Dr. Kathleen Hart

• PhD from Virginia Tech
• Board Certified Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology  
• Examiner for the American Board of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
• Reviewer for Journal of Child Psychopathology
• Member of the Board of the American Board of Professional Psychology Foundation

Teaching

Classes regularly taught:

• Brain and Behavior (UG)
• Psychology and Law (UG)
• Assessment III: Cognitive (Grad)
• Child and Adolescent Assessment (Grad)
• Forensic Psychology (Grad)
• Supervisor of assessment at PSC (grad)

Research interests

• Competence to Stand Trial in Juvenile Court
• Amenability for Rehabilitation/Transfer to Adult Court
• Factors related to false confession
• Malingering/Inconsistent test performance

Representative publications, mentored presentations, and/or dissertations chaired

Recent publications:

Thomas, P., & Hart, K.J. (in press). Third-party perceptions of intimate partner violence victimization in men. Psychology of Men and Masculinities.

Upcoming/Recent presentations:

Lukas, H., Hart, K.J., Miselem, N., Wolen, R., & Koeller, L. (2022, November 17-19). The utility of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) in the evaluation of college students referred for ADHD/LD evaluations: Implications for cut-off scores and trial administration. [Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Association of Behavior and Cognitive Therapies. New York City, NY.

Abrams, M., Hart, K.J., Bassil, N., & Koeller, L. (2022, March 17-19). The role of race in perceptions of interrogations and confessions. [Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society. Denver, CO.

Hart, K.J., Wolen, R., May, P., & Gaskell, M. (2021, November). Revising the Inventory of Legal Knowledge (ILK) to improve detection of honest responders with neurological impairment. [Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Association of Behavior and Cognitive Therapies. (virtual meeting)

Expertise

Child Clinical Neuropsychology/Forensic Assessment

Professional Interests

Research Interests: Evaluation of Juveniles, Legal Abilities, Malingering of Cognitive Disorders and Legal Abilities, Personality Characteristics of Juvenile delinquents