Adjunct – Summer Forensic and Legal Psychology […]
Department: Forensic and Legal Psychology
Forensic & Legal Psychology
Carrie Collier
Adjunct Forensic and Legal Psychology […]
Mary Lindahl
Academic Credentials
B.A., Wellesley College
M.S.W., Simmons College School of Social Work
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Other study: Georgetown University
Biography
Other Information
Teaching Area
- Child Victimization
- Issues in the American Legal System
- Field Experience in Criminal Court
- Wrongful Convictions: Individual Case Analysis
- Psychology, Public Policy, and the Law
- Forensic and Legal Psychology Internship
- International student trips to study other legal systems, as well as children and families involved in war and conflict
Research Interests
- Law and society
- Child victimization and child trauma
- International human rights/children’s rights
- Developing resistance to trauma in children and families involved in conflict and war
- Wrongful convictions
Dr. Mary Lindahl earned a Ph.D. in Psychology and Human Development at the University of
Chicago in 1984, where she received a Woodrow Wilson dissertation fellowship. Following
graduation, she was awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in sociology at Duke University,
after which she joined the faculty as an adjunct and began a private practice. In 1994, she moved
to the Washington area and entered the practice of clinical and forensic psychology.
Dr. Lindahl has been teaching at Marymount since the fall of 2001, when she was hired to
develop the newly created Forensic Psychology (now Forensic and Legal Psychology) Master’s
degree program; she served as the chair of the department until 2008. Forensic and legal
psychology as a distinct discipline did not exist when she was first trained as a clinician;
therefore, her generation of psychologists mostly learned on the job – usually in the courtroom.
Over the years, she has served as an evaluator or expert witness in over 150 cases. She has been
qualified as an expert in court in clinical psychology, child psychology, post-traumatic stress
disorder, and child trauma in a number of jurisdictions in North Carolina and the Washington area.
Over the years, Dr. Lindahl has been extensively involved in the field of critical incident stress,
working with victims, as well as with fire, police, and emergency workers after major traumatic
incidents. An important PTSD case, decided by the Supreme Court of Virginia, Fairfax County
Fire and Rescue v. Mottram (2002), grew out of that work. As part of the American Red Cross
Disaster Services Human Resource System, she staffed the Pentagon shelter for the emergency
workers on September 11th and later served on a panel there helping employees with their
reactions to the first anniversary of the attack. Immediately after Hurricane Katrina, she went to
Mississippi for two weeks accompanied by five Marymount forensic students and an alumna to
aid the victims of that disaster.
Her research interests encompass several areas of the forensic and legal psychology field. She is
the principal investigator of the Marymount/FBI Joint Research Project. With a colleague, she
has developed a therapeutic model for reintegrating families who have been separated by court
actions or allegations of child abuse. She is currently conducting a research project on the
implementation of elementary children’s full participation rights as codified in the U.N.
Convention on the Rights of the Child, using the World Café model. She is also researching
change in student attitudes towards the legal system after working on an actual case of possible
wrongful conviction for murder. Forensic and Legal Psychology students are involved in both of
these current projects.
Dr. Lindahl loves to travel and has taken student classes to London, Israel/Palestine, Sweden,
and the Czech Republic.
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Christopher Worthington
Coordinator, Forensic and Legal Psychology Internships Forensic and Legal Psychology […]
Jason Doll
Academic Credentials
B.S., University of South Dakota
M.A.O.B., California School of Professional Psychology
Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology
Biography
Other Information
Teaching Area
- Forensic Psychology
- Legal and Investigative Psychology
- Forensic and Legal Psychology Internship
Research Interests
- Detection of Deception
- Wrongful Convictions
- Witness Memory
- Psychology of Law Enforcement
Dr. Jason Doll received his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Criminal Justice Studies in 1998 from the University of South Dakota. During his undergraduate studies, he was searching for a way to combine the skills and knowledge he was acquiring from both majors and came across the area of forensic psychology.
Moving to Fresno, California, Dr. Doll received his Ph.D. in Forensic Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology (now Alliant International University) in 2004. For his doctoral dissertation, he examined the effects of community policing on residents’ fear of crime. He also received a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Behavior in 2002 while engaged in his doctoral studies.
Dr. Doll has worked with local police departments and county and state correctional facilities, examining organizational issues and cultures that are present in these organizations. His main areas of interest are police psychology and legal psychology (e.g., witness memory/identification, false confession, and deception detection).
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Caroline McAuliffe
Adjunct Forensic and Legal Psychology […]
Linda Millis
Academic Credentials
BA, University of Maryland
MIPP, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Biography
Linda is a veteran of the intelligence community having served at the National Security Agency, the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board at the White House, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Her areas of expertise include weapons of mass destruction, intelligence analysis, arms control, program management and building partnerships. She has also worked in several non-profit organizations serving the national security community and recently, she was a Senior Vice President in a cyber security start-up that specialized in biometrics and access rights management.
Other Information
Teaching Area
- Intelligence: Theory and Practice
- Intelligence Analysis
- Contemporary Terrorism
Research Interests
- Intelligence Community Reform
- Cybersecurity
- Innovation and Intelligence
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Holly Hargreaves-Cormany
Academic Credentials
B.A., University of Kansas
M.A./M.A., Marymount University
Ph.D, The George Washington University
Biography
Other Information
Teaching Area
- Forensic Assessment
- Psychology of Criminal Behavior
- Psychology, Public Policy and the Law
Research Interests
- Issues Related to the Exploitation of Juveniles
- Sex Trafficking of Juveniles
- Typologies of Crime and Criminal Offenders
- The Association Between Animal Cruelty and Interpersonal Violence
- Animal Facilitated Psychotherapy and Activities
- Humane Education
Dr. Hargreaves-Cormany has published research studies on the sex trafficking of juveniles, the association between animal cruelty and interpersonal violence, humane education and equine facilitated therapy and has presented such research at national and international conferences. She also conducts research on issues related to the exploitation of juveniles and serves as the Co-Chair of the Animals and Interpersonal Violence Research Interest Group in the American Psychological Association’s Section on Human- Animal Interaction: Research and Practice.
Dr. Hargreaves-Cormany uses her clinical experience to inform her research and teaching. She incorporates her research in the classroom to engage students and uses an experiential framework in order to provide students the opportunity to make meaning of the information presented in the course. Dr. Hargreaves-Cormany provides students with the opportunity to engage in research and provides mentorship on conducting research and advising on future career goals and aspirations within the field.
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Erin McNett
Academic Credentials
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.A., Psy.D., University of Hartford
Biography
Other Information
Teaching Area
- Psychopathology
- Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
- Psychology and Treatment of Juvenile Offenders
- Forensic Assessment
Research Interests
- Labeling and the Stigma of Mental Illness
- Externalizing Disorders in Youth
- Burnout Among Correctional Treatment Providers and Staff
- Psychological Evaluation of Juvenile Offenders
Dr. McNett is a licensed clinical psychologist with practice and teaching experience in child and adolescent mental health and special interest in externalizing disorders and youth behaviors that can result in contact with the juvenile justice system. Dr. McNett has worked in inpatient hospital settings, community mental health centers, clinical day treatment schools, and juvenile detention and has performed psychological evaluations of juvenile offenders for the court system in multiple states.
Dr. McNett has a longstanding research interest in the stigma of mental illness. Work within the juvenile justice system made clear that stigma is often a barrier to treatment among this population. Dr. McNett is also interested in juvenile justice professionals’ perceptions of mental health disorders and how the diagnostic process can impact identification of youth in need of intervention. Dr. McNett enjoys providing training for working professionals and maintains a commitment to conducting research that can guide staff development.
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