Miko Wilford

Miko M. Wilford is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Iowa State University whose research focuses on eyewitness identification, learning and memory, and legal decision-making.[1] She is the Principal Investigator of the Psycho-Legal Experiments and Applications lab and has served as a trial consultant for cases concerning eyewitness misidentification and false guilty pleas.

Biography

Before graduating from the doctoral program at Iowa State University, Wilford 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. Wilford received her Ph.D. from Iowa State University under the advisement of Gary L. Wells and Jason C.K. Chan. Her graduate research was funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) and an American Psychology–Law Society Dissertation Award.[2]

Prior to joining the faculty at Iowa State, Wilford was a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts–Lowell.[3]

Research

Wilford conducts research on false guilty pleas, eyewitness misidentification, plea bargains, and learning and memory.[1][4][5] She completed a multi-phase project that helped examine factors that lead to the acceptance of plea bargains from adults and juveniles.[6] This project involved creating computer simulation software to study plea decision-making.

Awards

Wilford has received numerous awards including an National Science Foundation CAREER Award,[7][8] the Association of Psychological Science Rising Star,[9] 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.

Representative publications

  • Wilford, M. M., Chan, J. C., & Tuhn, S. J. (2014). Retrieval enhances eyewitness suggestibility to misinformation in free and cued recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 20(1), 81–93. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000001
  • Wilford, M. M., Sutherland, K. T., Gonzales, J. E., & Rabinovich, M. (2021). Guilt status influences plea outcomes beyond the shadow-of-the-trial in an interactive simulation of legal procedures. Law and Human Behavior, 45(4), 271–286. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000450
  • Wilford, M. M., Wells, G. L., & Frazier, A. (2021). Plea-bargaining law: The impact of innocence, trial penalty, and conviction probability on plea outcomes. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 46, 554-575. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-020-09564-y

Miko M. Wilford publications indexed by Google Scholar

References

  1. ^ a b "Dr. Miko Wilford". psychology.iastate.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  2. ^ "The American Psychology-Law Society - Dissertation Awards". ap-ls.org. 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  3. ^ "Miko M. Wilford". The Conversation. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  4. ^ 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. ^ "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. ^ "Home". Miko M. Wilford. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Psychological Scientists Recognized With NSF Early-Career Awards". APS Observer. 32. 2019-09-25.
  9. ^ "APS Rising Stars". member.psychologicalscience.org. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
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