Biography
Jen Perillo, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology and Law from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 2013. After obtaining her degree, Dr. Perillo served as an Assistant Professor at Winston-Salem State University where she earned a Certificate of Distinction for Junior Faculty. Afterward, Dr. Perillo served as an Associate Professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty at UNM in 2022.
Dr. Perillo holds several leadership positions in the field of psychology and law, including serving as an associate editor for the leading psychology and law journal, Law and Human Behavior, and serving as Treasurer for the leading psychology and law organization, the American Psychology-Law Society.
Areas of Specialty
Legal decision-making and bias
Police interviewing and interrogation
Diversion and deflection
Legal system outcomes
Diversity considerations within the legal system
Gender
Female
Research and Scholarship
Perillo, J. T., Sykes, R. B., Bennett, S. A., & Reardon, M. C. (2023). Examining the consequences of dehumanization and adultification in justification of police use of force against Black girls and boys. Law and Human Behavior, 47(1), 36-52. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000521
McAuliff, B. D., Fessinger, M. B., Perillo, A. D., & Perillo, J. T. (2023). Psychology and law, meet open science. In D. DeMatteo & K. C. Scherr (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of psychology and law (pp. 71-156). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197649138.001.0001
Henry, A. P., Perillo, A. D., Reitz-Kruger, C. L., & Perillo, J. T. (2022). Reflecting the times? Reexamining the effect of alcohol intoxication on perceptions of campus sexual assault. Violence Against Women, 28(1), 49-72. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012211005559
Perillo, J. T., Perillo, A. D., Despodova, N., & Kovera, M. B. (2021). Testing the waters: An investigation of the impact of hot tubbing on experts from referral through testimony. Law and Human Behavior, 45(3), 229-242. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000446