Yuxuan (April) Yang, a first-year doctoral student working in the lab, successfully proposed her master’s thesis this week. April's thesis will examine the role of broad personality traits and authoritarianism in attitudes toward police legitimacy. There has been surprisingly little research in this area, and we are curious to know whether individual differences in personality traits should be considered in future work on attitudes toward police. April should learn a great deal from her study that may be useful in developing her dissertation.

Congratulations to April on her successful proposal!

Tags: police, dark personalities, forensic psychology