Lab Director
Tess M.S. Neal, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychology in ASU's School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (one of three schools in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences). She is a founding faculty member of ASU's Law and Behavioral Science Initiative, which won the 2020 President's Award for Innovation. She is also inaugural director of ASU's Future of Forensic Science Initiative. She is a scientist, a licensed psychologist (State of Arizona #4630 and State of Nebraska #844 [voluntary inactive status in NE]), and a parent of two young children.
Her research has been funded by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation, and she has published one edited book and more than three dozen peer-reviewed publications in such journals as Psychological Science in the Public Interest, American Psychologist; PLOS ONE; Psychology, Public Policy, and Law; Law and Human Behavior; and Criminal Justice and Behavior. She serves as associate editor for the Journal of Personality Assessment. and Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, and as an Open Science Advisor for Clinical Psychological Science. She was selected as a Fulbright Scholar to work with Kristy Martire and others at UNSW Sydney in the Spring of 2022. Her partner and kids are also in Australia for the duration of the fellowship! She was awarded ASU's Outstanding Mentor Award in 2020 and the 2021 Outstanding Teaching & Mentoring Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Div. 9 of APA). She is a PLuS Alliance Research Fellow, funded through a partnership between ASU, King's College London, and UNSW Sydney to collaborate across borders in pursuit of excellence on "vision and tenacity to impact the world." She was named a 2016 "Rising Star" by the Association for Psychological Science (APS), a designation recognizing outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their research career post-PhD whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions. She received the 2016 Saleem Shah Award for Early Career Excellence in Psychology and Law, co-awarded by the American Psychology-Law Society (Div. 41 of APA) and the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. Her CV is here. |
PhD Students
Emily Denne
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MS Psychology Students
Elizabeth Mathers
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Post-Bacc Research Assistant
Monique Piggott, BPsycSc (Honors)
I am a recent University of New South Wales (Australia) graduate with a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours, First Class) and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Sociology. I am volunteering for the CLJ lab while also working in the UNSW Face Lab as a research assistant, as well as the USYD Matilda Centre as a research assistant. I am spending 2022 gaining experience across multiple different fields of psychology, and intend to commence my Masters in Psychology in 2023
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Undergraduate Research Assistants
Emily Gran
I am in my fourth year as an undergraduate student at Western Michigan University, and traveling to UNSW in Sydney, Australia as a study abroad research intern to work with Drs. Kristy Martire and Tess Neal in May - July, 2022. I am excited to be doing this work in psychology and law and learning more about the field. My longer-term goal is to further my career in forensic psychology and continue onto graduate school.
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