Narina Nunez

Professor

Applied developmental areas include, child maltreatment and psychology and law

Ph.D., Cornell University 1987
M.S., Cornell University 1984
B.S., State University of New York at Cortland 1980

narina@uwyo.edu • (307) 766-6718 • Bio Sciences Bldg 131

Academic Positions

Aug. 1987-June 1993-Assistant Professor, UW Department of Psychology
July 1993-Sept 1997- Associate Professor, UW Department of Psychology
Sept 1997-July 200- Associate Professor, UW Joint appointment- Department of Psychology and Criminal JusticeAug 2000-Aug 2007- Professor and Chair of Psychology Department
July 2000-Present- Professor of Psychology

Grant activity:

2009-2012 Collaborative Research:  Victim impact statements in capital trials:  Examining the differential influence of anger and sadness on juror sentencing decisions, Ben Wilkowski (Co-PI), National Science Foundation.

               This multi-year grant examines whether victim impact statements at capital trials affect decision making. As part of this grant, we collected hundreds of trial transcripts from capital cases that were tried in 2004. The trial transcripts are a wealth of information about actual trials and these are available to any interested researcher. If you would like to obtain information about the trial transcripts, and links to obtain the transcripts, please e-mail me at: narina@uwyo.edu. If you would like to know more about the case transcripts, you can find more information here. 

Research Labs

Psychology and Law Lab

Current Students

Victoria Estrada
Kimberly Schweitzer
Stephannie Walker

Teaching:

Undergraduate Courses

Introduction to Psychology
Adolescent Development
Child Maltreatment
Psychology and the Law
Developmental Psychopathology
Political Behavior

Graduate Courses

Seminar: Child Maltreatment
Social Development
Advanced Developmental Psychology
Adolescent Development
Psychology and Law

Former Students

Jennifer Gray
Maggie Renken, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
Andre Kehn, Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota
Connie Tang, Associate Professor, Stockton College
Mindy Dahl, Lead Research Scientist, Wyoming Department of Health
Kamala London, Associate Professor, University of Toledo
Walter Peters, Research Associate, Nielson Corp.
Matt Dammeyer, Director of Behavioral Health at Central Peninsula Hospital
Monica McCoy, Associate Professor and Chair, Converse College

Journal Articles

Nunez, N., Gray, J. & Buck, J. (2012) Educative Expert Testimony: A One-Two Punch Can Affect Jurors' Decisions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42, 535-559.

Nunez, N. L., Kehn, A., & Wright, D. B. (2012). When children are witnesses: The effects of context, age, and gender on adults' perceptions of credibility and honesty. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 460-468. 

Nunez, N., McCrea, S. Culhane, S.E. (2011). Jury decision making research: Are researchers focusing on the mouse and not the elephant in the room? Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 29, 439-451.

Tang, C. M., Nunez, N. & Bourgeois, M. J. (2009) The effects of trial venue and pre-trial bias on the evaluation of juvenile defendants. Criminal Justice Review, 34, 210-225.

Nunez, N., Dahl, M. J., Tang, C. M. & Jensen, B. (2007) Trial venue and verdict decisions in juvenile cases: Mitigating and extralegal factors count. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 12, 21-39.

  * My hobbies include skiing, snowmobiling, camping and helping my husband with our business, TNT Motorsports