LINDA J. DEMAINE, J.D., PH.D.
Arizona State University Sandra Day O Connor College of Law
P.O Box 877906 Tempe, AZ 85287 480-***-**** abpowo@r.postjobfree.com
PRIMARY RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Empirical analysis of law, legal procedure, and legal decision making
Application of psychological and legal perspectives to social issues
Ethical, legal and social issues deriving from advances in technology
Information campaigns and persuasion
EDUCATION
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ph.D., Social Psychology, 1999
Emphasis: Persuasion and Social Influence
Mentor: Dr. Robert B. Cialdini
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Arizona Regents Graduate Academic Scholar
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF LAW, J.D., 1993
Articles Editor, Arizona Law Review
Dean s List five of six semesters
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, B.A. summa cum laude, Psychology, 1990
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society
Arizona Regents Undergraduate Academic Scholar
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW
Professor of Law, 2008 - present
Associate Professor of Law, 2004 - 2008
Affiliate Professor of Psychology, 2004 - present
Founder and Director, Law and Psychology Graduate Program, 2005 - present
Courses Taught: Torts, Cults and Alternative Religions, Law and Psychology: Theory and
Methodology, Mental Health Law, Law and Psychology of Advertising
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Leadership Fellows Program, Spring and Fall 2011
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA FACULTY OF LAW/UNIVERSITAT AUT NOMA DE BARCELONA
FACULTY OF LAW
Visiting Scholar, Sept. 2010
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI I SCHOOL OF LAW
Visiting Scholar, June - Aug. 2006 and July 2008
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SCIENCE POLICY FELLOWSHIP, WASHINGTON, DC
Fellow, Sept. 2003 - Aug. 2004, Central Intelligence Agency, Behavioral Sciences Unit
Researched and advised the Agency on cross-cultural social influence, the formation and
change of fundamental beliefs and attitudes, and the psychology of self-sacrifice;
reviewed research proposals and commented on current projects.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP, WASHINGTON, DC
Fellow, Sept. 2002 - Aug. 2003, Senate Judiciary Committee
Advised on legislation relating to unsolicited bulk email, toxic torts, and other issues;
conducted FBI and DOJ oversight; performed background investigations on judicial
nominees.
RAND, SANTA MONICA, CA
Associate Policy Analyst, Jan. 2000 - Sept. 2002, Consultant, Sept. 2002 - Aug. 2004
Led and participated in research projects on a variety of issues, including the following:
The issuance of patents on genes and other slightly modified products of nature
Science-based substance abuse prevention in elementary and secondary schools
Binding arbitration clauses in consumer contracts
The law and psychology of deception in defense of national computer systems
The use of the military for domestic civil law enforcement (Posse Comitatus Act)
International reproductive rights and national population policies and laws
Summer Associate, May - Aug. 1997
Health Program
Designed experiments to test the impact of improved data on consumers choice of health
care plan; examined legal, political, ethical, and technical concerns associated with
providing decision support to individuals selecting a health plan.
Summer Associate, May - Aug. 1996
Institute for Civil Justice
Investigated the legal and psychological aspects of internal grievance procedures
available to members of California s largest HMOs.
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Teaching Assistant, Social Psychology, Jan. - July 1995
Laboratory Instructor, Research Methods, Aug. - Dec. 1994
PUBLICATIONS
Realizing the Potential of Instructions to Disregard (forthcoming chapter in MacArthur
Foundation Neuroscience and Law book on memory and the law to be published by
Oxford University Press)
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Navigating Policy by the Stars: The Influence of Celebrity Entertainers on Federal Lawmaking,
25 J. L. & POL. 83 (2009)
In Search of an Anti-Elephant: Confronting the Human Inability to Forget Inadmissible
Evidence, 16 GEORGE MASON L. REV. 99 (2008)
Playing Doctor with the Patient s Spouse: Alternative Conceptions of Health Professional
Liability, 14 VA. J. SOC. POL Y & L. 308 (2007)
THE CIVIL-MILITARY GAP IN THE UNITED STATES (RAND 2007) (with Thomas S. Szayna, Kevin
F. McCarthy, Jerry M. Sollinger, Jefferson P. Marquis & Brett Steele)
Process Dangers of Military Involvement in Civil Law Enforcement: Rectifying the Posse
Comitatus Act, 9 NYU J. LEGIS. & PUB. POL Y 167 (2006) (with Brian Rosen)
Managing Social Norms for Persuasive Impact, 1 SOC. INFLUENCE 3 (2006) (with Robert
Cialdini, Brad Sagarin, Daniel Barrett, Kelton Rhoads & Patricia Winter)
Volunteering to Arbitrate Through Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clauses: The Average
Consumer s Experience, 67 DUKE J.L. & CONTEMP. PROBS. 55 (2004) (with Deborah
Hensler)
Natural Substances and Patentable Inventions, 300 SCIENCE 1375 (2003) (with Aaron X.
