Dr. Peter Miene

		Professor Interim Associate Dean College of Liberal Arts Education • PhD Social Psychology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities • BA Psychology, University of Kansas-Lawrence

Dr. Miene is interested in social psychology such as stereotypes and prejudice as well as psychology and law, specifically eyewitnesses and jury decision making.

He teaches the following courses:

• PSY 325 Social Psychology
• PSY 330 Psychology and the Law
• PSY 420 Abnormal Psychology
• PSY 430 Forensic Psychology
• PSY 434 History & Systems of Psychology

Supervised Student Research

Dr. Miene has supervised several undergraduate research projects including the following:

• Nelson, H. & Miene, P. (May, 2000). Physical descriptions and mugbook identification accuracy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.
• Tessmer, S. (May, 1999). Battering relationships and the self-defense justification. Paper presented at the Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
• Vorndran, E. (May, 1999). Pretrial publicity and the need for cognition: Can jurors be selected despite what they hear? Honor's thesis presented at the Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
• Boden, L., Liew, W. (August, 1998). An examination of stereotypes of the disabled in three cultures. Paper presented at the Psi Chi Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.
• Nus, E. (April, 1998). The effects of instructions and self-esteem on helping-seeking behavior. Paper presented at the Undergraduate Psychology Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison.