Lauren Stornelli, Ph.D.

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Assistant Professor

Psychology and Sociology Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Education

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, University of North Dakota
M.A., Forensic and Legal Psychology, Roger Williams University
B.A., Psychology and Spanish, Westfield State University

About Lauren

Dr. Lauren Stornelli is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of New Haven. Her research focuses on the intersection of psychology and the law, with a particular emphasis on jurors’ perceptions of evidence, focusing on technologically based evidence (surveillance photos and videos, smart home audio recordings).

Currently, Dr. Stornelli’s current research examines how jurors perceive identifications from surveillance evidence. She investigates how jurors interpret these non-eyewitness identifications and the extent to which such evidence influences their verdict decisions.

In addition to this, Dr. Stornelli investigates juror’s emotions when presented with different forms of evidence. Her work aims to assess how specific emotions, such as disgust and surprise, affect jurors’ decision-making processes.

News and In the Media

In the Media

Lauren Stornelli, an assistant professor of psychology, discusses the gaming platform Roblox rolling out new safety features designed to help protect children.

In the Media

Lauren Stornelli, an assistant professor of psychology, comments on the importance of having a coordinated approach for introducing a police presence in schools, following a proposal to have school resource officers in New Haven middle schools.

In the Media

Lauren Stornelli, an assistant professor of psychology, comments on the psychological reasoning behind rubbernecking while driving.