10 Awesome Forensic Psychology Professors on Twitter

Dr. Michael Brookes, OBE, is a professor within the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University in Great Britain, where he serves as the forensic psychology program director. He previously served as the director of therapeutic communities at Grendon, Europe’s only therapeutic community prison. Dr. Brookes is also a consultant chartered and registered forensic psychologist and was given the Order of the British Empire honor and designation in 2013 for services to the country’s prison service and care of prisoners. His published work has appeared in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, including the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, the Prison Service Journal, and Crime, Media, Culture.

Dr. Judy Ho is a licensed clinical psychologist, a two-time board diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology and the National Board of Forensic Evaluators, and a tenured associate professor of psychology at Pepperdine University. She conducts neuropsychological and forensic evaluations and delivers evidence-based therapies to youth and adults. Her CREATE lab hosts her program of research aimed at improving mental health service delivery and outcomes for ethnically diverse youth populations in low-income community settings. It also focuses on exploring creative, innovative interventions to better engage clients in the therapeutic process and to reduce stigma to professional mental health care. Dr. Ho has also shared expert commentary on a wide array of television programs, including The Doctors where she is currently a guest co-host, Crime Watch Daily, Dr. Drew On Call, CNN Tonight, and others. Dr. Ho pursues her media consultant work with the goal of providing information to the general public about psychological issues in daily life and quality mental health care, and to reduce stigma towards mentally ill individuals.

Dr. Casey Jordan is an attorney, criminologist and a professor within the Division of Justice & Law Administration at Western Connecticut State University, where she has worked since 1991. She spent a decade teaching in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, as well as serving as an adjunct professor at Iona College, Queens College, and St. Joseph’s College in New York throughout the 1990s. Dr. Jordan has contributed to more than 1,000 television stories on crime and legal issues, and has appeared on news and legal commentary programs including CBS’s The Early Show, Good Morning America, 48 Hours Mystery, ABC’s 20/20, CNN American Morning , Larry King Live, The O’Reilly Factor, Anderson Cooper 360, and Nancy Grace.

Dr. Margaret Bull Kovera is a presidential scholar and professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where she focuses her research on jury decision-making, scientific evidence, and eyewitness identification. As a social psychologist, Dr. Kovera’s research has been published in a number of journals, such asLaw and Human Behavior, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, Applied Cognitive Psychology , and Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Dr. Kovera previously served as the president of the American Psychology-Law Society, and she currently works as the editor-in-chief of Law and Human Behavior. Along with her academic pursuits, she regularly serves as a jury consultant and an expert witness to discuss the reliability of eyewitness identification. Her eyewitness research has received more than $2 million over 20 years from the National Science Foundation.

At John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Dr. Kevin L. Nadal serves as a full tenured professor within the psychology department. He also teaches in the Department of Critical Social/Personality Psychology, a position he has held for nearly a decade. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Nadal is a counseling psychologist and has published seven books, including Microaggressions and Traumatic Stress: Theory, Research, and Clinical Treatment ; That’s So Gay! Microaggressions and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community ; and The Sage Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender. He has received a wide array of awards, including the Rising Star Award from the National Multicultural Conference and Summit in 2017, as well as the Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest from the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Katherine Ramsland is a psychology professor at DeSales University, where she helped create the forensic track. She has taught courses on forensic psychology, psychological sleuthing, dangerous minds, behavioral criminology, and survey of forensic science, and more. Throughout her career, Dr. Ramsland has published more than 1,000 articles, blogs, book chapters, and reviews, as well as about 60 books. She also serves as a blogger for Psychology Today and as a TV crime commentator for a variety of programs, including some focusing on serial killers and sensational trials.

Dr. Corine de Ruiter is a professor of forensic psychology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, where her research focuses on the relationship between mental disorders and violence, the development and prevention of antisocial behavior in youth, the treatment of antisocial behavior disorders in children and adults, and the assessment of risk for future violence, including domestic violence, sexual violence and child abuse. Her published work has appeared in many peer-reviewed journals including theJournal of Personality Assessment, theInternational Journal of Forensic Mental Health, and Psychology, Crime & Law. In addition, Dr. de Ruiter routinely contributes to national media in her country, and operates a private practice where she provides psychology services and professional training to social, health, and criminal justice agencies tasked with the assessment, management or treatment of individuals who present a risk to themselves or others. Occasionally, she assists law enforcement as well with interrogation strategies.

Dr. Ivory Achebe Toldson serves as a professor at Howard University, as well as the president of the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Negro Education. He is also the founding director of the Center for Research, Evaluation, Assessment, and Training in Education (CREATE LLC). In addition, Dr. Toldson has more than 60 publications, including four books and more than 150 research presentations in 36 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. His lectures have taken him to the Dominican Republic, Scotland, South Africa, Paris, and Barcelona. He has been featured on an array of television and radio programs, such as MSNBC, C-SPAN2 Books, NPR News, and more. Dr. Toldson was also appointed executive director of President Obama’s White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Dr. Graham Towl is a professor at the psychology department at Durham University, as well as a visiting clinical professor at Newcastle University. Prior to becoming part of academia, he was psychologist in the British prison system, and he became an expert on deaths in state custody at prisons and hospitals. His current areas of research include mental health, particularly in the focus of prison suicide, as well as risk assessment, professionalism and ethics, and interventions with offenders. Dr. Towl has authored several books and articles, including Suicide in Prisons: Prisoners' Lives Matter, the Dictionary of Forensic Psychology, and Preventing Self-injury and Suicide in Women’s Prisons. He also serves as a council member of the Health and Care Professions Council, which is the statutory regulator for 16 health and care professions in Great Britain. He was the recipient of the British Psychological Society Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Practice and Forensic Academic Knowledge.