Summary
My research interests include psychology and law, plea bargaining, false confessions and sentencing disparity.
Education
- M.A.Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Reno
- B.S. Psychology, Iowa State University
- B.A. Criminal Justice, Iowa State University
Research experience
ISU Psychology and Law Lab, Gary Wells: Undergraduate research assistant, 2013-2015
- Confederate role
- Data collection/entry
Publications
Manuscripts Under Review
- Prager, N.W., Berthelot, E.R., and Etopio, A.L., “Is there a Double Stigma for Mentally Ill persons of Color? An Examination of the Relationship between Race and Mental Health Diagnoses on Sentencing Outcomes,” Under review at the Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling.
Working papers
- Berthelot, E.R., Prager, N.W., and Jones, J.D., “Punishing Recovery: The Relationship between Substance Abuse and Treatment on Sentencing Outcomes.”
Presentations and invited lectures
- “Is there a Double Stigma for Mentally Ill persons of Color? An Examination of the Relationship between Race and Mental Health Diagnoses on Sentencing Outcomes”, presented at the annual meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, February, 2018
- “Punishing Recovery: The Relationship between Substance Abuse and Treatment on Sentencing Outcomes”, Pending presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, 2018
Honors and awards
- Highest 2% Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2011
Top 2% GPA Sophomore year in the college of Liberal arts and Sciences - First Place, UNR Criminal Justice Ethics Poster Competition, 2017
Languages
- English: Native Language
- German: Intermediate Listener, Speaker, Reading and Writing
- Russian: Intermediate Listener, Speaker, Reading and Writing