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March 19, 2010NU | UNL | UNMC | UNO | UNK | IANR 

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Public Policy Center Research Specialist and manager of the Gambler's Assistance Program Evaluation project,
Dr. Juan Paulo Ramirez, was called upon by a reporter for the Santiago Times as a source of information on gambling and the consequences of a gambling addiction. The Santiago Times has been Chile's most important English language newspaper for the past 20 years. To read the full article view our In The News page or CLICK HERE.

Name: Brian Bornstein
E-Mail: bbornstein2@unl.edu
Phone: 472-3743


Brian Bornstein is Professor of Psychology and Courtesy Professor of Law at UNL. He started at the university in 2000. He is a member of the Law-Psychology, Social, and Cognitive psychology programs. He has served as Interim Director of the Social-Personality and Law-Psychology programs and is presently Associate Director of the Law-Psychology program. Dr. Bornstein teaches courses on human memory, psychology and law, decision making, and history of psychology at the graduate and undergraduate levels. His latest book (co-authored with Monica Miller) is on juries and religion; it will be published by Oxford University Press, probably in early 2009.

Please visit psycweb.unl.edu/psylaw/documents/brian_bornstein.htm for more information about Dr. Borntein.

Education

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Psychology, 1991
M.L.S., University of Nebraska, 2001

Areas of Interest

Dr. Bornstein's research focuses primarily on how juries, especially in civil cases, make decisions, and the reliability of eyewitness memory. Additional areas of interest are in applying decision-making principles to everyday judgment tasks, as in medical decision making and distributive justice.

Projects

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