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Dr. Russ Espinoza

Assistant Professor of Psychology

California State University, Fullerton

Department of Psychology, Office: H-725H

Phone: (657)-278-7566, Email: ruespinoza@fullerton.edu

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2005 (Psychology and Law; Minor - Quantitative Methods)

M.S., California State University, Northridge, 2000 (Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, M.F.T.)

B.A., California State University, Northridge, 1998 (Psychology)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Psychology and Law

My main line of research involves the intersecting disciplines of psychology and law. My current research projects involve examining juror decision making and how extra-legal factors such as race or socioeconomic status can influence case decisions. Specifically, we have found that jurors do not demonstrate bias towards defendants based on race or ethnicity alone. Rather, when race or ethnicity is coupled with another perceived negative variable do jurors demonstrate bias in their decisions. In addition, I use my expertise in this area as a trial consultant and as an expert witness in the Los Angeles area.

TEACHING

PSYC 317 Psychology and Law

PSYC 325 The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination

PSYC 202 Research Methods in Psychology

PSYC 331 Psychology of Personality

PSYC 351 Social Psychology

BOOKS

Espinoza, R.K.E. (2010). Juror bias in the U.S. legal system: Examining problems and solutions. Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Espinoza, R. K. E., Ek, B. J. & Espinoza, H. A. (In Press). An Examination of Juveniles Being Tried As Adults: Influences of Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Age of Defendant. The National Social Science Journal.

Rangoonwala, F. I., Sy, S. R. & Espinoza, R. K. E. (In Press). Muslim Identity, Islamic Dress Adherence, and College Adjustment among Muslim American Women. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs.

Espinoza, R. K. E. (2009). Juror bias and the death penalty: Deleterious effects of ethnicity and SES. The American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Journal, Fall, 33- 41.

Espinoza, R. K. E. & Willis Esqueda, C. (2008). Defendant and defense attorney characteristics and their effects on juror decision making and prejudice against Mexican-Americans. The Journal of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. The Journal of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 14, 364-371. Publications/Espinoza2008_CDEMP.pdf

Willis Esqueda, C., Espinoza, R. K. E., & Culhane, S. (2008). The effects of ethnicity, SES and crime status on juror decision making: A cross-cultural examination of European-American and Mexican American mock jurors. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 30, 181-199. Publications/2008HJBS_Manuscript.pdf

Espinoza, R. K. E. & Willis Esqueda, C. (under review). The Influence of Aggravating and Mitigating Factors, Ethnicity and SES on Death Penalty Cases: An Examination of White and Hispanic Juror Decisions.

Espinoza, R.K.E (2010). Does SES and social support contribute to expectations about counseling? A cross cultural comparison between European Americans and Mexican Americans. Preparing for submission.

Espinoza, R. K. E. (2010) Prejudice against Hispanics: Development, reliability, and validity of the PAH Scale. Preparing for submission

Espinoza, R.K.E (2010). Reducing implicit prejudice against Latinos: A cognitive dissonance explanation. Preparing for submission.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Espinoza, R. K. E., Ek, B. J. & Espinoza, H. A. (2010). An Examination of Juveniles Being Tried As Adults: Influences of Race and SES. Paper presented at the National Social Science Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Espinoza, R. K. E., Gutierrez, W., Miles, C. & Tews, H. (2010). Effects of Case Circumstances on Juror Decisions: A Cross-Cultural Examination. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Cancun, Mexico.

Espinoza, R. K. E. (2009). How Socioeconomic Status Influences Juror Decision Making: Is Race of Defendant Really the Primary Predictor of Bias? Paper presented at the British Psychological Society – Division of Forensic Psychology conference, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom.

Espinoza, R. K. E., Alvarez, N., Perry, A., Peterson, S. & Willis, S. (2009). Effects of Ethnicity & SES and Salience of Mitigating & Aggravating Circumstances for Capital Decisions. Paper presented at the American Psychology and Law Society Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Espinoza, R. K. E., Alvarez, N., Perry, A., Peterson, S. & Willis, S. (2009). The Insanity Defense and the Influence of SES and Ethnicity on Juror Decision Making. Poster presented at the American Psychology and Law Society Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Espinoza, R. K. E., Alvarez, N., Perry, A., Peterson, S. & Willis, S. (2009). Juror Bias and the Death Penalty: Deleterious Effects of Ethnicity and SES. Paper presented at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Espinoza, R. K. E. (2008). The Death Penalty & Hispanic Defendants: Contributing Factors of Injustice. Paper presented at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.

Espinoza, R. K. E., Sadler, E., Hernandez, B., Hilgenberg, H., Rector, A., & Smith, L. (2007). White Juror Bias and the Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Prejudice of Five Racially Different Defendants. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society Conference, Washington, D.C.

Espinoza, R. K. E. (2007). Malleability of Implicit Prejudice Against Latinos: A Cognitive Dissonance Exploration. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

Espinoza, R. K. E. (2006). How Jurors Qualify Bias Against Minority Defendants and Defense Attorneys. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

Espinoza, R. K. E. (2005). Prejudicial Juror Trait Ascriptions Towards Low Socioeconomic Status Mexican American Defendants and Defense Attorneys. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Espinoza, R. K. E., Willis Esqueda, C., Kuskie, J., Bryson, C. & Koperski, T. (2005). Aversive Racism and Juror Bias Against Mexican-American Defendants and Attorneys. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Willis Esqueda, C., Espinoza, R. K. E., Koperski, T., Kuskie, J. & Bryson, C. (2004). The Influence of Defendant Race, Attorney Race, and Socio-economic Status on Culpability Decision Making. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

Willis Esqueda, C., Espinoza, R., & Culhane, S. (2004). Culpability Assignment and Trait Attribution Assignment: Aversive Racism and Prejudice Against Mexican American Defendants. Paper presented at the Social Psychologists Around the Midwest Conference, Lawrence, KS.

Bryson, C., Kuskie, J. & Espinoza, R. K. E. (2004). The Perceptions of Ethnicity and Sex in Crime. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society Conference, Chicago, IL.

Espinoza, R.K.E., & Willis Esqueda, C. (2003). Aversive racism and its effects on culpability assignment for defendants who differ by race, SES, and crime. Paper presented at the National Association of Ethnic Studies Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Willis Esqueda, C., & Espinoza, R. K. E. (2003). Assessment and the Mexican-American Defendant: What Jurors Look for to Qualify Verdict Sentencing. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

Espinoza, R. K. E., & Hunt, J. S. (2003). Reliability and Validity of the Prejudice Against Hispanics and Prejudice Against Asians Scales. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Espinoza, R.K.E., & Willis Esqueda, C. (2002). The Effects of Ethnicity, SES, and Stereotypical-Congruent or Stereotypical-Incongruent Crimes on Juror Decision Making. Paper presented at the American Psychology and Law Society Conference, Austin, TX.

Espinoza, R.K.E., & Hunt, J. S., (2002). The Development of Scales Measuring Prejudice Against Hispanics and Asians. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

Hunt, J. S., Oja, M., Espinoza, R.K.E., Lefler, E., Fredrick, J., Freng, S., & Hoefker, A. (2002). The Effects of Individuating Information on Stereotype Activation. Poster presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Savannah, GA.

Espinoza, R.K.E. (2001). SES, Optimism, and Social Support Systems: A Cross-Cultural Study on Expectations About Counseling. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.