Faculty Profile for Dr. Angela Marie Jones

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Dr. Angela Marie Jones
Associate Professor — School of Criminal Justice & Criminology
HINE 108
phone: (512) 245-2174
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Dr. Angela Jones earned a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Graduate Center, City University of New York and is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Texas State University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of psychology and the legal system. She applies expertise in experimental and survey methodology to design studies assessing public perceptions of procedural justice concerning police and courts, as well as evaluations of unreliable evidence that could lead to wrongful convictions. She also evaluates methods to improve juror decision-making, such as instructions, expert testimony, and implicit bias training. Her research has been published in interdisciplinary journals such as Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal of Experimental Criminology, and Psychology, Crime and Law.

Teaching Interests

 Wrongful Convictions
Research Methods
Experimental Design

Research Interests

 Perceptions of police and the criminal justice system
Wrongful convictions
Juror and jury decision making
Pretrial publicity
Experimental and survey design

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Jones, A. M. (2025). Predicting the replicability of social and behavioural science claims in COVID-19 preprints. Nature Human Behaviour, 9, 287–304. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01961-1
  • Jones, A. M., & Roche, S. P. (2025). Introducing Item-Specific Formatting to Scales of Criminal Justice Attitudes: Evidence from a National Experiment. Justice Quarterly, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2025.2463414
  • Ruva, C. L., Sykes, E. C., Smith, K. D., Deaton, L. R., Erdem, S., & Jones, A. M. (2024). Battling Bias: Can Two Implicit Bias Remedies Reduce Juror Racial Bias? Psychology, Crime & Law, 30, 730–757. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2022.2115494
  • Fenimore, D., & Jones, A. M. (2024). What influences punitive responses? Examining the interaction between shared identity and crime severity. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 20, 519–540. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-022-09546-6
  • Roche, S. P., Jones, A. M., Hewitt, A. N., & Vaughan, A. D. (2024). Procedurally just policing and persons in behavioral crises: investigating public perceptions, stigma and emotion. Policing: An International Journal, 47(1), 126–142. https://doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-09-2023-0111

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Applied Arts, Texas State University. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly Activities, College of Applied Arts, Texas State University. 2017
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Professor Appreciation, Panhellenic Council. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: SAGE Junior Faculty Professional Development Teaching Award, The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. 2017 - 2018

Selected Grants

  • Jones, Angela Marie. What Do Texas Attorneys Know About Eyewitness Identifications and How Does This Evidence Impact Plea-Bargaining Decisions?, Divisions of Research Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: 2023, Funded: 2024 - Present). Grant.
  • Jones, Angela Marie (Principal). COVID-19 Replication Grant as part of COS effort in the SCORE program, Center for Open Science, Federal, $17400. (Funded: 2020). Grant.
  • Jones, Angela Marie, Roche, Sean Patrick. Criminology Replication Grant as part of COS effort in the SCORE program, Center for Open Science, Federal, $9310. (Funded: 2020). Grant.
  • Roche, Sean Patrick, Jones, Angela Marie. SurveyCaTS (Survey Consortium at Texas State), Texas State University, $4800. (Funded: August 2019 - June 2020). Grant.
  • Rodriguez, Kiara Daena, Jones, Angela Marie. What Do Texas Attorneys Know About Eyewitness Identifications and How Does This Evidence Impact Plea-Bargaining Decisions?, The Honors College: Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Texas State University, $1000. (Submitted: 2022, Funded: 2022 - Present). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Nominations Committee of ASC Division of Public Opinion and Policy
2025-Present
Member
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
2024-Present
Editorial Review Board Member
Forensic and Legal Psychology (specialty section of Frontiers in Psychology)
2023-Present
Member
Awards Committee of ASC Division of Public Opinion and Policy
2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Justice Quarterly
2020-Present