Rachel Greenspan, PH.D.

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies

Dr. Rachel Leigh Greenspan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies at the University of Mississippi. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Dr. Greenspan's research is characterized by an applied, interdisciplinary, and multi-method approach. Her main research interests focus on the intersection of psychology, criminal justice, and the law exploring the development and downstream consequences of memory errors, particularly in the criminal legal system. Dr. Greenspan also studies questions related to research design and how social scientists design, conduct, and report on the results of their research.

Gender Studies -Related Research Interests:  Exploring patterns in gender, race, and career status of authors in social science journal articles