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Brian Bornstein is Director of the UNL Law-Psychology program. He is Professor of Psychology and Courtesy Professor of Law. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991 and a Master of Legal Studies from the University of Nebraska in 2001. Dr. Bornstein’s research efforts focus primarily on how juries, especially in civil cases, make decisions, and the reliability of eyewitness memory. Additional areas of focus are in applying decision-making principles to everyday judgment tasks, as in medical decision making and distributive and procedural justice. At the Law College he teaches courses on eyewitness testimony and jury decision making. His latest books are Stress, Trauma, and Wellbeing in the Legal System (Oxford University Press, 2013) and Justice, Conflict and Wellbeing (Springer Publishing, 2014). He is currently writing a book on jury myths and reform efforts (anticipated publication 2016). He is co-editor of the NYU Press Psychology & Crime book series and the Springer Advances in Psychology & Law book series.