Meera Patel

The University of Memphis | U of M · Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Research

Environmental injustice is often an intersection of economic, social, and environmental disparities. Addressing the inequities borne by communities overburdened with such disparities requires local learning opportunities. Exploring how and what participants learn during community education projects can help inform and improve practice, which was th...

This publication highlights the career of Dr. Ellen Scrivner, a past president of American Psychological Association's (APA's) Division 18 and a pioneer in the specialty of police and public safety psychology. While psychologists' work with police and public safety may be typical now, Dr. Scrivner's journey and work were atypical when she embarked...

The purpose of the present study was to experimentally examine whether testimony modality leads to differences in perceptions of expert witnesses and their opinions. We hypothesized that simulated testimony delivered via phone would be perceived as less credible, efficacious, and assigned less weight than testimony delivered via videoconference or...

Across disciplines, there has been increased attention to understanding and addressing compounded oppression and marginalization associated with intersecting identities. We argue that involvement with the criminal justice system can, in itself, represent an identity (self-ascribed or not) that interplays with other demographic and systemic variable...

The Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Questionnaire is one of the most widely used assessments for trauma exposure and adversity experienced during the first 18 years of life (Felitti et al., 1998 Felitti, V. J, Anda, R. F, Nordenberg, D., Williamson, D. F, Spitz, A. M, Edwards, V., Koss, M. P, & Marks, J. S, (1998). Relationship of childhood abus...

Brief review of the use of new technologies and media that can be used for online harassment. The poster covers sexting, swatting, doxxing, cyberflashing, revenge porn, deep fakes, and online content and identity theft.