Lab Presentations
2006
Grossheim, J. A. & MacLin, M. K. (April, 2006). Aesthetic preferences: The effects of symmetry and figure-ground contrast. Poster accepted for presentation to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Conference. Cedar Falls, IA.
2005
Baker, L. A., Vickroy, L. M., Hitlan, R. T., MacLin, O. H., DeSoto, M. C., Williams, J. E., & MacLin, M. K. (March, 2005). The effects of appearance on perceptions of sexual harassment. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society, La Jolla, CA. CSBS Undergraduate Research Award Winner.
Bowers, S. & Jepsen, L. K., MacLin, M. K. (March, 2005). The value of life: Insight from forensic economics and links to psychology. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society convention, La Jolla, CA. CSBS Undergraduate Research Award Winner.
Fisher, B. J., Shaw, S., Frommelt, A., and MacLin, M. K. (March, 2005). Hate the sin, love the sinner? The effect of child sex abuse history on perceptions of sex offenders. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society, La Jolla, CA. CSBS Undergraduate Research Award Winner.
Juntunen, B. & MacLin, M. K. (March, 2005). The boomerang bias: How instructions to disregard influences “jurors” to go against the evidence. Poster accepted for presentation at the American Psychology-Law Society convention, La Jolla, CA.
Mitchell, J. M., MacLin, M. K., & MacLin, O. H. (March, 2005). How race of suspect and quality of composite drawings affect the number of possible suspects generated. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society, La Jolla, CA.
Mitchell, T. & MacLin, M. K. (March, 2005). The presence and influence of criminal stereotypes on decision making. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society convention, La Jolla, CA.
Frommelt, A., Shaw, S., & MacLin, M. K. (March, 2005). Identifying suspects from other’s descriptions: The America’s Most Wanted effect. Poster presented at the American Psychology and Law Society, La Jolla, CA. CSBS Undergraduate Research Award Winner.
Shaw, S., Thompson, W., MacLin, M. K., & Maddox, K. (March, 2005). Appearance and crime: The effect of skin tone on criminality. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society, La Jolla, CA. CSBS Undergraduate Research Award Winner.
2004
Bowers, S. R. & MacLin, M. K. (March, 2004). The criminal: Stereotype vs. reality. Poster presented at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Student Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA. CSBS Undergraduate Research Award Winner.
Bowers, S. R. & MacLin, M. K. (March, 2004). Stereotypes of criminals: Where do they come from? Poster presented at the American Psychological Society conference, Chicago, IL.
Bowers, S. R. & MacLin, M. K. (March, 2004). Sources of criminal stereotypes and perceptions of the criminal. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
Strey, B., Hansen, B., Shaw, S., Hartzell, A., & MacLin, M. K. (April, 2004). The school shooter: What makes him different from other violent juveniles? Poster presented at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Student Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA.
Dupont, K., Sauceda, D., Fisher, B., Frommelt, A., Hartzell, A., & MacLin, M. K. (April, 2004). The reliability and validity of profiling motive in homicide cases. Poster presented at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Student Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA.
Shaw, S., MacLin, M. K., & Maddox, K. (March, 2004). The effects of skin tone on judgments of criminality. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
Shaw, S., Hall, S., Hartzell, A., Sauceda, D., MacLin, M. K., & Maddox, K. (April, 2004). The effects of skin tone on judgments of criminality: The darker the badder?. Poster presented at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Student Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA. CSBS Undergraduate Research Award Winner
Shaw, S., Hartzell, A., Hall, S., Sauceda, D., MacLin, M. K., & Maddox, K. (June, 2004). The link between skin tone, criminal stereotypes, and crime characteristics. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society conference, Chicago, IL.
Tapscott, R., MacLin, M. K., & MacLin, O. H. (June, 2004). How media portrayals of accused persons affect people’s perceptions. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society conference, Chicago, IL.
Waack, B., Sauceda, D., Frommelt, A., Hall, S., & MacLin, M. K. (May, 2004). Criminal appearance stereotypes: The police perspective. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society convention, Chicago, IL.
