Members of the BRC Lab
Tamara Kang, Ph.D.
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Dr. Tamara Kang is an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (SIUC). She received her Ph.D. in Legal Psychology, M.A. in Clinical Psychology, and Quantitative Certificate from the University of Texas at El Paso. Prior to coming to SIUC, she worked as a Project Manager on Dr. Robert Prentky's federal grant at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey (2016-AW-BX-K004). Her research can be described as the intersection among clinical, cognitive, and social psychology as it relates to barriers to reducing crime. Specifically, she is interested in mental health, trust in science, judgment and decision-making, child maltreatment, offender rehabilitation, assessment, effective methods to communicate research, and implementation science. She currently teaches multivariate statistics and univariate statistics at the graduate level and research methods and statistics at the undergraduate level.
Hobbies: Hiking, running, training llamas and dogs, gardening, ducks, chickens, geese 
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Emily Galeza, M.A.
Program: Applied Psychology
Research Interests: Social psychology and law, jury decision making, persuasive messaging, and moral outrage Hobbies: Cooking/baking, crafts, music, watching movies |
Christina Engelken, M.A.
Program: Applied Psychology
Research Interests: Legal decision making for gender-based crimes, especially jury decision making Hobbies: Rollerskating, hanging out with my cats, jigsaw puzzles |
Adam Green, M.A.
Program: Applied Psychology
Research Interests: Morality, blame attribution, whistleblowing, public health, political psychology Hobbies: Gaming, golf, chess, learning languages, petting cats |
Miranda Nelson, M.A.
Program: Applied Psychology
Research Interests: Psychology and law, perceptions of familied defendants, and child placement determinations Hobbies: Crafts, video games, singing, painting, playing with her cat |
Forrest Parker
Program: Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: Psychological flexibility, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, psychometrics, barriers to treatment Hobbies: Music, reading, games, cooking, movies |
Betty Akamani
Program: Applied Psychology
Research Interests: Social psychological interventions, prejudice, biases, and child trauma Hobbies: Watching movies, planting flowers |
Meet the Undergrads!
Deidra Davis
Research Interests: Social psychology of law, the criminal justice system, crime reduction, perceptions of crime, applied psychology, and industrial psychology
Hobbies: Going on walks in nature, gardening, and baking |
Sergio Mercado
Research Interests: Psychology of drugs, biases, psychological flexibility, and Alzheimer's disease
Hobbies: Drawing, video games, D&D with friends, and playing with dogs |
Kieleha Pinkston
Research Interests: Juvenile substance abuse, decision making, and rehabilitation
Hobbies: Bowling, movies, and go-karting |