Hannah Phalen, J.D., Ph.D.

Hannah Phalen, J.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Psychology and Law

 **Dr. Phalen is currently accepting graduate students for the 2023-2024 year.

Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2023
J.D., Arizona State University, 2019
M.S., Arizona State University, 2018
B.A., University of Colorado Colorado Springs, 2015

hphalen@uwyo.edu; 307-766-6303; Biological Science Building 116


Research Interests

  • Race and Gender in the Legal System
  • Visual Evidence
  • Emotion and Legal Decision-Making

Legal Judgments Lab

Academic Positions

Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming, 2023-Present

Teaching

Psychology and Law

Current Graduate Students:

Alexey Mazon, B.S.

Representative Publications

See Google Scholar for full list of publications: https://tinyurl.com/4pljw23

Phalen, H. J., Salerno, J. M., *Adamoli, M. & Nadler, J. (in press). White mock jurors’ moral emotional responses to viewing female victim photographs depend on the victim’s race. Law and Human Behavior.

Phalen, H. J., Salerno, J. M., & Schweitzer, N. J. (2021). Can neuroimaging prove pain and suffering?: The influence of pain assessment techniques on legal judgments of physical versus emotional pain. Law and Human Behavior, 45(5), 393–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000460

Salerno, J. M., Campbell, J. C., Phalen, H. J., *Bean, S. R., Hans, V., Spivak, D., & Ross, L. (2021). The impact of minimal versus extended Voir Dire and judicial rehabilitation in civil cases. Law and Human Behavior, 45(4), 336–355. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000455

Salerno, J. M. & Phalen, H. J. (2019). Traditional gender roles and backlash against female attorneys expressing anger in court. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 16(4), 909–932.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jels.12238

Salerno, J. M., Phalen, H. J., *Reyes, R, & Schweitzer, N. (2018). Closing with emotion: Expressing anger makes male attorneys more effective, but female attorneys less effective. Law and Human Behavior, 42(4), 385–401. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000292

 

*Mentored graduate student author

**Mentored undergraduate student author

 
 
 
 
 
 






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