Jonathan Golding

Research Interests:
Psychology and law
Research

My primary research interests include psychology and law, specifically juror decision-making in victimization cases

With regard to psychology and law my research focuses on investigating the impact of witness memory in the courtroom. In most of my studies I have studied child witnesses in court, but have now extended my study to include elders as witnesses. These studies have included various court contexts and type of evidence: repressed memory, DNA evidence, hearsay testimony, demeanor of witnesses, type of crime disclosure, type of crime, and the impact of courtroom experts.

Graduate Training
Ph.D. Univ. of Denver, 1986
Psychology & Research

Psychology and Law:

My research involving psychology and law focuses on investigating the impact of witness memory in the courtroom. In most of my studies I have studied child witnesses in court, but have now extended my study to include elders as witnesses. These studies have included various court contexts and type of evidence: repressed memory, DNA evidence, hearsay testimony, demeanor of witnesses, type of crime disclosure,type of crime, and the impact of courtroom experts.

Selected Publications:
  • Brown-Iannuzzi, J. L., Golding, J. M., Gervais, W. M., Lynch, K. R., Wasarhaley, N. E.,
    & Bainter, S. (in press). Will jurors believe non-believers? Perceptions of atheist rape victims in the courtroom. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.
  • Christopher, A., & Golding, J. M. (Eds.). (2018). Careers in psychology (Special Issue).
    Teaching of Psychology, 45
  • Golding, J. M., Kraemer, E., & Wasarhaley, N. E., Malik, S. (2018). Using Facebook
    to enhance the college classroom experience. In Golding, J. M., Rawn, C. & Kern, K. (Eds.). Strategies for teaching large classes effectively in higher education (pp. 51-64). San Diego, CA: Cognella.
  • Golding, J. M., Kraemer, P. J., & Royse, D. (2018). Beginners guide to college
    success. San Diego, CA: Cognella.
  • Golding, J. M., Lippert, A., & Malik, S. (2018). Using the internet to facilitate career
    choices in psychology-related fields. Teaching of Psychology, 45, 60-66.
  • Golding, J. M., Lynch, K. R., Malik, S. E., & Foster-Gimbel, O. (2018). Justice served?
    Perceptions of plea bargaining involving a sexual assault in child and adult females. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 45, 503-518.
  • Golding, J. M., Lynch, K. R., Renzetti, C. M., & Pals, A M. (in press). Beyond the
    stranger in the woods: Investigating the complexity of adult rape cases in the courtroom. Bornstein, B. H., & Miller, M. K. (Eds.). Advances in psychology and
    law. Vol. 6. Springer.
  • Golding, J. M., Malik, S., Jones, T. M., Burke, K. C., & Bottoms, B. L. (in press).
    Perceptions of child sexual abuse victims: A review of psychological research with implications for law. In Pozzulo, J., Pica, E., & Sheahan, C.  (Eds.), Memory and sexual misconduct: Psychological research for criminal justice. London, Taylor & Francis.
  • Golding, J. M., Neuschatz, J. S., Bornstein, B. H., Riederer, A. M., Wetmore, S. A. (inpress). The perception of a jailhouse informant in a sexual assault case. Journal of
    Police and Criminal Psychology.
  • Golding, J. M., Rawn, C., & Kern, K. (Eds.). (2018). Strategies for teaching large classes
    effectively in higher education. San Diego, CA: Cognella.
  • Golding, J. M., Susman, D., McGavran, M. B., & Wright, R. (2019). Demystifying
    one’s chances of acceptance into Ph.D. in clinical psychology programs. Teaching of Psychology, 47, 97-101.
  • Jenkins, B. D., Le Grand, A. M., Golding, J. M., Lynch, K. R., & Wolbert, G. (in press).
    The impact of threat type and prior abuse history on perceptions of intimate partner sexual coercion. Violence Against Women.
  • Jenkins, B. D., Le Grand, A. M., Neuschatz, J. S., Golding, J. M., Wetmore, S. A., &
    Price, J. L. (accepted). Testing the forensic confirmation bias: How jailhouse informants violate evidentiary independence. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.
  • Le Grand, A. M., Jenkins, B. D., Golding, J. M., Neuschatz, J. S., Pals, A. M., & Wetmore, S.A. (in press). The sobering effects of jailhouse informant testimony on perceptions of an intoxicated rape victim. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 
  • Lynch, K. R., Golding, J. M., Jewell, J. A., Lippert, A., & Wasarhaley, N. E. (2019). She is his girlfriend—I believe this is a different situation’: Gender differences in perceptions of the legality of intimate partner rape. Journal of Family Violence, 34, 213-230.
  • Lynch, K. R., Jewell, J. A., Wasarhaley, N. E., Golding, J. M., & Renzetti, C. M. (in
    press). Great sexpectations: The impact of participant gender, defendant desirability and date cost on attributions of a date rape victim and defendant. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
  • Malik, S. E., Golding, J. M., & Lippert, A. (2018). The impact of a defendant not
    testifying in a child sexual assault case. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 36, 5-29.
  • Malik, S. E., Salomon, I., Elsey, T, Golding, J. M., & Sheehan, E. A. (in press). Taking
    an independent research course in psychology: Different teaching models lead to very different experiences. Teaching of Psychology.
  • Neuschatz, J. S., Golding, J. M. (in press). Jailhouse informants. NYU Press.
  • Riederer, A. M. & Golding, J. M. (2020). Perceptions of plea bargaining in cases of elder
    financial abuse. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 32, 217-234. doi 10.1080/08946566.2020.1738300
  • Usher, E. L., Golding, J. M., Han, J., Griffiths, C. S., McGavran, M. B., Brown, C. S., & Sheehan, E. A. (in press). Psychology students’ motivation and learning in response to the shift to remote instruction during COVID-19. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning of Psychology.
  • Webster, J. M., Golding, J. M., Malik, S. E., & Riederer, A. M. (in press). Perceptions of plea bargains for driving under the influence (DUI) cases involving alcohol and marijuana. Psychology, Crime and Law.