Weiss Research Lab

Associate Professor

BA/MA Director for Forensic Psychology

ADAP Coordinator for BA/FMHC

Faculty Advisor, Psi Chi Honors Society

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

Graduate Center, CUNY

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Education

PhD, Clinical Psychology, Fordham University

MA, Clinical Psychology, Fordham University

BA, Psychology & International Studies, Northwestern University

 

Bio

 

Dr. Rebecca Weiss is an Associate Professor of Forensic Assessment at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, as well as a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of New York. She received her BA in Psychology and International Studies from Northwestern University. Then, received her MA and PhD in Clinical Psychology from Fordham University. Before joining the faculty at John Jay, she completed her clinical training at Yale University School of Medicine. 

At the doctoral level she teaches Cognitive Assessment and Personality Assessment.  At the undergraduate level she teaches a range of classes including Psychology & Law, Learning & Memory, and Abnormal Psychology. Dr. Weiss is a mentor in the Ronald E. McNair Program and the John Jay Honors Program. She received the Kwando Kinshasa Excellence in Mentoring Award in 2016. She includes students of all levels in her lab, allowing for advanced students to provide additional supervision for less advanced students. This provides valuable experience for the advanced students, and broadens their research productivity, while proving valuable assistance for the less advanced students.

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Her current research projects include evaluating the effect of culture and language on measures of feigning in bilingual and monolingual Spanish-speaking samples, reviewing the quality of competency to stand trial evaluations and examining the role of language interpreters in psychological settings (further descriptions on 'current projects' tab). Under her mentorship, her students are conducting several studies on a variety of topics, including factors associated with early cognitive decline in Hispanic populations and racial biases in cognitive evaluations for those with schizophrenia.

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Research Interest

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Factors relating to competency to stand trial evaluations; the effect of group membership on validity in psychological assessment; the impact of culture on diagnosis