Fellmeth)
Reinventing the Double Helix: A Novel and Nonobvious Reconceptualization of the
Biotechnology Patent, 55 STANFORD L. REV. 303 (2002) (with Aaron X. Fellmeth)
When Saying Yes Leads to Saying No: Preference for Consistency and the Reverse Foot-in-the-
Door Effect, 27 PERSONALITY & SOC. PSYCHOL. BULL. 859 (2001) (with Rosanna E.
Guadagno, Terrilee Asher & Robert Cialdini)
WORKS IN PROGRESS
The Poison Parasite Defense: Instilling Persistent Resistance to Persuasion (invited
resubmission to J. PERSONALITY & SOC. PSYCHOL.) (with Robert Cialdini, Daniel Barrett,
Brad Sagarin & Petia Petrova)
Seeing is Deceiving: The Tacit Deregulation of Deceptive Advertising Law
A Modern Theory of Deceptive Advertising
The Legal Regulation of Persuasion (with Robert Cialdini)
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Founding Editor, NYU PRESS PSYCHOLOGY OF LAW BOOK SERIES
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PRESENTATIONS
Government Regulation of Persuasion in the United States: Implications for Legal Claims
Resulting from Cultic Persuasion, International Cultic Studies Association Annual
Convention, Montreal, Canada (July 2012)
Seeing is Deceiving: The Tacit Deregulation of Deceptive Advertising Law, Law and Society
Association Annual Meeting, Oahu, HI (May 2012)
Celebrity Entertainers and American Federal Lawmaking, ATINER 8th Annual International
Conference on Law, Athens, Greece (July 2011)
Realizing the Potential of Instructions to Disregard, panel on juries, Law and Society
Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (June 2011)
Deceptive Imagery in Advertising, Chair of panel on the First Amendment, Law and Society
Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (May 2010)
Law and Memory Workshop. MacArthur Program in Neuroscience and the Law-University of
Arizona Mind, Brain and Society Program, Tucson, AZ (Jan. 2010)
Celebrity Entertainers as Societal Power Equalizers, Law and Society Association Annual
Meeting, Denver, CO (May 2009)
Crafting Effective Instructions to Disregard, Pima County Public Defender Office, Tucson, AZ
(May 2009)
Science-Based Persuasion for Leaders in Education, American Psychological Association
Education Leadership Conference, Washington, DC (Sept. 2008)
Discussant of Feldman, Y. & Tyler, T., Mandated Justice: The Potential Promise and Possible
Pitfalls of Mandating Procedural Justice. Third Annual Conference on Empirical Legal
Studies, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY (Sept. 2008)
Law and Psychology Workshop. Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, MO (Apr.
2008)
The Role of Physician Characteristics in the Medical Care Informed Consent Doctrine.
American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Jacksonville, FL (Mar. 2008)
Inadmissible Evidence and Instructions to Disregard. Council of 100, Arizona State University
College of Law (Feb. 2008)
Adventures in Advocacy: Training the Civic Scientist. American Psychological Association
Science Directorate and Board of Scientific Affairs Science Leadership Conference,
Washington, DC (Oct. 2007)
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Psychology s Role in Educating Other Professions. American Psychological Association
Education Leadership Conference, Washington, DC (Sept. 2007)
Law and Policy of Cults and Alternative Religions. Panel Chair, International Cultic Studies
Association Annual Convention, Brussels, Belgium (June 2007)
Storytelling as an Instructional Method: In Search of Theoretical and Empirical Foundations.
