, Miranda rights education program: Are there cognitive developmental limitations to legal learning?
Current Position: Research Faculty, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Jennifer Weil, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Developing a substance use screening instrument: The Juvenile Offender Substance Abuse Screen
Current Position: Subject Matter Expert Psychologist, General Dynamics Information Technology, Washington, D.C. Area.
JD/PhD Alumni
Heather Zelle, Ph.D., J.D.
Dissertation: Judges' treatment of the knowing and intelligent requirements for Miranda waivers
Current Position: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Virginia and the Institute for Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, Charlottesville, VA.
Melinda Wolbransky, Ph.D., J.D.
Dissertation: Capital jury sentencing recommendations: The relationship between mental illness-related mitigating factors and life versus death decisions
Jennifer Mayer Cox, Ph.D., J.D.
Dissertation: The impact of juveniles' ages and levels of psychosocial maturity on judges' opinions of adjucative competence
Amanda Dovidio Zelechoski, Ph.D., J.D.
Dissertation: The content of child custody evaluation reports: A forensic assessment principles-based analysis
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Valparaiso University Department of Psychology, Valparaiso, IN.
Kim Larson, Ph.D., J.D.
Dissertation: The effects of gender and length of time between commission of crime and trial on juveniles' trial outcomes
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Massaschusetts Psychiatry Department Law and Psychiatry Program, Worcester, MA.
Constance Mesiarik, Ph.D., J.D.
Dissertation: Gender, suggestibility, and self-reported likelihood of false confessions
Current Position: Forensic Interviewer, Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center of Montgomery County, Blue Bell, PA.
Seyi Olubadewo, Ph.D., J.D.
Dissertation: The relationship between mental health symptoms and comprehension of Miranda rights in male juvenile offenders
Master's Alumni
Holly Hinz, M.S.
Thesis: Hostile attribution bias as a mediator of the relationship between psychosocial maturity and aggression
Current Position: Pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Fordham University, New York, NY.
Sadia Rharbite, M.S.
Thesis: Relational aggression in university women: Comparing sorority members and their peers
Current Position: Educator, Teach for America, New York, NY.
Michele Pich, M.S.
Thesis: Capital punishment for mentally ill offenders: An assessment of "evolving standards of decency"
Current Position: Pursuing a PhD in Criminal Justice at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
