Victoria Estrada-Reynolds, Ph.D.

Biography

Victoria Estrada-Reynolds, Ph.D., is currently an Assistant Professor at King’s College. She earned her B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from the University of Texas-El Paso and her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Wyoming. Prior to King’s, she held an Assistant Professor position at Stockton University in New Jersey. Broadly, her main area of research centers around racial/ethnic prejudice and decision-making in a legal context. More specifically, she is interested in examining types of racial prejudice, ironic/unintended effects in prejudice research, and evaluating legal knowledge and beliefs.

Education

• B.A., Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice, University of Texas-El Paso
• M.A., Experimental Psychology, University of Texas-El Paso
• Ph.D., Psychology, University of Wyoming

Publications

• Estrada-Reynolds, V., Freng, S., Schweitzer, K., & Leki, E. (2023). Is all prejudice created equal? The role of modern and aversive racism in mock juror decisions. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 30(5), 579-599.
• Estrada-Reynolds, V., & Willis-Esqueda, C. (2023). Xenophobia, prejudice, stigma, and the COVID-19 pandemic. In M. Miller (Ed.), The social science of the COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action for researchers. (pp. 295-306). Oxford University Press.
• Willis-Esqueda, C., & Estrada-Reynolds, V. (2023). Inequality and the COVID-19 experience. In M. Miller (Ed.), The social science of the COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action for researchers. (pp. 307-321). Oxford University Press.
• Freng, S., Schweitzer, K., Estrada-Reynolds, V., Leki, L., & Choi, S. (2022). Geographic distribution of prejudice towards African Americans: Applying the two-dimensional model. The Journal of Social Psychology, 162(2), 262-279.
• Reynolds, J. J., Estrada-Reynolds, V., McCrea, S. M., & Freng, S. (2021). Cheese it, it’s the fuzz: Testing the belief that guilt predicts police avoidance. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice, 16(1), 84-106.
• Yelderman, L. A., Estrada-Reynolds, V., & Lawrence, T. I. (2021). Release or denial: Evaluating the roles of emotion and risk in parole decisions. Psychological Reports, 125(4), 2088-2108.
• Agran, M., Root-Elledge, S., Moody, E., Ginn, H., & Estrada-Reynolds, V. (2020). Perceptions of service providers regarding the agency and capacity of people with intellectual disability to vote. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 55(1), 3-16.

CV / Website

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