LEGAL JUDGMENTS LAB
Dr. Hannah Phalen | University of Wyoming
HANNAH PHALEN, J.D., PH.D.
Lab Director
Dr. Phalen is accepting graduate students for the 2024-2025 year.
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Dr. Phalen grew up in Colorado and earned her B.A. in psychology at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs in 2015. She attended graduate school at Arizona State University, where she earned her M.S. in psychology in 2018, her J.D. in 2019, and her Ph.D. in Psychology and Law in 2023. She joined the faculty at the University of Wyoming in Fall of 2023.
Broadly speaking, she takes a social and cognitive approach to studying decision-making in the law. More specifically, she is studying the ways in which gender, expressed emotions, and emotionally evocative evidence influences legal decision-making.
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To learn about Dr. Phalen's research download her CV HERE
Graduate Students
Alexey Mazon, B.S.
PhD Student
Alexey was raised in Fresno, California. In 2023, she graduated with an honors B.S. in forensic behavioral sciences, an honors B.A. in psychology, and a certificate in victim services from Fresno State. Alexey is currently a graduate student in the Psychology and Law Ph.D. program. Her research interests include jury decision-making, mock juror perception, race, and gender. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, and watching Twilight.