Carmen M. Culotta
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- School: Wright State University
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- Department: Psychology
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3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton, OH - 45435 - Dates at Wright State University: December 2014 - April 2019
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Biography
Wright State University - Psychology
Associate Trial Consultant
Legal Services
Carmen
Culotta
Dayton, Ohio Area
I help my clients turn difficult case problems into winning strategies using insights from psychology and the social sciences to develop more persuasive cases.
A successful trial hinges on human psychology. To make your case effectively, you must understand how others will react to your presentation of facts, what information they use to make their decisions, and how their subconscious beliefs and past experiences will affect their view of the case.
As a trained psychologist, I have researched the contributing factors to and effects of implicit bias on decision-making, and I bring that knowledge and experience to bear on the trial preparation process.
Using skills and techniques developed through on-the-ground work with police, civil rights, and community organizations, I help clients capitalize on the conscious and unconscious criteria that jurors use to make decisions, while combating the hidden assumptions and biases that can jeopardize the case.
Trialcraft specializes in jury research, theme development, in court jury selection and trial assistance in high stakes, complex civil and criminal litigation – bet the company cases, cases that threaten reputations, livelihoods, and liberty, take on powerful interests and organizations or defend companies and individuals who, in the minds of the public and the jury, start out guilty or liable.
We help you transform difficult witnesses into your best trial story tellers, get more cause challenges than you have ever before, and develop case themes that sing to the jury.
Visit the Trialcraft website to learn more about our services.
https://trialcraft.com
Experience
Wright State University
Instructor
Taught courses in Introductory Psychology, Childhood & Adolescence, Lifespan Development, Psychology of Disabilities, and Issues in Aging.
Supervised a team of graduate teaching assistants; mentored/advised undergraduates.
Chair of the Pre-College Outreach Committee for the Psychology Department; Member of the Service-Learning & Civic Engagement Advisory Board for the University; Advisor for the Clinical Concentration in Psychology for the Psychology DepartmentTrialcraft - Getting Litigants Ready To Win
Associate Trial Consultant
Carmen worked at Trialcraft - Getting Litigants Ready To Win as a Associate Trial Consultant
THE NORRIS COLE FOUNDATION INC
Carry out executive duties; facilitate the Cole Minds Reading & Literacy Program;
analyze internal program dataCASA Child Advocates of Montgomery County
Monitor and investigate cases of child abuse, neglect, and/or dependency. Received Gold Star Award for this work in May 2019.
Education
Penn State University
Master of Science - MS
Developmental Psychology
Master’s Thesis Title: Parent-Child Mutual Affect and Friendships during Middle Childhood as Predictors of Adolescent Deviant BehaviorPenn State University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Developmental Psychology
Dissertation Title: Do Physical Abuse, Cumulative Risk, and Hostile Attribution Bias Predict the Quality of Peer Relationships during Early Adolescence? An Examination of High-Risk YouthUniversity of New Orleans
Bachelor of Science - BS
Psychology
Minor in Sociology Honors Thesis Title: Adolescents’ Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: Associations with Jealousy and Social Anxiety
Publications
The essence of innocence: Consequences of dehumanizing Black children (co-author)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 106
The essence of innocence: Consequences of dehumanizing Black children (co-author)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 106
Analyzing racial stereotypes in NFL scouting reports: An in-class activity (in press)
Teaching Tips: A Compendium of Conference Presentations on Teaching
The essence of innocence: Consequences of dehumanizing Black children (co-author)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 106
Analyzing racial stereotypes in NFL scouting reports: An in-class activity (in press)
Teaching Tips: A Compendium of Conference Presentations on Teaching
Adolescents’ aggressive and prosocial behavior: Associations with jealousy and social anxiety (lead author)
Journal of Genetic Psychology 169
The essence of innocence: Consequences of dehumanizing Black children (co-author)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 106
Analyzing racial stereotypes in NFL scouting reports: An in-class activity (in press)
Teaching Tips: A Compendium of Conference Presentations on Teaching
Adolescents’ aggressive and prosocial behavior: Associations with jealousy and social anxiety (lead author)
Journal of Genetic Psychology 169
The essence of innocence: Consequences of dehumanizing Black children (co-author)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 106
Analyzing racial stereotypes in NFL scouting reports: An in-class activity (in press)
Teaching Tips: A Compendium of Conference Presentations on Teaching
Adolescents’ aggressive and prosocial behavior: Associations with jealousy and social anxiety (lead author)
Journal of Genetic Psychology 169
