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Ellsworth, Phoebe C.

Frank Murphy Distinguished University Professor of Law and Psychology

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E-mail pce@umich.edu
Phoebe C. Ellsworth, the Frank Murphy Distinguished University Professor of Law and Psychology, has conducted pioneering scholarship in the field of psychology and law. She has published widely on the subjects of person perception and emotion, public opinion and the death penalty, and jury behavior. Her most recent articles have appeared in the Journal of Experimental Psychology (General), Psychological Science, and the University of Alabama Law Review. She holds a joint appointment in the Psychology Department at the University of Michigan. Prof. Ellsworth is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the executive board of the Death Penalty Information Center, an international review committee member for the Swiss National Science Foundation, and a member of the American Psychological Association Ethics Committee. She is a graduate of Harvard and Stanford universities.

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Confirmation Bias in Criminal Investigations. Univ. of Texas School of Law, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper. Working Paper.
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Co-author. "False Convictions." S. R. Gross, co-author. In The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy, edited by E. Sharif, 163-80. Princeton Univ. Press, 2012.

Co-author. "Ask and What Shall Ye Receive? A Guide for Using and Interpreting What Jurors Tell Us." B. O'Brien and S. R. Sommers, co-authors. U. Pa. J. L. & Soc. Change 14, no. 2 (2011): 201-32.
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Co-author. "Evolution, Emotions, and Emotional Disorders." R.M. Nesse, co-author. Am. Psychologist 64, no. 2 (2009): 129-39.
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"'Race Salience' in Juror Decision-making: Misconceptions, Clarifications, and Unanswered Questions." Behav. Sci. & L. 27, no. 4 (2009): 599-609.
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