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EDUCATION:
- Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Minnesota
- M.B.A., Simmons College, Graduate School of Management Business Administration
- B.S, Psychology, University of Washington
CURRENT COURSE OFFERINGS:
- PS101: Introductory Psychology An introduction to Psychology with a critical
perspective. Students will learn not only the traditional subject matter of the broad
field of psychology but will be exposed to the critical controversy today over what
comprises real science in Psychology and what is only "junk science".
- PS 504: Psychology and the Law History of forensic psychology, legal and medical
competency, legal and medical insanity, validity and reliability of diagnostic categories
of mental disorders, validity and reliability of main psychological tests, the education
and training of the forensic psychologist, therapeutic practices in courtroom cases, the
psychological construction of the child, research on children in legal situations,
repression and recovered memory cases, psychological injuries, disabilities and civil
rights, legal criteria for expert witness testimony.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Psychology and the Law: areas of psychological research that is of use to the
triers-of-fact in legal cases like eye witness testimony, memory, the suggestibility of
children, biasing of potential juries through media coverage, etc., as well as research
that differentiates between solid scientific psychology and junk science psychology in
order that our courts will be better informed about the difference.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
- Whores of the Court: The Fraud of Psychiatric Testimony and the Rape of American
Justice. 1997. New York: ReganBooks (HarperCollins).
PRIOR PUBLICATIONS:
- Hagen, M.A. (1986) Varieties of Realism: Geometries of Representational Art.
New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Hagen, M.A. (Ed.) (1980) The Perception of Pictures I: Alberti's Window : The
Projective Model of Pictures. New York: Academic Press.
- Hagen, M.A. (Ed.) (1981) The Perception of Pictures II: Durer's Devices : Beyond The
Projective Model of Pictures. New York: Academic Press.
- (These books can be found at Amazon.com.)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- American Psychological Society
- American Psychology-Law Society
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