Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY (2023, Psychology)
B.A., Cornell University (2018, Psychology & Government)
Jacqueline Katzman is a tenure-track assistant professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Katzman’s research focuses on biases in the legal system, with a specific focus on racial disparities in mistaken identifications. Dr. Katzman’s work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the American Psychology-Law Society, the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, and CUNY. Her research has been published in Law & Human Behavior and Behavioral Sciences & the Law.
Dr. Katzman has received several awards for her research, including 1st place in the American Psychology-Law Society Dissertation Award Competition. She received her PhD from CUNY’s Graduate Center and her BA from Cornell University.
Research Methods in Psychology (PSY311)
Cameron, M., Merriwether, E.P., Katzman, J., Stolzenberg, S.N., Evans, A.D., & McWilliams, K. (in press). Attorneys’ questions about time in criminal cases of alleged child sexual abuse. Child Maltreatment.
Katzman, J., & Kovera, M.B. (in press). Suspect race affects attorney evaluations of pre-identification evidence. Law and Human Behavior.
Jones, J., Katzman, J., & Kovera, M.B. (2024). Phenotypic mismatch between suspects and fillers but not phenotypic bias increases eyewitness identifications of Black suspects. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1233782
Katzman, J. & Kovera, M.B. (2023). Potential causes of racial disparities in wrongful convictions based on mistaken identifications: Own-race bias and differences in evidence-based suspicion. Law and Human Behavior, 47(1), 23–35. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000503
Katzman, J., Fessinger, M.B, Bornstein, B., & McWilliams, K. (2022). Waiving goodbye to youth: Jurors’ perceptions of juveniles transferred to adult courts. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 40(6), 835–858. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2601
Katzman, J. & Kovera, M.B. (2022). Evidence strength (insufficiently) affects police officers’ decisions to place a suspect in a lineup. Law and Human Behavior, 46(1), 30–44.
https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000476
American Psychology-Law Society 1st Place Dissertation Award, Spring 2024
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Dissertation Award Finalist, Fall 2023
American Psychology-Law Society Outstanding Student Presentation in Diversity Related Research Award, AP-LS National Conference, Philadelphia, Spring 2023
European Association of Psychology and Law Student Presentation Award, EAPL Annual Conference, Virtual Conference, Summer 2021
American Psychology-Law Society Outstanding Student Presentation Award, AP-LS National Conference, Virtual Conference, Spring 2021
American Psychology-Law Society Outstanding Student Presentation Award, AP-LS National Conference, New Orleans, Spring 2020