Waack, B., Sauceda, D., Frommelt, A., Hall, S., & MacLin, M. K. (April, 2004). Facial features and crime type: Is criminality written on the face?. Poster presented at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Student Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA.
2003
MacLin, M. K., Waack, B., & Peterson, H. (October, 2003). Criminal appearance stereotypes: Personality traits, facial features and crime type. Legal Psychology Program and International Forensic Research Institute at Florida International University Symposium, Miami, FL.
Daugherty, D., MacLin, M. K., Cooley, B., Strauss, B., & MacLin, O. H. (October, 2003). How reliable are ‘reliable’ witnesses? Paper presented at the Midwest Criminal Justice Association, Chicago, IL.
Dupont, K., & MacLin, K. (October, 2003). Crime scene evidence and motive: Links and predictive value. Paper presented at the Midwest Criminal Justice Association, Chicago, IL.
Strey, E.R., MacLin, M.K.(October, 2003). Indicators of school violence. Paper presented at the Midwest Criminal Justice Association, Chicago, IL.
Waack, B., Peterson, H. C., & MacLin, M. K. (October, 2003). Criminal appearance stereotypes. Paper presented at the Midwest Criminal Justice Association, Chicago, IL.
Bowers, S. R. & MacLin, M. K. (October, 2003). Sources of criminal stereotypes. Paper presented at the Midwest Criminal Justice Association, Chicago, IL.
Dupont, K., & MacLin, K. (April, 2003). Evaluation of current criminal classification systems through post-dictive analysis. Paper presented at the 10th Annual University of Northern Iowa Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA.
Anderson, A., Garcia, D., MacLin, M. K., & MacLin, O. H. (April, 2003). Alias use among inmates: Gender, race, and seriousness of crime. Paper presented at the 10th Annual University of Northern Iowa Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA.
Strey, E.R., MacLin, M.K.(April, 2003). Construction of the Juvenile Assessment Inventory. Poster presented at the 10th Annual University of Northern Iowa Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA
Waack, B., Peterson, H. C., & MacLin, M. K. (April, 2003). What do I look like to you...A criminal? Poster presented at The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA. CSBS Undergraduate Research Award Winner. Outstanding Poster Award.
Bowers, S. R. & MacLin, M. K. (April, 2003). Formation of criminal stereotypes and the perceptions of criminals. Presented at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Berns, J. L. & MacLin, M. K. (April, 2003). Linking facial attractiveness to physical health: A review of the literature. Poster presented at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Peterson, H. C., Waack, B., & MacLin, M. K. (April, 2003). Who do you think I am...A criminal? Poster presented at The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA. CSBS Undergraduate Research Award Winner.
2002
MacLin, M. K., MacLin, O. H., & Kehl, J. (June, 2002). Deciphering open-ended comments from student evaluations: Using TextSmart to derive useful information. Poster presented in the Teaching Exchange at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA.
Downs, C. & MacLin, M. K. (June, 2002). The effects of defendant demeanor, facial expressions, and remorse on jury decision-making. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA.
Juntunen, B. & MacLin, M. K. (June, 2002). The ability of jurors to disregard information that could effect the decision making process. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA.
Willard, J. & MacLin, M. K. (June, 2002). Using suspicion in judicial instructions as a remedy for the biasing effects of pretrial publicity. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA.
Downs, C. & MacLin, M. K. (June, 2002). The effects of defendant demeanor, facial expressions, and remorse on jury decision-making. Poster presented at the 9th Annual CSBS Undergraduate Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA. CSBS Undergraduate Research Award Winner
Willard, J. & MacLin, M. K. (June, 2002). Using suspicion in judicial instructions as a remedy for the biasing effects of pretrial publicity. Poster presented at the 9th Annual CSBS Undergraduate Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA. CSBS Undergraduate Research Award Winner
MacLin, M. K., Malpass, R. S., Herrera, V., & Juntunen, B. (March, 2002). Criminality schemas: Methodological Implications for eyewitness identification. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Austin, TX.