Miko Wilford

Miko Wilford is a tenured associate professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts and a tenured associate professor of psychology at Iowa State University with research focused on eyewitness identification, learning and memory, and legal decision-making.[1] She is a P.I.[clarification needed] of the Psycho-Legal Experiments and Applications and developed a computer simulation software to study plea decision-making[2] Outside of academia, she is a trial consultant for cases concerning eyewitness misidentification and false guilty pleas

Education

Before graduating from the doctoral program at Iowa State University, she received her master's and bachelor's degrees at the same university. She graduated magna cum laude with honors with a bachelor of science degree in Psychology and a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science with a minor in Applied Statistics[3] Wilford received her Ph.D. from Iowa State University under the advisement of Gary L. Wells and Jason C.K. Chan.

Career

Wilford's career started while she attended graduate school at Iowa State University. She consulted on many papers on forensic science and plea bargaining under her advisors.[4][5][6] She has previously consulted on trial cases involving false guilty pleas and eyewitness misidentification. Due to her background, she hosted a webinar in 2024 at the UCI Center for Psychology and Law called " Aiming to PLEAS: how the legal system creates offers you cannot refuse".[7] She is currently employed as an associate professor of psychology at Iowa State University and the University of Massachusetts. Along with her job as a professor, she is a trial consultant.

Research

Wilford began conducting research in graduate school under her advisors Gary L. Wells Ph.D. and Jason C.K. Chan Ph.D. She has multiple research studies on false guilty pleas, eyewitness misidentification, plea bargains, and learning and memory.[1][4][5] She completed a multi-phase project that helped examine the factors that led to the acceptance of plea bargains from adults and juveniles.[2] This project is her well-known computer simulation software which she received a grant to complete.

Awards and grants

Wilford has received numerous awards including the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award,[8] the Association of Psychology Science Rising Star,[9] the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow,[10] American Psychology-Law Dissertation Award,[11] Lloyd Avant Scholars Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Psychology, American Psychology-Law Society Student Section "Legal Research" Award, Graduate College Research Excellence Award, Exceptional Undergraduate Mentoring Award.[3] She received her National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship during her doctoral pursuit.[3]

Publications

Miko Wilford has previously been published in Law and Human Behavior[12]; Psychology, Public Policy, and Law[13]; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied[14][15]; and the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition[16]. Before her publications in these journals, she co-published many articles with her advisors, Gary L. Wells Ph.D. and Jason C.K. Chan Ph.D., in journals such as the Journal of Applied Research,[4] the Journal of Eyewitness Identification,[5] the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied,[6] and the Journal of Memory and Language.[17]

Current work

Miko Wilford is currently working as an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts and an associate professor at Iowa State University. She created a software simulation that analyzes plea-making decisions.[2] This software is intended for research and educational purposes.

References

  1. ^ a b "Dr. Miko Wilford". psychology.iastate.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  2. ^ a b c "Home". Miko M. Wilford. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  3. ^ a b c Wilford, Miko (2024-09-30). "Rearchgate-Miko Wilford".
  4. ^ a b c Wells, Gary L.; Wilford, Miko M.; Smalarz, Laura (March 2013). "Forensic science testing: The forensic filler-control method for controlling contextual bias, estimating error rates, and calibrating analysts' reports". Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 2 (1): 53–55. doi:10.1016/j.jarmac.2013.01.004. ISSN 2211-369X.
  5. ^ a b c "System Variables", The Psychology of Eyewitness Identification, Psychology Press, pp. 125–178, 2012-04-27, doi:10.4324/9780203103937-9 (inactive 14 December 2024), ISBN 978-0-203-10393-7, retrieved 2024-10-21{{citation}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2024 (link)
  6. ^ a b Wilford, Miko M.; Chan, Jason C. K.; Tuhn, Sam J. (March 2014). "Retrieval enhances eyewitness suggestibility to misinformation in free and cued recall". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 20 (1): 81–93. doi:10.1037/xap0000001. ISSN 1939-2192. PMID 24000960.
  7. ^ "Aiming to PLEAS: How the Legal System Creates Offers You Cannot Refuse | School of Social Ecology". socialecology.uci.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  8. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 2348375 - CAREER: A system of pleas: Using a role-playing simulation to test plea decision models". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  9. ^ "APS Rising Stars". member.psychologicalscience.org. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  10. ^ "GRFP Error". www.research.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  11. ^ "The American Psychology-Law Society - Dissertation Awards". ap-ls.org. 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  12. ^ Quinlivan, Deah S.; Wells, Gary L.; Neuschatz, Jeffrey S. (2010). "Is Manipulative Intent Necessary to Mitigate the Eyewitness Post-Identification Feedback Effect?". Law and Human Behavior. 34 (3): 186–197. doi:10.1007/s10979-009-9179-7. ISSN 0147-7307. JSTOR 40785175. PMID 19399600.
  13. ^ Wilford, M.M.; Redlich, A.D. (2018). "Deciphering the Guilty Plea: Where Research Can Inform Policy". Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. 24 (2): 145–146. doi:10.1037/law0000169 – via APA PsycNet.
  14. ^ Wilford, Miko M.; Zimmerman, David M.; Yan, Shi; Sutherland, Kelly T. (December 2021). "Innocence in the shadow of COVID-19: Plea decision making during a pandemic". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 27 (4): 739–750. doi:10.1037/xap0000367. ISSN 1939-2192. PMID 34138621.
  15. ^ Wilford, Miko M.; Chan, Jason C. K.; Tuhn, Sam J. (March 2014). "Retrieval enhances eyewitness suggestibility to misinformation in free and cued recall". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 20 (1): 81–93. doi:10.1037/xap0000001. ISSN 1939-2192. PMID 24000960.
  16. ^ Davis, Sara D.; Chan, Jason C.K.; Wilford, Miko M. (December 2017). "The dark side of interpolated testing: Frequent switching between retrieval and encoding impairs new learning". Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 6 (4): 434–441. doi:10.1016/j.jarmac.2017.07.002. ISSN 2211-369X.
  17. ^ Chan, Jason C.K.; Wilford, Miko M.; Hughes, Katharine L. (July 2012). "Retrieval can increase or decrease suggestibility depending on how memory is tested: The importance of source complexity". Journal of Memory and Language. 67 (1): 78–85. doi:10.1016/j.jml.2012.02.006. ISSN 0749-596X.