Riley Davis, an advanced doctoral student in her final year before internship, successfully defended her dissertation this week. Riley was an active member of Dr. Ashley Batastini’s Correctional & Forensic Psychology Lab before Dr. Batastini took a position at the University of Memphis, and Dr. Batastini has continued to supervise Riley’s dissertation work. Riley’s dissertation, “Race, risk, and confinement: An examination of offender race on post-conviction placement and mandated treatment decisions within the context of an actuarial violence risk assessment,” was an ambitious study on which Riley did an outstanding job. After finalizing her dissertation for submission to the Graduate School, Riley is looking forward to submitting it for publication.

Congratulations to Riley on an impressive defense and on completing this important milestone!

Tags: culture, forensic psychology