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Jamie S. Hughes is a member of the doctoral faculty in Applied Psychology at Fielding Graduate University. She is a social psychologist with interests in moral psychology, attribution and person perception, stereotyping and prejudice, and teaching and learning pedagogy. She has over 10 years of experience teaching, supervising students, and conducting quantitative research.

Dr. Hughes' research has revealed how attributions about authority figures such as police, teachers, and governments shape beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. Further, her work on inferences about juvenile and adult offenders has helped elucidate biased attitudes toward incarcerated people. She also studies moral beliefs as they apply to attributions about relationship partners and decision-making in courtroom settings.

Dr. Hughes is an advocate for scientific transparency and open science. She has worked closely with LGBTQIA groups to increase community and campus belongingness, has advocated for criminal justice reform, and is interested in issues related to intersectionality, power, and privilege.