My research sits at the intersection of psychology and law, addressing how people evaluate and interact with legal actors. I bring together work on social identity as well as visual and cognitive attention, to address intergroup disparities at all stages of the legal process, from police stops to sentencing decisions. My central line of research explores how the manner in which people literally watch video evidence, as measured by eyetracking, can exaggerate an us-them divide in legal decision-making; I also test how visual interventions may be subtle and effective tools to combat bias. A second line of research explores the experience of procedural justice across development. In particular, I explore how adolescents interact with school-based police, and how these encounters shape their justice perceptions