Workshop Participant, Air Force Research Laboratory, Mesa, AZ (Nov. 2006)
Pride or Prejudice: Indian Mascots and Imagery in the United States. Panel Moderator, Arizona
State University Sandra Day O Connor College of Law (Oct. 2006)
Abnormal Brains and Criminal Responsibility: Implications of Neuroscience for Criminal
Culpability and Sentencing. Panel Moderator, Arizona State University College of Law
(Apr. 2005)
Commentator on Dann, B. M., Hans, V. P., & Kaye, D. H. s: Testing the Effects of Selected Jury
Trial Innovations on Juror Comprehension of Contested mtDNA Evidence. Sixth
International Conference on Forensic Statistics, Arizona State University College of Law
(Mar. 2005)
Psychology at the CIA. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Honolulu,
Hawai i (Aug. 2004)
Increasing Psychologists Influence on Congressional Decision Making. American
Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Aug. 2003)
Reinventing the Double Helix: A Novel and Nonobvious Reconceptualization of the
Biotechnology Patent. Next Generation of Leaders in Science and Technology Policy
Symposium, Washington, DC (Nov. 2002) (with Aaron X. Fellmeth)
Only Another Forum?: Substituting Arbitration for the Courthouse in Consumer Disputes.
Coming Crisis in Mandatory Arbitration: New Perspectives and Possibilities Symposium,
Duke Law School (Oct. 2002)
The Psychology of Jury Decision-Making: Research on Punitive Damages. Institute for Civil
Justice Insurance Advisory Council, RAND, Santa Monica, CA (Aug. 2000)
The U.S. Substance Abuse Prevention Environment: An Analysis of the Mechanisms and Drivers
for Drug Prevention Funding and Decision Making. BEST Foundation; Conrad N.
Hilton Foundation. Los Angeles, CA (May 2000) (with Robin Meili & Phyllis Ellickson)
Counteradvertising as a Form of Prevention Intervention. Arizona State University Prevention
and Intervention Research Center (Sept. 1999) (with Robert Cialdini & Daniel Barrett)
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The Virus Thus Implanted in the Minds of the Jury is not so Easily Extracted : Inadmissible
Evidence and the Traditional Instruction to Disregard. RAND, Santa Monica, CA (May
1999)
Consumer Decision Making and Computerized Decision Support in the Context of Health Plan
Selection. RAND, Santa Monica, CA (Aug. 1997)
Member Grievance Procedures in California's Largest Health Maintenance Organizations.
RAND, Santa Monica, CA (Aug. 1996)
NATIONAL AND LOCAL COMMITTEES
American Psychological Association Working Group on Restrictions Affecting Diversity
Training in Graduate Education, 2011 - present
Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, High-Value Detainee
Interrogation Group Research Committee, 2010 - present
Judicial College of Arizona, Member, 2010 - 2012
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
ASU Tenure and Promotion Committee, Member, 2012 - 2014
ASU Leadership Development Initiative, Participant, 2009 - 2010
ASU President s Academic Council, Member, 2009 - 2012
ASU Law and Psychology Graduate Program, Founder and Director, 2005 - present
ASU College of Law, Curriculum Committee, Chair, 2008 - 2009
ASU College of Law Student Externship Program, Student Supervisor, 2005 - 2009
ASU College of Law Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Excellence, Member, 2006 - 2007
ASU College of Law, Appointments Committee, Member, 2005 - 2007
ASU Graduate Council, College of Law Delegate, 2004 - 2006
ASU College of Law, Admissions Committee, Member, 2004 - 2005
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
American Bar Association
Society for Empirical Legal Studies
Arizona Bar, Admitted Oct. 1993, No. 015027
MISCELLANEOUS
U.S. Government, Top Secret Clearance, Aug. 2004 - 2009
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