Student (1st-author) Manuscripts & Conference Presentations
(**undergraduate** / *graduate denotes student)

*Kuzmickus, D., Kang, T., Nation, R., Swaby, M., Ingram, K., Cripps, O., Allen, R., & Rees, G. 
(2024, March). Evaluating familiarity and emotions in shaping rural residents’ attitudes toward criminal justice involved persons with a mental illness. Paper presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Los Angeles, CA).
 
*Swaby, M., *Nation, R., *Kuzmickus, D., *Ingram, K., **Cripps, O., **Allen, R., **Rees, G., & Kang, 
T. (2024, March). An examination of factors shaping beliefs toward sentencing reform in the Southern Mississippi Delta Region. Paper presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Los Angeles, CA).
 
*Ingram, K., *Nation, R. *Kuzmickus, D., *Swaby, M., & Kang, T. (2024, March). Misperceptions of rural residents regarding justice-involved individuals with mental illness: Are they more likely to be violent, commit crimes, or involved in a school shooting?. Paper presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Los Angeles, CA).

*Nation, R., Kang, T., *Kuzmickus, D., *Swaby, M., *Ingram, K., **Cripps, O., **Allen, R., & **Rees, G. (accepted, 2024, March). A qualitative examination of perception formation regarding persons with a mental illness and gun violence. Paper accepted to the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Los Angeles, CA).

*Kuzmckus, D. & Kang, T. (2023, March). Impact depends on reach: Exploration of rural residents' misperceptions regarding justice-involved individuals with a mental illness. Poster presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (Brussels, Belgium).
Featured by APS: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/criminal-justice-talks
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*Beltrani, A., Kang, T., Lee, A., McGrath, R., & Prentky, R. A. (2023). A classification system to 
guide treatment needs for juveniles who have engaged in abusive sexual behavior. Criminal Justice and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548231193414

*Adair, R., Kang, T., Eno Louden, J., & Perez, E. (2023). Pathways to crime: The voices of Latina women living on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Psychology, Crime, & Law. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2023.2213383
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*Nation, R. & Kang T. (2023, March). Rural Residents’ Beliefs on Gun Control, the Relationship between Gun Violence & Mental Illness, & the Unique Pathway that Led to their Opinion: A Mixed Methods Approach. Data Blitz presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Philadelphia, PA). 

*Beltrani, A., Kang, T., *Galeza, E., *Nation, R., McGrath, R., Lee, A., & Prentky, R. A. (2022, March). Taxonomic differences among juvenile sex offenders. Paper presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Denver, Colorado). 

*Akamani, B., **Pinkston, K., & Kang, T. (2021, March). With understanding comes change: Examination of rural residents’ attitudes and beliefs towards offenders with a mental disorder and sex offenders. Poster presented at the annual conference of American Psychology-Law Society (Virtual).