Research Interests:
- Intellectual Disability and the Death Penalty
- The Assessment of Intellectual Disability in Atkins cases
- Forensic Assessment with Offenders with Intellectual Disability
- Mitigation in Death Penalty Cases
- Perceptions of individuals with intellectual disability in the criminal justice system
Primary Concentration: Clinical Psychology
Secondary Concentration: Psychology-Law
Her major research interest focuses on forensic assessment and includes issues of mental retardation, capital mitigation, competence to stand trial, competence to waive Miranda Rights, criminal responsibility, and risk and protective factors in juvenile delinquency.
Keywords: intellectual disability and the death penalty; assessment of intellectual disability in Atkins cases; forensic assessment with offenders with intellectual disability; mitigation in death penalty cases; ​perceptions of individuals with intellectual disability in the criminal justice system
